Depuis mon jeune âge, j’ai aimé l’Italo Disco, et récemment, j’ai entendu une chanson qui m’a rappelé des souvenirs de ma jeunesse et de la ….
Author: Surnames in Italy
I have loved Italo Disco since I was young, and recently, I heard a song that brought back memories of my youth and the land ….
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, millions of Italians emigrated to the United States. They brought with them their language, traditions, and family ….
According to Professor Enzo Caffarelli, a renowned Italian linguist and onomastician, there were around 350,000 surnames in Italy at the beginning of the 21st century. ….
A Forgotten Reality When researching our Italian roots, we find that some surnames not only indicate a geographic origin but also reveal a silent story ….
Political Central File The Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali have put online a list of people included in the Casellario Politico Centrale (Political Central File). This ….
The Italian State Archives (Archivio di Stato) are located in the capital of each Italian province, but the documentation they preserve reflects the changes that ….
Variants of a surname are different ways in which the same surname can be found written due to various factors such as transcription errors, dialectal ….
Origins of Italian Surnames It was in the 11th and 12th centuries that the presence of surnames emerged; many nicknames derived from certain physical attitudes, ….
Origin of Italian Surnames “Dimmi come ti chiami e ti dirò chi sei” (Tell me your name and I’ll tell you who you are) The ….