During the Age of Mass Migration (c. 1880–1920), researchers comparing Italian surnames in Argentina and the United States found a striking difference: in Argentina, orthographic ….
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Both hours and days of the week, as well as months, are reflected in many Italian last names, linking them in various ways to the ….
A truly fascinating source on the history and life of Italy and its regions, as well as on the daily lives of people, the arts, ….
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 ….