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.
Thank you I agree that I’ll need it. I sent a record request to Mississippi but the person I spoke with said the office might not process my request since I didn’t know the county. There are 82 counties in MS, and the most likely one came up empty in an index search.
Not sure where in Mississippi you are looking, but you might want to check out a freelance researcher to see if they can help you.
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. The earlies...