Italian Census

[nonnag]

Can you tell me if Italy has taken any censuses and if so where could I check them? I hope they are on line. What years and any other information you could give me would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You For Your Help!
Sharon

[suanj]

In Italy not are censuses on line..regards, suanj

[nonnag]

Thank You very much for answering my question. I guess I will have to try something else. Do they have a list of immigrants from Italy to New York, USA on line?

Thanks Again
Sharon

[VaDeb]

Sharon,

I recommend Tafford Cole's book "Italian Genealogical Records" and Lynn Nelson "Discovering YOur Italian Ancestors". They will provide an excellent knowledge base and reference for Italian genealogy.

I am not aware of any on-line soures for immigrants from Italy to the USA based out of Italy.

Ancestry.com has many passenger manifests records available. Ellis Island is on line also and covers 1892 - 1924. If they arrived in NY before 1892 in NY you need the Castle Garden Manifests from Ancestry. There are also other ports of arrival, Boston, Baltimore just to name a few.

A good place to start is to find your family in the US census. It will give a year of immigration and naturalization status.

Debbie

[suanj]

Thank You very much for answering my question. I guess I will have to try something else. Do they have a list of immigrants from Italy to New York, USA on line?

Thanks Again
Sharon

On line are only this: from 1880/1891 (Italy)
http://213.212.128.168/radici/ie/defaultie.htm

from 1892/1924 (USA)
http://ellisisland.org/search/passSearch.asp
regards, suanj

[wendellm]

Not online but available in some libraries is the 18-volume Italians to America. It has passenger lists for Italian immigrants who arrived in New York between 1880 and 1902. It is also available on CD-ROM. It is where I found my family's first crossing in 1891.

Wendell

[nonnag]

Thank You Very Much. I will check into that. You have been very helpful.