Perhaps you should try posting at the Italian Genealogy forum. There might be others there that don't necessarily go thru the posts here in the citizenship related forum.
With the help of some people from Orkut communities we have put up together a Wiki with information about how to apply for Italian Citizenship in Italy without having to pay for local help.
It is written in portuguese, but I hope it will be helpful to the portuguese speaking community ...
Giovanni Caboto, son of Giulio, was born in Gaeta, Italy, around 1451 AD. After the Aragonese defeated the Angevins in 1461, his family took refuge in Venice where the young Giovanni grew up, got married to Mattea about 1870 and had three children: Ludovico, Sebastiano, and Sancto. His dream was to ...