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.
Hello, I am trying to find some information on the Nucera's..My great grandfather dom nicholas nucera was born in italy, moved to the united states at a young age 14. (I would like to know the reason for that) where he had 2 sons, joeseph and John....they moved to canada and had to change their names to Nuclar....joseph had 9 girls(mygrandfather). I just dont know where to start...hehe any help is greatly appreciated.
The typical Italian lineage dates from circa 1600, and for most of us that's reasonably profound. But who wants to be "typical" when you might be able to trace a lineage into the 1500s or even into the Middle Ages? Because success in this field requires practice and perseverance, as well as skills m...