A Comparison of Rule-based and Supervised Machine Learning Approaches for Record Linkage of Italian Historical Data

Parish and civil records are crucial sources for reconstructing historical socio-demographic processes. However, their analysis presents significant challenges, particularly the need to digitize data and link life events across documents that lack formal identifiers. With the growing availability o...

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Published in:	Historical Life Course Studies
Main Authors:	Saverio Minardi, Suzanne Greco, Nicola Barban
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	International Institute of Social History 2025-06-01
Subjects:	Record linkage Parish records Historical demography
Online Access:	https://hlcs.nl/article/view/18990

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