Heritage & Ancestry

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Millions of Italian immigrants moved to America between 1880 and 1924. They built communities, raised families, and eventually died in

About 1.5 million Canadians have Italian roots. Most are two, three, or four generations removed from the village their grandparents

Your great-grandfather left Italy sometime around 1910. You know his name, his village, his region. But there is a gap

On 10 February 1901, Italian census enumerators knocked on doors across the country. They recorded every person in every household

Over 1.4 million Australians claim Italian heritage. Most Italian families arrived between 1880 and 1970. Their descendants now live across

Between 1880 and 1924, more than 4 million Italians crossed the Atlantic. Most of them came from southern Italy —

Most Italian-Americans know their family came from Sicily, or Calabria, or Campania. But which village? That is the question that

Most Italian-American families know their ancestors came from somewhere in Italy. But finding the exact village on a modern map

Most Italian-Americans know which region their family came from. They know it was Sicily, or Campania, or Calabria. But ask

Your great-grandmother left a village in Calabria. Your grandfather carried a Sicilian surname. Somewhere in Italy, a family buried the

If your great-grandparents came from Italy, you may have more than a family story. You may have a legal right

Argentina is home to more than 25 million people of Italian descent. That makes it the largest Italian diaspora community

Somewhere in an Italian archive, your ancestor’s dowry agreement still exists. A notary wrote it by hand in a leather-bound