My connection to Sicily is interesting. While not really Sicilian, many of my ancestors had some hand in ruling there, either directly of indirectly. For example, the Hauteville, Hohenstaufen, Angevin…
By F l a n k e r (optimized by Blackcat - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Liguria, the third smallest of the regioniof Italy, bordering the Ligurian Sea, in…
Click here to Join Italian Genealogy on Facebook My connection to Veneto goes back to several ancestors Barbarossa, the d' Este and Carrara families and several Doges. See the links…
History of Trentino Originally a Celtic city, Trento was later conquered by the Romans in the first Century BC. In 1027, the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Conrad II,…
History of Umbria Italy The first two major tribes to share Umbria were the Umbri and the Etruscans. Although the Etruscans have received more press, the Umbri settled the region…