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.

Italian Ancestry Services, Done in the Archives

Let me guide you through your family history, one record at a time.

On-site research in parish and state archives across Italy: certified acts, transcriptions, translations and a written family report. From €50 per hour — and the pre-analysis of your documents is always the first step.

Three generations of an Italian family, early 1900s — Three generations, early 1900s — the people the archives remember.

How Genealogy Search Works

My research bridges the present and the past: birth, marriage and death records, stati d'anime, notarial files and military rolls, read page by page in the State and parish archives of Italy — from the Veneto plains to the Sicilian hills. Every claim in my reports is tied to an original record you can verify.

The aim is simple: advance your family tree generation by generation, verify your Italian descent, and locate the place of birth of your ancestor — with the documents to prove it.

On-site research: from €50 per hour.

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Italian parish marriage register entry, 1837: the paper the portal doesn't have — Registri parrocchiali italiani, 1837 — la carta che il portale non ha.

Family History Book

Every research is delivered with a detailed written analysis: the sources, the transcriptions, the translations, the reconstructed line.

If you want that analysis bound and printed — a designed family book with documents, maps and rare photos, page after page of your people — I quote it per project, because every book is different. The book option starts at €500.

Book option: from €500 · quoted per project

Family Tree Creation

Deep knowledge of your family history will be the foundation for growing your family tree.

Our relationship begins with an interview with me, to lay the groundwork for your research project.

In this conversation, you will inform us about your wishes and expectations with this survey. Taking our experience into account, we will be able to guide you on the best way to make this meeting between you and your story.

Phase 1 - Family Tree Analysis

In this initial phase, you can provide all relevant documents (photos or copies) and/or information pertaining to the family branch to be researched. Our team will carefully analyze these documents and information, making corrections to an existing family tree or creating a new one on a free website. Once the analysis is complete, we will provide the family tree to the client.

Phase 2 - Research of Ancestral Country

Online Genealogical Document Research

Genealogists will conduct further research using various available online resources and provide a report within the next 90 days (approximately) detailing the research paths taken and the results achieved.

Phase 3 - Research and Search for Genealogical Documents in Italy

During the third phase, our team will continue the research using online resources, civil registry offices, and/or churches. It's important to note that civil records officially began in Italy in 1866, while in some regions of Northern Italy, they commenced on September 1, 1871.