Links
- Anglo-Italian history and culture
- Italian organisations in British Isles
- Church records British Isles
- Civil records British Isles
- Immigration/emigration
- Italian history
- Church records Italy
- Civil records Italy
- Italian geography and maps
- Italian surname lists
- Italian names
- Italian addresses, postal codes and telephone numbers
- Italian language helpers
- Latin helpers
- Miscellaneous transcribed records
- Italian researchers
Family history beginners
Cyndi's list of genealogy
sites on the internet
Genealogical research portal. Includes beginner's guide and
section on Italy.
Familysearch
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) provides a huge resource for genealogists. This includes research guides (Wiki), indexes, filmed and digitised records and a network of Family History Centres through which their extensive library is made available. Library includes some Italian and civil parish records. Website includes many baptisms, etc, some UK and Irish records and some Italian records that can be browsed: not all are indexed.
Getting Started in Genealogy
and Family History
From GENUKI UK and Ireland Genealogy.
Italian family history - general
Italian Genealogical
Group
An American-based international group with a database of American-Italian records. Of limited use to UK-based researchers.
ItalianGenealogy.com
Italian Genealogy website that includes a forum. Includes general guides to Italian genealogy such as reading Latin documents, Italian dialects.
Italian
Genealogy Online
An excellent American web page prepared by Paula Nigro, well worth visiting. Full of information, links and tips on how to write letters to Italy.
Italian
Resources for Jewish Genealogy
A guide to the main resources on Italian Jewish genealogy, but also useful
for researching people of all religions.
Italy Genealogy
Guide to Italy; ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.
Italy Letter Writing Guide
This is from the Latter Day Saints' FamilySearch.
Anglo-Italian history and culture
Arandora Star ( STV People's History Show)
Short documentary about the Arandora Star tragedy on YouTube (STV) with input from Dr. Terri Colpi, Cav.Ronnie Convery, Rando Bertoia (the last survivor of the tragedy) and family members of some of the victims.
Backhill Online
Social website which aims to connect with the Anglo-Italian community of all generations.
Includes archive of BackHill magazine 1977-1997.
BBC Legacies: Immigration and emigration:
Bedford's Italian question
Collar the lot! Britain’s policy of internment during the Second World War
From the National Archives
Family Portrait: the Scots-Italians 1890-1940 : Italians resident in Scotland in the 1930s
Map of Italians living or working in Scotland in the 1930s based on the 1936 edition of the Guida Generale Degli Italiani in Gran Bretagna with some additions from Kelly’s Directory (1928).
The Ice House :
the ice well, ice trade, ice cream, and related history
London Canal Museum. London's ice cream history involved many
Italians and Swiss Italians. Website includes the full text
of a novel, Ragazzo, about Victorian London and the Tichinese
community including Carlo Gatti.
ISRC Archive: Italo-Scottish Research Cluster
Online archive with material from the 1880s, the period of the first Italian mass migration to Scotland, to the present. Includes documents for the most part not previously identified, including letters, photographs, films and other personal ephemera. Also interviews and specific family information.
The Italian Chapel (Undiscovered Scotland: The Ultimate Online Guide)
Background and history of the Italian Chapel on Orkney, Scotland.
Includes photographs and information about Italian prisoners
of war, Scapa Flow and the Churchill Barriers.
Italian Cloister Garden
About the Glasgow Arandora Star memorial garden.
The Italian Job
BBC programme looking at the vibrant and colourful Italian community
in Bedford, presented by Roberto Perrone. Includes audio recording
and links to other BBC Italian pages.
Italians in Clerkenwell: Rosa Lusardi by Olive Busagni
Archived copy of a story from Moving Here : 200 years of migration to England.
Manchester's Ancoats
Little Italy by Anthony Rea
Memories of the Italian colony of Ancoats
Liverpool's Italian Families
History of Italians in Liverpool by Debra D'Annunzio.
Welsh Italians
The story of the Avventurieri...the Adventurers, the first Italian emigrants who settled in South Wales towards the end of the last century and started the cafés without which no township in Glamorgan and Monmouthshire is now complete.
West Bar - Sheffield's
"Little Italy"
History of Sheffield's Italian population
20th & 21st Century Migrations
Building Italian communities: caterers, industrial recruits and professionals. An article written by Dr. Terri Colpi.
Italian Identity in Scotland:
Archival Foundations
An article written by Dr. Terri Colpi. It will download as a pdf.
Italian organisations in British Isles
Amici Val Ceno Galles
Organises social and cultural events in South Wales for Italians
and Welsh Italians living and working in Wales. Has strong links
with Bardi in Val Ceno.
Bristol Anglo-Italian
Circle
Arranges talks and events throughout the year on various subjects
on Italy and Italian life and culture.
British Italian Society
A forum for lovers of Italy and Italian Culture founded over
sixty years ago.
Consulate General
of Italy in London
Includes some useful links
The Embassy of Italy
in London
Includes Embassy news
Il Circolo Londra: Italian Cultural Association
For people with an an interest in Italy and Italian culture.
