Jim Fiorini’s father was one of the more than two million Italians who emigrated to the US in the first decades of the 1900s, spurred by the promise of the American Dream. He established a successful ...
Just in time for the great Italian festivals, FamilySearch has released 3.6 million civil registration records from Italy. Go towww.familysearch.org to see them. They cover the period from the 1500s ...
The country has developed a tourism initiative based on Italian ancestry—taking personalized journeying to the next level at a time when one-of-a-kind experiences are high on travelers’ bucket lists.
Two weeks before Eugene Mentz arrived in Avigliano, Italy, he played the organ for the Italian language Mass at La Festa Italiana in Scranton. Then, quite unexpectedly, he played the same communion ...
Geri Guinn knew she came from a large Italian family; that much was clear. Growing up in Chicago with her parents and two sisters, she lived near her aunts, uncles and paternal grandparents, Pietro ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spoiler alert: no one's getting married. Jennifer Causey I am sure it is safe to say that when my Italian ancestors boarded a boat ...
Want to become Italian? If you have Italian ancestors in your family tree, it might be easier than you realize. Thanks to the rule of jure sanguinis (“the right of blood”), Italy is one of the few ...
Two weeks before Eugene Mentz arrived in Avigliano, Italy in September, he played the organ for the Italian language Mass at La Festa Italiana in Scranton. Then, quite unexpectedly, he played the same ...