Category: Italian Genealogy

Viva Italia! Roots Records in Italy

Certain Italian records are hard to come by stateside. Follow these tips for requesting records from Italian archives.

What you need to know in order to trace your family in Italy — and how to get microfilmed records at a local research center.

Follow these research tips for interpreting the documents you find to trace Italian ancestors.

Italians settled together in America, so if you can't find your ancestors' homeland, study his neighbors.

Use these Web sites, references and archive addresses to discover your Italian heritage.

Understanding the customary way Italians named their children will help you research your family.

Finding Italian military records.

Got pasta in your past? Follow our 10-step guide to start tracing your Italian ancestors.

Web sites to surf before you make a trip back to the old country

Organizations and Web sites for Italian genealogy and culture