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==Finding Town of Origin== | ===Finding Town of Origin=== | ||
Records in the countries emigrated from are kept on the local level. You must first identify the '''name of the town''' where your ancestors lived to access those records. If you do not yet know the name of the town of your ancestor's birth, there are well-known strategies for a thorough hunt for it. | Records in the countries emigrated from are kept on the local level. You must first identify the '''name of the town''' where your ancestors lived to access those records. If you do not yet know the name of the town of your ancestor's birth, there are well-known strategies for a thorough hunt for it. | ||
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You may be able to find it by talking to older family members or by searching documents, such as: | |||
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*Birth, marriage, and death certificates. | |||
*Obituaries. | |||
*Journals. | |||
*Photographs. | |||
*Letters. | |||
*Family bible. | |||
*Church certificates or records. | |||
*Naturalization applications and petitions. | |||
*Passenger lists. | |||
*Passports. | |||
*Family heirlooms. | |||
====Finding Italian Town of Origin in United States Records===== | |||
*[[U. S. Immigration Records: Finding the Town of Origin|'''U. S. Immigration Records: Finding the Town of Origin''']] | *[[U. S. Immigration Records: Finding the Town of Origin|'''U. S. Immigration Records: Finding the Town of Origin''']] | ||
===Italy Genealogy Research Using the Wiki – Video Series=== | =====Italy Genealogy Research Using the Wiki – Video Series==== | ||
These three lessons demonstrate the use of personal and U.S. records to search for the name of your ancestors' home town in Italy. | These three lessons demonstrate the use of personal and U.S. records to search for the name of your ancestors' home town in Italy. | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lesson/1057 '''Italy Research With the Wiki Part 11 of 13: Finding Your Town of Origin in Italy: Home Records''']: Searching documents commonly found in homes for emigration information on Italy ancestors. Interviewing older relatives. Searching compiled family trees and printed genealogy books. | *[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lesson/1057 '''Italy Research With the Wiki Part 11 of 13: Finding Your Town of Origin in Italy: Home Records''']: Searching documents commonly found in homes for emigration information on Italy ancestors. Interviewing older relatives. Searching compiled family trees and printed genealogy books. | ||