As a nation state, Italy has emerged only in 1871. Until then the country was politically divided into a large number of independant cities, provinces and islands. The currently available evidences point out to a dominant Etruscan, Greek and Roman cultural influence on today's Italians.
An ancestor, ARLET Francois Thomas, is born between the years 1770-1778 in Arcille " sur la rivière de Gênes ". Later, at least in 1998, he came living in Belgium. Can you please advice me how continue my researches ?
Many thanks for your advices...
Madeleine
One of the most fun things that I discovered in my research was finding my look alike ancestor, Prince Marino Caracciolo II. Don Marino descends from the Caracciolo Rossi family, one of the oldest families in Naples, that date back to 950 AD. He was born in Atripalda on 9-6-1587 and died in Naples o...
