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Pursuing Our Italian Names Together
 

Italian Genealogy Resources 

Following are some web sites to help you research your family history. There are many excellent genealogy related sites on the internet. Visit as many as possible. You will find that each web author has a different perspective and each web site has it's own character.

How-To Guides:
Suggestions for Beginners - National Genealogical Society
Twenty Ways to Avoid Genealogical Grief
Italian Genealogy Form Letters
 

Italian Genealogy Books:
PIE Mailing List Book List
Italian Genealogy Books - Ancestor's Attic Discount Books
Cyndi's List - Books
 

State and Federal records:
How and Where to Obtain Vital U.S. Birth, Marriage, Death and Divorce Records
The Genealogy Page" - National Archives and Records Administration
Social Security Death Index - Ancestry
Making Sense of the U. S. Census - Family TreeMaker
 
 

The Immigration Experience:
Ellis Island Passenger Records
Locating Ship Passenger Lists - Family Tree Maker
Immigrant Ship Information - Compiled by Lou Alfano
Magellan - The Ships Encyclopedia
Newspaper Articles About the Immigration Experience - 1870's to 1920's
Explanation of Chalk Marks Used At Ellis Island
 
 

Family History Library:
FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
Family History Center Locations
 

Italian Genealogy Groups:
POINT - Pursuing Our Italian Names Together
PIE Mailing List
Italy World GenWeb
The Italian Genealogical Group
 

Find Others With Your Surname:
Italian Researcher's Home Page Registry
PIE Surname Search Databases
Labo Gens - Surname Distribution Map
Surname Helper
Ancestry.com
FamilyTreeMaker.com
Surname Web
Lou Alfano's Societa di Mutuo Soccorso del Comune di Internet
GenForum: Italy : A searchable message board
Links to Surname Websites
 

Comprehensive Compilations of Genealogy Links:
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites On The Internet
Society Hill
Italian Ancestry.com
Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site Finder
A Barrel of Genealogy Links
 

Italian Heraldry:
Lou Alfano's Italian Heraldry and Anthems Web Site
Heraldry in Pre-Unification Italy
Italian Heraldry, Nobility, Onomatology and Genealogy
Heraldry in Italy
 
 

Buona Fortuna!......Good Luck!

If you have suggestions for web sites that should be included in this list, please send us the URL. Thank you.

 
 
 
 
 

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