How do I start my Italian genealogy research?

Start by gathering documents you already have, such as birth, marriage, or death records of your ancestors. Once we identify the likely Italian town of origin, our team takes over, searching local civil and parish archives to build your family tree.

What if I don't know the exact town in Italy my ancestors came from?

This is a common starting point. Our experts can often identify your family's town of origin by cross-referencing passenger arrival records, naturalization papers, and census data before initiating the targeted search in Italian archives.

What is a Family History Book?

It is a premium, beautifully designed keepsake we create for you. It includes your reconstructed family tree, digital copies or transcripts of original archival documents, historical photos, and the narrative story of your ancestors' lives in Italy.

The Italian Genealogy Database

12,000 names transcribed, dated and sourced — one binder per region, one label per family.

Type a surname: if the library has already read your family's records, they are here — transcribed from parish registers, civil records and military rolls, never scraped from the web.

The library's working archive: one binder per Italian region, one label per family — The working archive: one binder per region, one label per family.

My working archive: 12,000 names transcribed, dated and sourced

One binder per region, one label per family.

Trusted Sources for Reliable Italian Records

The Italian Ancestry Genealogy Archive is an essential resource for anyone tracing their Italian heritage.

I have gathered more than 12,000 names from trusted sources, including the Italian State Archives (Archivi di Stato) and popular genealogy platforms like Ancestry.com, MyHeritage, FamilySearch, and Antenati – Italian State Archives. In this archive, you can explore birth, baptism, marriage, military, and immigration records, especially for Italian immigrants who settled in America.

The library's genealogy database is an essential first stop for anyone tracing Italian heritage.

It is built from original records read in person parish registers, civil records, military rolls and notarial files from the Archivi di Stato and diocesan archives across Italy. Where a name also appears on public portals such as Antenati or FamilySearch, the database notes it as a mirror, never as a source: the paper comes first. Birth, baptism, marriage, military and immigration records especially for the families who settled in America.

Search the Italian Ancestry Archive

Type a surname or just its first letter and press Search.

Found a name? Write to me with the surname and the archive reference shown: I will take it from there.

Feel free to contact me, as their name may still be awaiting inclusion in the archive