Thanks for that. It's true about my Nonno's fierce pride of his heritage. I remember he had a giant map of Fiume on his kitchen wall and when I was little he would make me practise pronouncing all the place names. He was also a member of the Fiume Society in Sydney and although he loved raising his ...

I'm trying to interpret this treaty and apply it to my grandfather's situation. If anyone has the time to have a look and offer an opinion it would be greatly appreciated. The treaty After WWII parts of NE Italy were ceded to Yugoslavia per the Treaty of Peace with Italy (entry into force 15 Septemb...

Thanks for your help. My siblings and I qualify for Italian citizenship jus sanguinis so we're collecting all the necessary documentation. The documents we don't have are our grandparent's birth and marriage certificates, but it's a little complicated because where my Nonno was born is now in Croati...

My grandfather's DOB: 29 June 1927.
Grandmother's DOB: 15 July 1930.

Ennio Danieletto, son of Attilio Danieletto & Anna Primosich. Born 29 June 1927 in Fiume, Italy. Emilia Maria Mladenich or Emilia Maria Campelli, daughter of Emile Mladenich & Angela Bostiancich (confusion over surnames due to a second marriage and subsequent adoption, surname at time of bir...

My grandparents were born in Fiume (now Rijeka in modern day Croatia) and I'm currently trying to track down their birth certificates.

Does anyone have any experience locating documents from regions no longer part of Italy?