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A PLACE TO BEGIN YOUR GENEALOGY FOR ANY NATIONALITY

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BEGINNING YOUR OWN GENEALOGY IS EASY. START WITH A SIMPLE CHART. WRITE YOUR NAME, YOUR PARENTS NAMES, YOUR GRANDPARENTS, ETC.

                          GRANDPARENTS
             PARENTS_____|............
   YOU______|             ............         
            |......._____|............

THEN CONTACT YOUR OLDEST LIVING RELATIVES. ASK THEM THE NAMES, RESIDENCES, PLACES OF BURIAL, WHO CAME ON THE BOAT AND THEIR AGES, AND ANY OTHER STORIES THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU.

AFTER YOU'VE FINISHED, I WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO BEGIN TO GET THE RECORDS FOR YOUR ANCESTORS EXISTENCE ON EARTH.

YOU CAN ALSO USE THESE LINKS TO HELP YOU OUT:

SEARCH THE LDS INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX (IGI) ONLINE (IF YOU KNOW THE TOWN, CLICK CUSTOM SEARCH > FHL CATALOG > PLACE SEARCH > VIEW FILM NOTES. THIS WILL SHOW YOU THE RECORDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR YOUR TOWN. USE THESE MICROFILM NUMBERS TO ORDER THE FILMS FROM YOUR LDS LIBRARY.) LDS ALSO HAS THE BOAT RECORDS.

CLICK HERE TO FIND THE LDS CENTER NEAREST YOU

TO FIND LIVING RELATIVES OVERSEAS IN INTERNATIONAL PHONE BOOKS CLICK HERE

WORLD DIRECTORIES

USE THE ITALIAN SEARCH ENGINE ARIANNA TO FIND OUT ABOUT TOWNS, ETC. (CLICK ON ARIANNA ON THE TOOLBAR)

LIST YOUR SEA FARING ANCESTORS ON THE WALL AT ELLIS ISLAND.

HAVE YOUR LAST NAME CONVERTED TO SOUNDEX CODE BY TYPING YOUR LAST NAME IN THE BOX AND HITTING ENTER.

YOU'LL NEED THE SOUNDEX CODE FOR BOAT AND CENSUS RECORDS.

FIND THE ADDRESS OF THE PROVINCIAL TOURIST OFFICE CLOSEST TO YOUR ANCESTORS TOWN TO MAIL AWAY FOR FREE COLOR BOOKLETS WITH PHOTOS OF THE TOWNS.

JOIN COMUNES OF ITALY (COI)- AN ITALIAN-AMERICAN NEWSGROUP

TRANSLATE YOUR LETTERS AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE URLS

SEARCH THE SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX

SEARCH THE WORLD TREE

CHECK FOR YOUR ITALIAN SURNAMES HERE

SICILIAN SURNAMES AND ZIP CODES

FIND BOAT RECORDS FOR ITALIANS TO USA 1880-1891(BY RETURN E-MAIL)

1089 NAMES OF THE VOLUNTEERS IN GARIBALDI'S ARMY IN 1860

EUROPEAN PHOTOS

265 ITALIAN PHOTOS

VIRTUAL REALITY-MAJOR ITALIAN TOWNS(NEED TO DOWNLOAD QUICKTIME 3 OR 4 TO VIEW)

VIRTUAL TOURS OF ITALY