As a nation state, Italy has emerged only in 1871. Until then the country was politically divided into a large number of independant cities, provinces and islands. The currently available evidences point out to a dominant Etruscan, Greek and Roman cultural influence on today's Italians.
Sorry this is a duplicate and I put it in the wrong section. First time using this system.
Hello everyone,
I'm new here and I just got a copy of my GGF's birth certificate but it looks like it's printed on toilet paper.
Is this the only birth certificate I would use for my GGF when trying to apply for citizenship through decent ? Or are there 2 different types that I might want to use?
your hobby is finding things. Would you mind trying to find my gr. grandfathers birth cert.? His name was Cesare Lombardi or O..parents: Melichora Miaone, and Vincent Lombardi. wife Jenny Corsale.
2 children born in Palermo, Melichaora and Vincenzo Lombardi.
thank you so much
Marie Goodgrl53@hotmail.com
The older generations who lived in southern Italy certainly remember the sound of the bells or the siren that occurred at various times of the day. Life was marked by simple and repetitive gestures: work, the relationship with nature, sharing with the family and the people of the small villages. Now...