After moving to Italy 2years ago to the same town where my GGM and GGGM were born, I discovered that the area (Taranto/Leporano) was settled by a group of Spartans after the betrayal of the Athenians. The people of that region are very proud of their Spartan heritage. There’s a wonderful museum in ...

My grandmother always said her father was orphaned. But in reasearch, I found on his marriage record (Italy), he listed his father as living in the US and mother dead. I’m guessing his mother died while his father was in the US. Does this sound likely. Would he have actually been placed in an ...

It appears the only Italian document you need you have already found. Order it from the commune in Italy where the GGF was born. The rest of the documents you can order yourself in the US. Then, if you need translation, just pay for that. You can get apostles yourself. That’s way too costly. A ...