Micki
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Meanwhile, have you done all your American research first? Start with yourself and work backwards writing down everything you know. Use a pedigree or
Family Group Chart to help you keep organized.
Next, search the free sites like
www.stevemorse.org or
www.famlysearch.com . You will have to register a username and password and you can also download the free software program for your computer if you prefer to enter your info into your PC database instead.
For researching a Italian Records through microfilm a must read is:
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/ ... cestor.asp
It will help you understand the records.
Next, to view films for your town, civil records are available from 1820-1929..
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library ... umns=*,0,0
Locate the nearest Family History Center near you using this link:
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library ... et_fhc.asp
Go in, order the films you wish to look at first and pay for them (about $5.00). Wait a few weeks and they will call you when they arrive. Make an appointment for a reader and go in a view the films. You will have about three weeks to do this in. Should you decided you need more time, you can renew them up to twice more and then you can keep them in the FHC on was is know as permanent loan.
Hope this helps some.