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 *[https://immigrantships.net/index.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild] Choose a volume and then choose Italy under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival".
 ====Germans from Russia====
-In '''1763''' Catherine the Great of '''Russia''' offered free land, no taxes for thirty years, freedom of religion, and other incentives to encourage Germans to settle her vast, sparsely populated domain. Dozens of German colonies were established and grew until World War I. '''Many Russian Germans moved to the United States, Canada, or South America beginning in 1874.'''
 *'''1870-1945''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/420719?availability=Family%20History%20Library Auswandererkartei von Rußlanddeutschen nach China und Nordamerika : 1870-1945] Index cards, arranged alphabetically by surname, for German-speaking emigrants '''from Russia to China, North America, Argentina, elsewhere'''. Includes birthplaces and dates for both spouses and children, date of emigration and destination, place and date of marriage, children's names and documentary references.
 *'''1899-2012''' {{RecordSearch|2367299|United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012}}, index.