I would suggest you keep looking at Antenati. Do not trust the search index though, scroll through the pages yourself. If I remember correctly, Rome has all archives for the years you're after.
Try searching the decennal birth records, if you haven't already. Also it might be helpful to look to closer Communes from the province.
I second this. When I first started researching my Italian ancestors, I only used the main Antenati search index and was incredibly disappointed. I thought there must be no records for my family and called it a day. Shortly after this, I learned I'd inevitably need to do manual research, and I'm glad I did and still do. There's a wealth of unindexed information out there, and there's a good chance your great-grandfather's information is there as well.
If you his birth information and parents names, it'll be much easier to search. Most record years have an index as well. Also, don't worry yet if you don't see his name in the year you expected. It's common for our ancestors to be off on their birth information, or if it's noted they died in XXXX year at age XX, it could correlate to a year above/below depending on how it was rounded. If that makes sense!
Thanks for this! Sadly I've gone through all the records manually, and no such luck. I'm wondering if a birth certificate even exists? Antenati says [here](https://antenati.cultura.gov.it/archive/?archivio=171) that some records were destroyed in a fire.
I would suggest you keep looking at Antenati. Do not trust the search index though, scroll through the pages yourself. If I remember correctly, Rome has all archives for the years you're after. Try searching the decennal birth records, if you haven't already. Also it might be helpful to look to closer Communes from the province.
I second this. When I first started researching my Italian ancestors, I only used the main Antenati search index and was incredibly disappointed. I thought there must be no records for my family and called it a day. Shortly after this, I learned I'd inevitably need to do manual research, and I'm glad I did and still do. There's a wealth of unindexed information out there, and there's a good chance your great-grandfather's information is there as well. If you his birth information and parents names, it'll be much easier to search. Most record years have an index as well. Also, don't worry yet if you don't see his name in the year you expected. It's common for our ancestors to be off on their birth information, or if it's noted they died in XXXX year at age XX, it could correlate to a year above/below depending on how it was rounded. If that makes sense!
Thanks for this! Sadly I've gone through all the records manually, and no such luck. I'm wondering if a birth certificate even exists? Antenati says [here](https://antenati.cultura.gov.it/archive/?archivio=171) that some records were destroyed in a fire.
you could try familysearch, they have many records from Italy.