While researching for a client today, I found a 1905 birth record for a child named Rosalia Ingoglia in the indexed NYC records on FamilySearch. Her name was indexed as Ruzalia Tuyaglio and her parents as Vincenzo Tuyaglio and Maria Liotta Tuyaglio. As most of us search by first and last name, you might be…
Tips for Using FamilySearch FamilySearch now has 180 databases for Italy! Many are at least partially indexed but most are only digitized–the images are there but they need to be searched record by record. For a list of the towns covered, go to Historical Record Collections-Italy Tip 1: When using that list of databases…
Finding Post-1866 Marriages In Italy The interesting history of Italy’s Unification has an impact on where you might find records for people who married in Italy after 1866. Prior to Unification, Italy was separated into several different Kingdoms, Duchy’s, and Republics. The Catholic Church also held a lot of power and there was no separation…