What is Genealogy Research?
Genealogy, the research of our roots, both genetical and cultural. From the dusty, crumbling papers of documents people who belong to what we now are come out of the mist of time and look at us silently, affectionately, waiting for someone to decipher their stories, rescue them from oblivion and pass their as yet forgotten names and stories on to the next generations. HOW TO START Genealogy Research in Italy You want to go backwards and find ancestors To start any serious attempt of this kind, you need the earliest possible name with place and date (death, birth or marriage). From there you’ll proceed through births, marriages etc, according to the availability of resources – municipalities certificates, civil records, onciari, parish books, notary records and still other possible sources. As you proceed backward in time, resources will become scantier, and research longer and more expensive. You want to go forward and find relatives You can try writing a letter to all those families b
