Does anyone know what this is? i contacted the comune of my great grandfather, they said that they could not find his birth certificate but had il Ruolo Matricolare. What is this and would it suffice to prove that he was indeed an italian citizen? thanks -- Mike

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The Liste di Leva contain the ...

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To allow easier researches, the Archive of the State of Udine has stored online a database called Friuli in Prim (Anagrafe Storica delle Famiglie Friuliani)

You can find more information about this website here: http://genealitalia.blogspot.com/2010/05/friuli-in-prim.html

For example, I ...

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Today I found other digital libraries:

Biblioteca Digitale Claudia Augusta - BOLZANO

Biblioteca Teresiana - MANTOVA

Biblioteca Digitale Reggiana - REGGIO EMILIA

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On my GGF's Ellis Island passenger record, it lists his ship (La Savoie) as departing from "Le Harve, France".

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The ship La Savoie was built for French company "Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. See
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsL.html

The archives of ...

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Now, I remember a wonderful film called Il cammino della speranza (Path of Hope). A neorealist film of the 1950s by Pietro Gemmi.
This film chronicles the misery and poverty of a group of Sicilian miners in its tragic exodus to France. They crossed the Alps on foot!

Summary: http://www.imdb ...

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On my GGF's Ellis Island passenger record, it lists his ship (La Savoie) as departing from "Le Harve, France". Was it typical for Italians (maybe just Northern Italians) to travel to France to come to America? The last place of residence is in Italy (although the city name seems ...

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Anyone have any sites that allow you to search Italian newspapers online for surnames, especially smaller local dailies?

Grazie.

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LOMBARDY (region) - Lombardy: newspapers from the 19th Century and 20th Century - Emeroteca Digitale Braidense http://genealitalia.blogspot.com/2010 ...

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I'm trying to find the Birth Certificate of an ...

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My name is Daniela Massolo, and I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

My grandfather Luigi MASSOLO was born in Alessandria, frazione San Giuliano Nuovo. (He was the son of Isabella BARBERIS, born in San Michele (Alessandria).
My great grandfather Vittorio PERUGINI was born in Montecosaro ...