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.
Im looking to find anything I can on my grandfather Francessco Guiseppi Bellani (not sure if thats correct spelling)
He came by ship to England around 1904 I think he travelled with extended family (name:Guiseppi Palosi or Pelosi)
I think they came from Lucca or in and around the Tusscany area
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...
