Many Americans with Italian ancestry are realizing they may already qualify for Italian citizenship through descent. This process, known as jure sanguinis or “by blood,” recognizes people whose ...

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Heritage Library member Carole Rossi will demonstrate how to obtain Italian birth, marriage and death certificates for those interested in researching their family history. The class will be from 1:30 ...

Genealogical Roadshow on conducting research in an Italian town. Conducting genealogical research within the church or city office's of an ancestral town can provide a wealth of knowledge and clues ...

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.

There are 15.7 million people who claim Italian ancestry now living in the United States. In the 100 years between 1876 and 1976 about 26 million Italians immigrated to the U.S. The earliest Italian ...

A great-grandparent or even a great-great grandparent from Italy used to be all it took to guarantee Italian citizenship. A surprise decree has now changed all that, making it much harder for those ...

And I watch a lot of TV. You put those two facts together and eventually, through relentless repetition, a commercial is going to worm its way into my noggin and convince it that something that might ...