Go to our FREE Italian Genealogy Online Italy Roots MESSAGE BOARD.  Post & search for your Italian Ancestors' Surnames and learn to locate Italian Family Members around the world while you research your own Family Tree using our free Genealogy Tools & Resources. This Italian Genealogy Site is a Homepage where Italian Americans can learn to research their Ethnic Roots, Ancestry, Italian Heritage, Immigrant Family Ties, Surnames from Italy, and emigrant family locations while searching for family members around the world who share their Italy Roots. 

ITALY TOOLS  Best free Italian Genealogy Information & free research tips online with hand-picked links to help find your Italian surname, Ancestral Heritage and Family Roots from Italy.

People of Italian Descent anyplace in the World can Freely Learn How to Do Italian Genealogy Research.  Find the place of origin of your Italian immigrant ancestor without having to join any group and pay a membership fee to learn. This free site is an Online repository of all things related to  Italian Genealogy, Surname, general genealogical research, (click here for a definition of genealogy) Itallian Lifestyle, culture and free familytree research links.

Use Sample Italian Genealogy Letters to send genealogical inquiries to Italy to obtain Vital Records and Parish Records for your ancestral research.  Use our Italian / Latin to English translations page to help you with Italian Web page translation.  It also contains handy links to standard genealogical terms & medical terms found on Family Tree Records, Dialects of Italy / Dialetti italiani for those interested in learning a little about the language spoken by some of their ancestors.  

Browse our hand-picked Italian Ancestry Family Tree Genealogies Online  list of non-commercial Italian Genealogy WebSites dedicated to personal stories of Italy Roots Family Tree History Research, Italian Pedigrees, surnames, family heritage originating in Italy and stories of our immigrant ancestors from Italia. You will find inspiration in their collections of Italian ancestry photos, copies of immigrant documents, photographs of ancestral towns in Italy, and Italian surname research lists. 

Special Thanks goes to Steve Saviello Founder & Owner of the Comunes_of_Italy Mailing List for providing us with excellent Tips for Italian Records, Archives & Italian Family Tree Search which will give you insight on what is available and what records to request from Italy. Also, ITALY FAQ's by Steve Saviello is for you if you want to know - What is a Comune?, what is a Provincia?, what is a Regione? also includes information on the structure of Italian Government & its Administrative Divisions with an easy to understand description of the Comunita' Montana of ITALY.

Good, practical advice in David E. Zerga's Italian Form Letters to send to Italy for Genealogy Research. He presents very helpful tips on how to write a letter to Italy to request your Italian Family Tree Records and search for your emigrant ancestor archives, Italian surnames & Family History from Italy, including excellent notes on "Parish Diplomacy". This is along with other Italian Family Tree Research Help & Form Letters in Italian Genealogy Tools & Resources such as information on Italian Church Records.

Read All about Italian Names - including names for babies and the history of Italian Names and Surnames. This is a great page of free online links to help you find an Name for your new baby and read about your Italian Ancestor's name. Italian Naming Traditions gives you the traditional pattern for naming Italian children especially in Southern Italy.

Ship Searches for Immigrant Ship Passenger Arrival Records are now located on a separate Passenger Ship Archives page. Also, be sure to read our CENSUS Records Information and tips section with the best free links to help you in your search.  Use our Sample form letters for a Freedom of Information Act Request and original Social Security Application copy requests to help you in your genealogy research.  

In the Slice of Italy section you'll find Italian News, a list of Regions of Italy (plus their capitals), pictures of Italy, Italian Embassy & Italian Consulate links, Maps of Italy, with traffic, weather, travel & vacation tips, Italian History by Steve Saviello and just about anything to do with the culture and lifestyle of Italy. Don't miss our page on the Mediterranean diet. It includes some healthy Italian recipes. We've included links to real Italian Food...using Olive Oil, herbs, fresh vegetables, etc., nothing artificial. NO JUNK FOOD.

Roman History will allow you to explore Ancient Roman Life, history, clothing, coins, art, architecture, lifestyle and politics. You will also find a great set of links to Italian Art where you can explore lots of virtual museums and see pictures of the great art masterpieces of Italy. 

Read about our free Searchable Italian Surname Message Board (Bulletin Board) where you can leave messages to search for Italian family members by their surnames. You can also go to our list of Genealogy Surname Boards to post or search some of the best family research boards on the Internet.

PLEASE Dear People, DO NOT SEND ME YOUR SURNAME TO POST.
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Paula Nigro
Researching Nigro, Caggiano, Carlucci, Graziano, Policari, Russo and Tomasulo.
San Fele, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy

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Definition:
Genealogy, pl. = genealogies, abbr. = geneal.
A record, table or account of the descent of a family, group or person from an ancestor or ancestors. The study and investigation of ancestry, pedigree lineage and family history is genealogy and is often misspelled as geneology, genelaogy, geneaology, geanology, genology, geaneology, genelogy, genealology, genealo, genalogy, geneogy, genelogicol, genealoyg, etc.

In English it is Genealogy
In German it is Genealogie
In Spanish it is genealogía
In French it is généalogie
In Portuguese it is genealogia
In Italian it is genealogia