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Our Italian Surnames
Our Italian Surnames covers every fact of Italian names and naming practices. It is here we discover, for example, that bussolari is Italian for compass, orsini means bear, and passalacqua stands for butterfly. In addition to sections on given names and the evolution of Italian surnames, the book contains chapters devoted to pet names, botanical names, geographical names, bird names, insect names, occupational names, and more.

Finding Italian Roots : The Complete Guide for Americans
Whether you choose to conduct your family research by traveling to Italy or by writing to town archives and other repositories of family information, this is the complete guide for you. Finding Italian Roots briefly discloses the resources available here in the United States for climbing your family tree back to your immigrant ancestor, then how you can tap into the wealth of information available in the town halls, archives, churches, and libraries of Italy.

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Web Sites

The Italian Genealogy Homepage
Tools for people tracing Italian heritages, including surname and Italian citizenship information.

Italian Genealogy Search Tools and Articles -- D'Addezio.com
Research your Italian ancestry among our surname queries, coat of arms, ship arrivals, articles on Italian culture including listing of famous Italians, plus locate archives in Italy.

Italian Genealogy Online and all things Italian.
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