Archivio di Stato di Novara

Administrative research is generally divided into the following areas:

1. NOTARIAL ACTS
2. RECORDED ACTS
3. LAND REGISTRY
4. CADASTRE
5. SUCCESSIONS

All requests should be forwarded to the following email address: as-no.salastudio@cultura.gov.it

1. NOTARIAL ACTS

The State Archive of Novara conserves the minute books produced by Notaries and stored in the Notarial Acts Archive from 100 years after the cessation of the business activities (art. 41 of Italian Legislative Decree 42/2004). The list of minute books, for the period 1442-1883, which can be downloaded online can be found on the web page of this site: 

Notarial Acts Archive

2. RECORDED ACTS

The same acts can also be traced via the Uffici di Insinuazione e del Registro (public offices where integral copies of notarial acts were registered), active in the Novara area from 1770 (Uffici di Insinuazione), later becoming the Public Records Office in 1862. In this case, to find an act all you need to know is the date of the document and the Tappa (the place) in which the act was recorded. A list of the series of acts recorded is provided below:

• Ufficio di insinuazione, later the Public Records Office of Novara, Public and private acts, 1771-1957;
• Ufficio di insinuazione, later the Public Records Office of Borgomanero, Public and private acts, 1771-1957;
• Ufficio di insinuazione, later the Public Records Office of Gozzano, Public and private acts, 1772-1889;
• Ufficio di insinuazione, later the Public Records Office of Oleggio, Public and private acts, 1771-1950;
• Ufficio di insinuazione, later the Public Records Office of Orta San Giulio, Public and private acts, 1772-1924;
• Ufficio di insinuazione, later the Public Records Office of Romagnano Sesia, Public and private acts, 1771-1936.

3. LAND REGISTRY

Research into recorded acts, i.e. sales, leases, transactions, successions and agreements for the period 19th century - 1957 can be carried out via the Land Registry. The archive consists of the following catalogues:

• Rubriche (Indexes);
• Repertori (Collections) of recorded acts;
• Note di trascrizione (Transcription Notes) (T), 1866-1957;
• Titoli di trascrizione (Titles of Transcription) (TT), 1823-1957.

It will be sufficient to know the name of one of the contracting parties (which can be found in the Indexes) to see all of the acts recorded in their name (in the Collections), communicating the details of the Transcription Note or Title of Transcription.

N.B.: To speed up the search, it is possible to communicate the name of just one of the contracting parties. The Office will get back to you, scheduling an appointment during which it will be possible to view the Collection(s) and request the Note or Title of interest.

4. SUCCESSIONS

Documentation on successions is stored in various archives: the Public Records Offices of Novara, Borgomanero, Oleggio, Romagnano Sesia, the Revenue Agencies of Novara and Borgomanero. 

The succession documents were acquired in part as a result of deposits by the Revenue Agency. A list of the collections and the years to which they refer is provided below:

• Public Records Office of Novara, Successions, 1814-2006;
• Public Records Office of Borgomanero, Successions, 1833-1988;
• Public Records Office of Oleggio, Successions, 1833-1972;
• Public Records Office of Romagnano Sesia, Successions, 1821-1861.

To find a succession document all you need to know in advance in the Public Records Office (Novara, Borgomanero, Oleggio, Romagnano Sesia), the Volume number and the Succession number. In the absence of this information it is possible to carry out research using the Transcription Notes of the Novara Land Registry, providing the name of the party in question.