The Italian Ancestors Project is pleased to announce that Casa Italia, the Italian Cultural Center located in Stone Park, IL, has become a project sponsor. Full Story
Calling All Italians! Italian Records Bring Family History to Life
Leonardo da Vinci, once said, “There are three classes of people; those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.” Full Story
Eight New Italy Indexing Projects Added
Exciting things are taking place right now at FamilySearch with the Italian Ancestors Community Project as we continue to work closely with the National Archives of Italy (Direzione Generale per gli Archivi) to provide free access to millions of birth, marriage, and death records. Full Story
New Italian Indexing Resource Available
Hot off the press! Italian Indexing Guide–Births, Post 1875 Full Story
Italian Indexing Guide – Births, Post 1875
Italian birth records were standardized after 1875. To help you navigate and index these post-1875 historic birth records we have developed an Italian Indexing Guide. The Italian Indexing Guide assumes that you are already a registered FamilySearch indexer and are familiar with the FamilySearch indexing software. Additional FamilySearch indexing assistance can be found by visiting familysearch.org/volunteer/indexing and joining the very active FamilySearch Italy Indexing group on Facebook. Full Story
Roots of Italian Ancestors Project Started Decades Ago
Some might be surprised to know that FamilySearch first began microfilming historic records in Italy during the 1940s following WWII. FamilySearch’s first agreement to microfilm records in Italy was in 1948 with the Chiesa Evangelica Valdese (Valdensian Evangelical Church). It captured 66 microfilm rolls of records from several churches in the region dating back to the 1600s. Full Story
The Drive is on for Italian Ancestors Project Indexers
As the largest historic Italian records preservation and access initiative ever, the Italian Ancestors Project is picking up momentum. Full Story
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