Below you will find a collection of some of our favorite Italian history, genealogy and language sites.
Italian Family History Sites
Cyndi's List (Italy), a great starting point for all of your online Italian genealogy research
Calabrian Genealogy, full of historic context, including the great earthquakes that have devastated Calabria throughout history
Ignazio Family Tree, a great example of a family tree with excellent pictures and a lot of heart!
Nuccia's Family History, an inspiration to us all
Historelli's Social Club, part blog, part family history
Samuel J. Bifano and the men of the 324th Field Artillery Batallion, 83rd Infantry Division, a loving tribute to the men of our greatest generation
Sites Dedicated to Italian Towns
Paduli in America, a great site dedicated to Paduli, Province of Benevento
Citizens of Paduli (BN) and their American counterparts at Ellis Island
Montalto Uffugo, Cosenza, Calabria, a comprehensive site with online records
The Carini Exchange, another incredible site with online records
Bovino, Foggia, English language site with many pictures
Brognaturo, English and Italian site dedicated Brognaturo, Vibo Valentia, Calabria
Macchia Valfortore, English and Italian site dedicated to Macchia Valfortore, a town located across the Valfortore River from Celenza Valfortore
Trip Advisor review of Relais San Pietro
Other Celenza Valfortore sites
The official website of Celenza Valfortore: parla italiano?
Celenza Valfortore and San Marco la Catola online, an Italian language site dedicated to Celenza Valfortore and the neighboring town of San Marco la Catola
Parish of Santa Croce, Celenza Valfortore, an Italian language site of the parish of Santa Croce, includes a nice list of the pastors from 1612 to 2002
Celenza Valfortore Blog Italian language blog of Celenza Valfortore with some beautiful pictures
Celenza artist Luigi Nicola Torre
Where to Stay
Relais San Pietro in Celenza, a delightful oasis overlooking the rolling hills of Celenza
Trip Advisor review of Relais San Pietro
Italian Genealogy Forums
Reference
Italy World Club, a guide to Italian regions, provinces and communes
The Italian Genealogical Group, an incredible database of New York related records
Italian surname distribution mapping: enter your surname under "cognome" and see how it is geographically distributed throughout Italy
Steve Morse Genealogy Search Engines
Ellis Island Manifests, an invaluable FREE research tool, and while you are there, also take a look at Save Ellis Island, for pictures and stories of the forgotten hospital wards
A guide to understanding and deciphering old Italian handwriting styles
USCIS Genealogy service, allows you to order certain immigration records from the U.S. government
A fantastic guide to understanding Italian genealogical records