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Viva Italia! All About Italian Civil Records Premium
What you need to know in order to trace your family in Italy — and how to get microfilmed records at a local research center.
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Follow these research tips for interpreting the documents you find to trace Italian ancestors.
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Italians settled together in America, so if you can't find your ancestors' homeland, study his neighbors.
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