I will!! I'm going to try to write out my letters and emails tonight or tomorrow! Crossing my fingers!

Thank You both for your help and time!

Thank you for your fast reply! Is there any other place other than the parish that I can request information? Like in the states we have Vital Statistics...I'm assuming they have something like that in Italy? Is the Ufficio di Stato Civile ( Civil Registration Office ) the same thing as a Vital ...

Also is there a name for a document that would list everything that they have on my ancestors in Italy? Birth, Marriage, Death records along with children, etc ? or would I have to request everything individually?

Thanks so much!!

should I include a return envelope with my address already on it ? or postage or anything else? I've never done this so i'm unsure of what is expected. Is there a forum on here that could check my letter to make sure the Italian is ok?

my family is from Dugenta, Benevento, Campania, italy. I'm having an extremely hard time finding any records of them. I have immigration records from ellis island and castle garden but I just can't seem to find any actual italian records. Before italy was a country they were living in The Kingdom of ...

Thats what I was thinking and yes those are my ancestors! Thanks SO much for your input!

I will definitely check into that surname! Thanks so much! I have been trying to figure out all the different possibilities for months now. Figured I needed some help. Thanks again!

My family came to the US between 1890s through 1910's. When they came over they Americanized their surname to Uvanni. I've found it as " Tovanni" , "Jovanni" "Iovanni" "Iovane" on various records ( like Ellis Island papers etc). When I search familysearch.org, though, I can't really find a single ...