Vatican City Genealogical Records

Newspapers Covering Vatican City

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

Papal Registers Relating to Britain & Ireland (1198-1578)

Extracted records from Vatican archives relating to the British Isles.

Vatican City Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.

Vatican City Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Vatican City Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Vatican City

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Vatican City Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Vatican City Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Most Common Surnames in Vatican City

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequency
1Bachmann41:29
1Graf41:29
3Merga31:39
4Abril11:117
4Amann11:117
4Andreas11:117
4Anrig11:117
4Antonioli11:117
4Arber11:117
4Beaud11:117
4Becciu11:117
4Bergoglio11:117
4Bertello11:117
4Bertone11:117
4Biner11:117
4Bircher11:117
4Brogi11:117
4Bruguès11:117
4Calcagno11:117
4Cameroni11:117
4Carrasco11:117
4Castella11:117
4Celata11:117
4Celli11:117
4Cerutti11:117
4Christian11:117
4Cintia11:117
4Claudio11:117
4Clemens11:117
4Comastri11:117
4Daniel11:117
4Dominik11:117
4Fasolin11:117
4Ferrer11:117
4Gauzzi11:117
4Giani11:117
4Giulietti11:117
4Glaus11:117
4Gottofrey11:117
4Guillaume11:117
4Gänswein11:117
4Harvey11:117
4Hobi11:117
4Hon11:117
4Iannone11:117
4Kalathiparambil11:117
4Kladis11:117
4Krajewski11:117
4Leuzzi11:117
4Mamberti11:117
4Manser11:117
4Marcel11:117
4Marciante11:117
4Mariotti11:117
4Marx11:117
4Mathies11:117
4Mayoraz11:117
4Meinrad11:117
4Mistò11:117
4Montanari11:117
4Moresco11:117
4Muzzin11:117
4Napier11:117
4Ouellet11:117
4Pagano11:117
4Parolin11:117
4Pell11:117
4Polisca11:117
4Pozzo11:117
4Previtali11:117
4Reding11:117
4Reichmuth11:117
4Ricard11:117
4Riedi11:117
4Rivera11:117
4Rodríguez11:117
4Rodé11:117
4Roth11:117
4Ryłko11:117
4Schiavon11:117
4Selvadagi11:117
4Sodano11:117
4Studer11:117
4Suriani11:117
4Sutter11:117
4Table Hauser11:117
4Thorne11:117
4Tricarico11:117
4Trombetta11:117
4Vallin11:117
4Vallini11:117
4Vegliò11:117
4Vergain11:117
4Vetturini11:117
4Viganó11:117
4Vérgez11:117
4Weather11:117
4Weingartner11:117
4Wolińska-Riedi11:117
4Zehnder11:117
4Zimmerli11:117
4Zuppi11:117
4dal Covolo11:117
4de Castro11:117
4de Horatis11:117
4de Raemy11:117
4di Nardo11:117
4di Noia11:117
4di Tora11:117