Over 25 million Italians have emigrated between 1861 and 1960 with a migration boom between 1871 and 1915 when over 13,5 million emigrants left the country for European and overseas destinations.
Looking for any information on a Guiseppe Tortolano And Annatonia Varlese my grandparents from Cassino.Arrived in the UK around 1900's.They were married in Middlesbrough Yorkshire 1911.Can't find any arrival lists from Europe.Where do i look for birth certs for them in Italy.Any help Or documents would be great.
Most Cassino records were destroyed in WW2 bombing. If you are sure they were from Cassino (and not from the surrounding area) you might be out of luck unless you know the names of their parents.
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Hi Ann.I thought registration of births at local level were also recorded at Caserta State Archive and that the local records were lost during the bombings.I know they were born in Cassino.I know the year and the names of their parents except my grandfathers mother.Any info would be great.Thanks Lawrence
Fortunately, the LDS Family History Library has microfilms of the Civil Registrations (births, marriages, deaths) of Cassino, Frosinone, covering 1809-1900, available for rent and view at your nearest Family History Center... https://familysearch.org/search/catalog ... m%2F130715
Italysearcher wrote:Most Cassino records were destroyed in WW2 bombing. If you are sure they were from Cassino (and not from the surrounding area) you might be out of luck unless you know the names of their parents.
The greatest exodus of modern history has been that of the Italians. Since 1861, more than twenty-four million departures have been recorded. In the space of just over a century a number almost equivalent to the amount of the population at the time of the unification of Italy emigrated abroad. It wa...