Im trying to find out more about my italian ancestry where should i go?

Question

Im trying to find out more about my italian ancestry where should i go?

Answer 1

try ancestry.com

I created an entire family tree utilizing that site for a gift to my grandparents a few years ago. It's amazing. They have access to almost every public record. I got to download copies of marital certificates, death certificates, birth certificates and learn who all I was related too and how.

Answer 2

First off, ask your older relatives from where they/their parents came.  Hopefully, some of them will know approximately when your ancestors came from Italy.

After that, you can go to ellisisland.org and search for their immigration.  The ship manifest will state from which province/commune they came.  

There are a lot of Italian websites you can use.  If you go to familysearch.org (LDS), you can find the microfilm numbers for those areas and order them for viewing.

One of the good things Napolean accomplished in Italy was the requirement of keeping records in duplicate. Also, being a mainly Catholic state, the parishes in those areas would also have records.

I have found these sites to be helpful:

www.Daddezio.com

www.italywgw.org

www.italiangenealogy.tardio.com

www.daddezio.com/italgen.html

www.anzwers.org/free/italiangen

www.italiamerica.org

www.italiamia.com/gene.html

And the standard non-specific sites:

www.ellisisland.org

www.castlegarden.org

www.ancestry.com

www.familysearch.org

Answer 3

oww thats a good question

im italian to so if you find out let me know

lol

but why dont you talk to your parents or grandparents