If you have ancestors who served in WW2 then you may be interested in exploring Fold 3’s World War II Collection which is free from May 1rst to May 16th in honor of the anniversary of the Victory in Europe (VE Day) on May 8, 1945. There are over 90 million records in the collection […]
Did you know you can tell a lot about an Italian Surnames origin by it’s ending? Or that generally speaking surnames in Southern regions of Italy end in vowels but as one moves North many surnames will end in consonants? This can possibility be attributed to the fact that Northern Italy borders have changed several […]
Need a quick reference to some of the more commonly used words used in civil records/genealogy research? Want to know how to pronounce those same words? About.com offers a great resource to many of these words AND lets you hear how they’re pronounced on their Italian Audio Phrasebook page. And for those interested in learning […]
What are Civil Records? Civil Records are very detailed documented papers of all births, marriages, deaths, and other events known as ACTS which are reported to and recorded at the Comune (municipality) of each town. Copies of each act recorded are then forwarded to the Tribunale (courthouse). Each type of act would contain different key […]
Step 3: Paper or Digital » Online Sources & Tips I actually started this post a week or so ago but unfortunately ended up with a nasty infection that had me laid up for the last week so I apologize for that. Today’s post is one of the most interesting since it deals with the […]
Step 3: Paper or Digital? Paper or Digital? is the 3rd part in my 5 Steps to Begin Researching your Ancestry series. Here we will have a look at whether to go with a traditional paper filing system, a digital program or a combination of the two. The other two in the series are: Step […]
Step 2: Start with what you Know Welcome back to Part 2 of my 5 Steps to Begin Researching your Ancestry. By now I assume you have a rough idea of your goals which you created when writing out your plan. If you haven’t done this step yet you really should in order to […]
