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This video delves into the deep connection to Italy, often felt through family history and migration. We explore how to trace your ancestry and discover your heritage, even if it feels out of reach. Learn about tools for thorough genealogy research, including dna test options, to connect with your Italian roots.
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All great tips. I actually took the plunge and took an online course in Italian. Other things I would note on the Ship Passenger Lists also the destination in the US being the same with different families. They may be related. Also use the Italian alphabetical surname indexes to figure out the handwriting of the letters and numbers. Often handwriting seems to be regional.
Italian records are almost always separated by type [birth, marriage, death] and then chronologically by year and then within the year chronologically with the first record being in January and the last record being in December. This includes civil as well as church records. Also the microfilms at Family Search are usually arranged by microfilm numbers chronologically. For example, the records of microfilm number 007211334 might start on 1 January 1866 and end on 23 August 1870. Very likely microfilm number 007211335 will continue where …1334 left off and start with 23 August 1870. The titles of the microfilms may not be exact in this regard.
Local American town and county histories can be helpful in matching the families with their places of origin in Italy. Also newspapers. Also when you are looking through the Stato Civile don't overlook the Parte II or Part Two of the civil records. Those are usually where they document records of people from the town for vital events that occurred elsewhere including America. I have found a record of a young man who died in Egypt [probably helping to build the Suez Canal], children born to families living in France where the father was a miner, and of course records in America including a distant relative who was killed in a mining accident in Colorado or a couple married in Illinois.
In my opinion Italian records as far back as the 1700s can be more informative than most American records of the same time frame. Which is one reason I prefer to research in them more than American records.
Thank you for making this video😊🇺🇸🇮🇹
Ancestry has hardly anything for my italian ancestors. But theres tons of Irish info on my paternal side. Im so disappointed.