Research Foundations
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Step 1: Town Identification
- Beginning Italian Research
- Finding Immigration Journeys to America From Italy
- Finding the Town of Origin (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
- Italy Emigration: The Who, Why, and Where (FamilySearch Blog Article)
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Step 2: Civil Registration Records
- Begin Your Journey with Italian Civil Registration
- Find Your Italian Ancestors Online Through Portale degli Antenati
- Basic Italian Research
- Stato Civile Italiano per Ricostruire la Propria Storia Familiare (Italian)
- Italy Civil Registration (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
- Italian Genealogy Research–How to Find Italian Records (FamilySearch Blog Article)
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Step 3: Catholic Church Records
- Italian Catholic Parish Research
- Come Ricercare i Registri Parrocchiali (Italian)
- Basic Italian Research
- Italy Church Records (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
- Italian Genealogy Research – How to Find Italian Records (FamilySearch Blog Article)
Related Content
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Italian
- Italy Handwriting (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
- Italian Genealogical Word List (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
- Italian Paleography Tutorial (BYU Script Tutorial Site)
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Latin
- Latin Handwriting series
- Latin for Genealogists
- Reading Old Documents - Latin
- Latin Genealogical Word List (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
- Latin Paleography Tutorial (BYU Script Tutorial Site)