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Buona Pasqua From Italian Genealogy

Buona Pasqua from Italian Genealogy.  Hard to believe that we are in our sixth year. This year has been great. Since last Easter I finished and published “Farmers and Nobles” and I am now working on a documentary about Italian-American Research with a Hollywood director/producer.

Pick up a copy of “Farmers and Nobles” Available here or on Amazon.

Thank you and have a Happy Easter!

What Are The Top Ten Italian Surnames

Did you know that there are over 300,000 Italian surnames!  That’s more than any other country in the world. We have complied the top ten below.  Chances are that your name is not in this group, but for those interested in learning more, the book above list 7,500.  More importantly, we get great insight into the origin of surnames and given names.  Click on the photo and enter IR2020 at checkout for a 20% discount.

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Photos of Italian Brides

I do hope that you enjoy these photos of Italian brides ( and grooms ).  Some of these my mom had, some are from my first cousins, some however,  are from a long lost cousin that I found through ancestry research.  Amazing that she, through her grandmother, had photos of my aunts and uncles.   Please share. Bridal crown designed and made by my grandfather. Click Here To Join Our Facebook Group My Mom and

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Life in Toritto, Bari 1909 – 1950 ( as told by Giovanni Nicoletti )

I have always been a student of history, which is one of the reasons that I began researching my family.  Last year, about this time. I learned that my uncle Giovanni’s youngest son, Joe, had taped several conversations he had with his dad.  Joe and his sister Vita, were able to translate from the original Barese into English.  Here is the summary written by Joe.  With some awesome photos.  At the bottom you will find

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My True Ancestry New Update – Five Star Review

I felt that I had to do at least one more post and give a My True Ancestry New Update.  Rarely would I do this for one company, but they give such an enormous amount of data, and roll out new data and features rapidly.  I won’t go into great detail on how to sign up here, you can list the first to posts to get that information. One of the great things about My

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Little Italy

Little Italy – New York

Click here to join Italian Genealogy Group on Facebook Wikipedia lists not one, but six “Little Italy’s” in New York City. Manhattan Italian Harlem Arthur Avenue Morris Park Bensonhurst Rosebank So NYC tops the list with the most.  In addition, there were dozens of Italian neighborhoods in the five boroughs from the 1920’s to the 1970’s.  Pockets still remain, but most of these areas are no longer populated by just Italians.  For example, Little Italy

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Ellis Island Italian History

My great Aunt Maria Piromallo entered 1905. This photo is from the Mid 1930’s taken in New Jersey. Introduction A while back I did a post on Italian Immigration to America.  I touched briefly on the subject and decided to devote some more time to Ellis Island.  By the way, there was a similar port of entry in California. For those of us who are first, second or third generation Italians, we know that our

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