Will this letter work for writing Torino?

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Will this letter work for writing Torino?

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I found this template on the forum - and I wanted to double check it before I sent it out!
I'm going to try email and a letter.

What should I put as the subject in the email?

Thank you!

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Egregi Signori,

Mi chiamo (name), ed abito negli Stati Uniti all'indirizzo sopradetto.

Vi scrivo affinché mi aiutiate a reperire:

* FOGLIO DI CONGEDO ILLIMITATO
* FOGLIO MATRICOLARE
* REGISTRO DI LEVA

per il mio grande grande - nonno:

* ROLLE, Giacomo Carlo Bartolomeo nato nel Comune di Forno di Rivara in data 30 novembre 1870, paternità ROLLE, Giuseppe, maternità ROSTAGNO, Catterina Maria.

Vi prego di farmi sapere quanto dovuto per il servizio e per i costi di spedizione.

Distinti saluti,

Signature

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I have their address as:

Former St. Louis Hospital
Via Piave, 21
10122
Turin
+39 011 4604111
+39 011 4364795

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Great-great-grandfather is "trisavolo" or "bis bisnonno" in Italian.

Here is a list of relationships:

Father: padre
Mother: madre
Son: figlio
Daughter: figlia
Grandson: nipote
Granddaughter: nipote
Sister: sorella
Brother: fratello
Uncle: zio
Aunt: zia
Grandfather: nonno
Grandmother: nonna
Great grandfather: bisnonno
Great grandmother: bisnonna
Great great grandfather: trisavolo
Great great grandmother: trisavola
Cousin: cugino (male) cugina (female)
Nephew: nipote
Niece: nipote
Husband: marito
Wife: moglie
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Thank you Carmine! I had a feeling that what I wrote for great great grandfather was not correct.

Do you have an idea of what I should write for the email subject?
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Try this website for your letter look down the list of letters

http://freeitaliantranslations.blogspot.com/

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As a subject you can write:

Oggetto: Richiesta documenti

Instead of closing with: "Distinti saluti", I would say:
Vi ringrazio anticipatamente per l'interessamento e porgo distinti saluti

You can just send an email, they will answer. Don't forget to give your e-mail address. If you want to send a letter then you have to write the address this way:

ARCHIVIO DI STATO DI TORINO
ex Ospedale San Luigi
Via Piave, 21
10122 TORINO
Italy

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