Determining an Italian Ancestor's Town of Birth

Program Type:

Genealogy & History

Age Group:

Adults
Registration for this event will be open from June 1, 2024 @ 9:00am to July 13, 2024 @ 10:00am.

Program Description

Event Details

In Italian genealogy, it is critical to determine an ancestor's birthplace since births, marriages, and deaths were recorded at the town and parish level. It is not enough to know the region as there are many towns within each. Using online resources, the program will locate ship manifests, WWI and WWII draft registration cards, and naturalization records to locate the town of birth. With the location, it is then possible to head back to the old country to locate civil and church records which will be covered in Part 2.

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