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
During the mass emigration from Italy during the century between 1876 to 1976, the U.S. was the largest single recipient of Italian immigrants in the world. However, their impact was not as great as countries like Argentina and Brazil. That was due to the fact that hundreds of thousands of immigrant...