Italian Cultural Institute
Dublin: Istituto Italiano di Cultura
Ireland. Fosters cultural links between Ireland and Italy.
Italian Cultural
Institute in Edinburgh
Promotes Italian language and culture in Scotland and Northern
Ireland organising a wide series of events.
Italian Cultural Institute
London. Official Italian government agency for the promotion of cultural exchanges between Great Britain and Italy.
The Italian Society
of Bedford
Organises talks for anyone interested in Italian culture.
Mazzini-Garibaldi Club
London based social club originally founded in May 1864 as La Società per il Progresso degli Operai Italiani in Londra under the joint presidency of Guiseppe Mazzini and Guiseppe Garibald.
St Peter's Italian
Church : Chiesa Italiana di San Pietro
Thriving Italian church established in Clerkenwell in 19th century.
Includes news, projects, brief history and events.
Southend Anglo Italian
Circle
Aims to foster relationships and understanding between British
and Italian communities and to promote interest in Italian society,
culture and language
Church records British Isles
Catholic Heritage: Archive catalogue
Catalogue of archival holdings of insitutions in the Catholic Church, including Scottish Catholic Archives and Diocese of Westminster Archives. Use this to locate physical records."
Catholic Family
History Society
UK
Catholic Record
Society
Lists their publications including register transcriptions
Liverpool History Projects
Provides access to indexes to Roman Catholic marriages, baptisms and burials in
Liverpool. Also Merseyside Aliens and other records.
Civil records British Isles
Aim25: Archives in London and the M25 area
Provides collection level descriptions of the archives of over one hundred higher
education institutions, learned societies, cultural organisations and livery
companies within the greater London area.
FreeBMD
Free Births, Marriages, and Deaths. FreeBMD provides free Internet
access to the Civil Registration index information for England
and Wales. Not all years are covered yet.
London, Edinburgh,
and Belfast Gazettes
Several legal notices are required by law to be published in
the official newspapers of record in the United Kingdom. Includes
naturalisations. Includes digitised issues for both world wars.
ScotlandsPeople
The official Scottish Government site for searching government records and archives.
UK BMD : Births, marriages
and deaths on the Internet
Links to web sites that offer on-line transcriptions of UK births,
marriages, deaths and censuses.
Immigration/emigration
Barometers and the Italian Emigration (Jean Hood's Website)
Information about barometers and Italian emigration from Como
Biblioteca On
Line
A specialised resource centre on Italian and international migration.
Search the catalogue to identify useful articles or books that
you may be able to obtain through your local library.
Dictionnaire
des musiciens à Dunkerque
Dunkirk, France. An index of musicians, dancers, and musical
instrument makers born, domiciled or passing through Dunkirk between
1700 - 1914. Includes many Italians. Records indexed include
census, marriage and passports and migrant declarations.
ISTG (Immigrant Ships Transcribers' Guild)
f
Transcribed passenger lists includes some ships from Italy. Also has Compass, a guide to
assist you in your search for immigrant related information.
Italian genealogy books
An alphabetical list of books about Italian emigration.
Wiki GenWeb
Département français (FranceGenWeb)
French archives by Département, with many records available online. Many Italians
passed through France on their way to Britain and left records behind them, e.g. a birth in Paris.
Italian History
The Catholic Encyclopedia
Part of New Advent Catholic website. Includes history of Italian
dioceses
Centro Studi Emigrazione Roma
The Centre for Migration Studies (CSER) was established to study
the sociological, historical, political, theological and pastoral
aspects of national and international migration movements. Includes
bibliographies, and details of their library.
History of Italy
Wikipedia on the history of Italy.
Italy
History and politics of Italy
Waldensian Families Research
Information about Italian Waldensian (protestant) family history.
Church records Italy
Diocesi e Parrocchie
Searchable directory of parishes and dioceses in Italy. You can also browse
using a map of the dioceses (Diocesi).
Italy Church Records (Familysearch)
Information about Italian church records and links to some online records
Parrocchie
An Italian Parish look-up. If you are looking for a comune
that starts with San or Santa, use S. before the name of the
parish.
Civil records Italy
Antenati : Gli archivi per la ricerca anagrafica
Ancestors: archives for genealogical research. Images of documents stored in state archives, e.g. civil birth, marriage, death records. In Italian with some English.
The ARCHIVI portal
Italian Archives (in Italian). Gives addresses and websites of State "Provincial" Record Centres in Italy (Archivi di Stato). Includes details of what each "Provincial" Record Centre holds.
Comuni-Italiani.it
Information, statistics and addresses of Italian comunes, provinces and regions.
Finding Italian Records
D'Addezio.com. Explains where to write to obtain copies of civic
family records and provides addresses for each Comune. You need
to write to the Comune (municipality) of the city or town from
which your ancestors came. If they came from a small town you
must write to the Comune of the city having jurisdiction over
the frazione (hamlet).
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mostly in Italian. Includes
information about historical archives of documents created in
its offices in Italy and abroad, including Kingdom of Sardinia
(London 1730-1860). Hint: search for "Inventari online".
Transcribed Vital
Records of Italian Towns
List of websites or email addresses that represent the transcription
of hundreds or thousands of records.
