MISSING Italian birth record, born in Alexandria, Egypt

[Amos8]

Hello all,

I'm a beginner on here so just getting used to using this chat and would appreciate any help given...

I'm looking for my father-in-law's birth certificate. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt on 3rd November 1934. We have confirmed his details with his old Italian passport and his British divorce certificate. He moved to England with his first wife in 1958.

My father-in-law's parents were both born in Brindisi, Italy. We have found that his mother moved to Alexandria, Egypt with her family in 1898 at the age of 3 years old.

My father-in-law's parents married in Alexandria, Egypt in 1918. In 1919 my father-in-law's eldest sister was born in Alexandria, Egypt and her birth has been recorded in the Brindisi State Archives Italy and the Brindisi Commune, as was his parents marriage and births.

We have now been to the Brindisi State Archives and confirmed my father-in-law's parents marriage, births and his eldest sister being born in Alexandria, Egypt and have copies of all the transcripts.

BUT... My father-in-law's birth from 1934 can not be confirmed by Brindisi State Archives as the birth records book is missing from 1932-1934. The Brindisi Commune (Town Hall) has now confirmed they have no record of my father-in-law's birth. We also can not find my father-in-law's eldest brothers birth transcript from 1920's in the Brindisi State Archives.

My father-in-law came to live in England in 1958. He left Alexandria, Egypt with all of his family and first wife during the Suez Canal Crisis in 1956. All of the family lived in Rome and my father-in-law's old Italian passport states he was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1934 and was domicile of Rome. We have copies of my father-in-law's parent's death certificates from Rome and did request my father-in-law's birth certificate from the same Commune to see if it had been transcribed there instead of Brindisi but it is not there either.

Where can I now look and request a copy of my father-in-law's birth certificate please?

If it is in Alexandria, Egypt where do I send a request for his birth record please?

Thank you for any help and advice given.

[HistoricalGenealogy]

You should contact the Italian Consulate in Cairo and ask for a copy of your father-in-law’s birth record registered in Alexandria in 1934. Since he was born to Italian parents, it was likely recorded at the consulate. If they don’t have it, try the Italian Foreign Ministry Archives in Rome. Egyptian civil records are harder to access but may hold it too. Start with the consulate.

Edit:

Italian Embassy in Cairo
Website: https://ambcairo.esteri.it
Email: consolare.cairo@esteri.it

Ask them specifically for:
"An extract or copy of a consular birth registration for [full name], born 3 November 1934 in Alexandria, Egypt, to [father’s full name] and [mother’s full name], Italian citizens."


Archivio Storico del Ministero degli Affari Esteri (Italian Foreign Ministry Archives)
If the consulate in Egypt doesn’t have the record, contact them here:
Website: https://www.esteri.it
Look for "Archivio Storico" or write to: archivio@esteri.it

[Amos8]

Good afternoon,

Thank you very much for your detailed message, it is really appreciated.

I emailed the Italian Foreign Ministry Archives in November 2024 and they replied to tell me that my request had been forwarded to the Italian Embassy in Cairo, but I am still yet to hear anything back from them.

I will however use the information you've provided to email a direct request to the Italian Embassy in Cairo, so thank you for those links.

Again, thank you for your help and all the information you provided.

Kind regards
A