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.
webdivauk wrote:Can anyone point me in the direction of passenger lists or databases of Italians that Emingrated to Argentina and Brazil?
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This forum is free of charhge and we are eager to help anyone in researching their Italian ancestry. This forum is FREE to anyone and will provide information. THERE IS NO NEED TO PAY ANYONE FOR INFORMATION on their family genealogy. Peter NYC
The name Italia, probably a Graecized form of Italic Vitelia (='calf land'), was originally restricted to the southern half of the 'toe' but was gradually extended. By 450 B.C. It meant the region subsequently inhabited by the Bruttii; by 400 it embraced Lucania as well. Campania was included after ...