Italian geography and maps
Italia.indettaglio.it : Italy in full details
Lists regions, provinces, towns and provides some information about them.
Mappy (Italia)
Provides street plans of Italy etc. Shows comune boundaries not
visible on Google maps.
Italy Maps
From FamilySearch. Includes Italy Under Napoleon 1812, After
Napoleon 1815, Present day, Present-day provinces
WHKMLA Historical Atlas : History of Italy
Historical maps of Italy
Italian surname lists
AIFHS members' interests
Surname interests of members of AIFHS
Genealogie delle
famiglie nobile Italiane
Information about researching Italian noble families. Registration
required.
Italian origin search : Find your roots : Helpful links and more
A collection of links to pages of transcribed material containing surnames. E.g. birth/baptism, marriage and death/burials; census, military lists and books.
Italy Surname Distribution Map (Gens)
Just enter your surname (cognome), find (Trova), and this will show you the spread and density of people with this surname living in Italy.
Links to Surname Websites
D'Addezio.com. This link allows you to browse the names that have been submitted directly to the site or search for
websites that feature the name that you're looking for.
Webster Signature Database
Used to be called Websters' Instrument Makers Database. A repository for
information about people who made and signed scientific instruments preserved in
collections worldwide. Includes Italian barometer makers.
Italian names
Everything you want to know about Italian Given Names
Steve Russo's pages gives an introduction to Italian names, and also
separate lists for male and female given names, common and rare.
First Name Translator
D'Addezio.com. A simple program translating names between Italian
and American.
Italian Naming Traditions and their Ramifications
An extract from Lynn Nelson's book 'A Genealogist's Guide to
Discovering Your Italian Ancestors' discussing Italian naming
traditions and the ramifications of Italian first names.
Italian surnames in the Family Names of the United Kingdom project
Linguistic origins, history, and geographical distribution of common Italian names in the UK. From the Family Names of the United Kingdom (FaNUK) project. Includes names with 100 current bearers or more in Britain and Ireland.
Origine
dei cognomi
Origins of surnames. Written in Italian. Web archive copy of website.
Italian addresses, postal codes and telephone numbers
CAP e Prefissi Telefonici
Postal & Telephone Codes for all the towns in Italy.
Pagine Bianche
The official white pages for Italy. You must enter a surname
(Cognome) and at least a province.
Pagine Gialle
Italian yellow pages, with the option of translating the
search page into English. Useful for locating Italian churches
and businesses.
Italian language helpers
Free Italian translations
requesting civil records from Italy
Provided by member Ruth Rowlands.
Free Translation
Includes Italian Translations.
Google language
tools
Automatic translation of portion of text or whole page. Also
searching in selected language.
The Italian documents : records extraction guide
Helps you to read old Italian handwriting for extracting parish and civil registration records. Scanned book originally published by the LDS as "Italian Records Extraction - An Instructional Guide".
Italian Language
Guide to Italian language with links to lessons, history of
the language, etc.
Italian Occupations A-Z and the English Equivalents
Italian to English
Vocabulary To help with family history documents
One page of definitions arranged alphabetically
WordReference.Com
Provides translation using Collins Dictionaries. Includes Italian.
Yahoo! Babel Fish
Translation Service. Input a URL for a web site or a block of
plain text and this site will translate for you from Italian
to English or from English to Italian.
Latin helpers
Free Online Latin to English Translator
Translate text and web pages between Latin and English
Latin Genealogical Word List
Latin words with their English translations
Latinized Given Names
List of latinised forms of English names. This does not necessarily
include all Latin forms of Italian names but may help interpret
older church records.
Miscellaneous transcribed records
AIFHS Transcriptions
Various transcribed lists of surnames. More are available to members in the Members Area of this website
Albo dei Caduti della Grande Guerra
Roll of the Fallen of the Great War.
Centro Studi "Nicolo Rusca"
Baptism records for Como. Go to Archivio Diocese then select
banca dati battesimi (on right). Once the new screen opens you
will see that at the top of the page there is a magnifying glass
..... press. You can try using Cognome (surname of child)
and below Cognome (surname) mother, godmother and godfather.
These records include the date of the parents marriage.
Département des Alpes-Maritimes - Les Archives - Etat Civil
Births, marriages and deaths (Actes d'État-civil) for archives that includes part of France that used to be in
Italy, e.g. Nice. Give village and approximate years to access lists of people
born, married or died in those years.
Thunders Of White
Silence : the Protestant Cemetery of Florence called 'The English
Cemetery'
Complete register, with photographs, of the Protestant cemetery
in Florence.
San Cataldo, Caltanissetta, Sicily
Marriage and death index for San Cataldo, Caltanissetta, Sicily.
Vizzini, Catania, Sicilia,
Italia Genealogy
A resource for people whose ancestors came from the town of
Vizzini, located in Italy.
Italian researchers
Italy
/ Italia : Professional Researchers, Volunteers & Other Research
Services
From Cyndi's list. A list of organisations and individual researchers.
Hiring a Professional Researcher
Advice and links from Familysearch.
Updated 10th July 2020