I cannot find anything on the consulate websites.

If I renounced italian citizenship now, does anyone know if I could reobtain it through marriage, or residancy in Italy??

Oh, thank you tomasso

Salve a tutt,

I was wondering if anyone could help me. How can I obtain Italian parish records between 1700-1800?

I have been using the Church of the Latter Day Saints microfilm.

I understand that durning this time period, my family lived in Loseto, Bari under the kingdom of sicily/ napule. Was ...

funny you should say that kontessa, its the same with me.

I think "y" and "j" are surname varients of their italian originials.

but yes i presented documentation of the name change at my appointment and thank God they accepted.

heres a great free website to look up the meaning of your last name ...

hey drew,
my grandpa's birth certificate only had his first and last name it. Then on his marriage certificate it had his middle initial "m" and on his death certificate it had his middle name written out "michael".

If your father's name is consistant throughout the rest of your documents, i'm sure ...

Nn capisco perche' nn c'e' la lettera 'j' nella lingua italiana. Ho pensato che alcuni dialetti di sud usano la lettera. come barese, napuletano.

but i see what your saying john

my last name was americanized to Jacobellis from Iacobellis.

" ... nor any letters other than those of the Italian alphabet plus J, K, X, Y, and W... "

O great

i dont think i understand. Did they get married in a church? because if so the church does all your licensing for you i believe. In that case you put where you were married not where you were licensed.

if not, i think you should do the town where the license was drawn up in. I dont really know, but ...

Congrats bud

haha hopefully, thanks you verymuch again johnnyonthespot for all your help.

thank you very much for the response johnny.

Oh yes, i tell everyone the phonetic is "Ya-kobellis" but after a while i gave up as people just keep pernouncing the "J" as an english "J".

My family came from Greece and immigrated to Puglia. I think this is why I have the "s" as apposed to the normal ...

I have all my documents. I have them all corrected, apostilled, translated and in long form. Now i am just waiting for my appointment.

I am applying through my paternal bisnonno, and his last name is spelt Iacobellis on his birth certificate but on all my U.S. documents starting from his ...

Definitely, I downloaded all of them. Preciate it bud

davvero? grazie riccardo