Research Foundations

Step 1: Town Identification
- Finding Immigration Journeys to America From Italy
- Finding the Town of Origin (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
- Italy Emigration: The Who, Why, and Where (FamilySearch Blog Article)

Step 2: Civil Registration Records
- Find Your Italian Ancestors Online Through Portale degli Antenati
- Basic Italian Research
- Stato Civile Italiano per Ricostruire la Propria Storia Familiare (Italian)
- Italy Civil Registration (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
- Italian Genealogy Research–How to Find Italian Records (FamilySearch Blog Article)

Step 3: Catholic Church Records
- Basic Italian Research
- Italy Church Records (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
- Italian Genealogy Research – How to Find Italian Records (FamilySearch Blog Article)
Related Content

Italian
- Italy Handwriting (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
- Italian Genealogical Word List (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
- Italian Paleography Tutorial (BYU Script Tutorial Site)

Latin
- Latin Handwriting series
- Latin for Genealogists
- Reading Old Documents - Latin
- Latin Genealogical Word List (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
- Latin Paleography Tutorial (BYU Script Tutorial Site)