Below you will find a collection of some of our favorite Italian history, genealogy and language sites.
Italian Family History Sites
Cyndi's List (Italy), a great starting point for all of your online Italian genealogy research
Calabrian Genealogy, full of historic context, including the great earthquakes that have devastated Calabria throughout history
Ignazio Family Tree, a great example of a family tree with excellent pictures and a lot of heart!
Nuccia's Family History, an inspiration to us all
Historelli's Social Club, part blog, part family history
Samuel J. Bifano and the men of the 324th Field Artillery Batallion, 83rd Infantry Division, a loving tribute to the men of our greatest generation
Sites Dedicated to Italian Towns
Paduli in America, a great site dedicated to Paduli, Province of Benevento
Citizens of Paduli (BN) and their American counterparts at Ellis Island
Montalto Uffugo, Cosenza, Calabria, a comprehensive site with online records
The Carini Exchange, another incredible site with online records
Bovino, Foggia, English language site with many pictures
Brognaturo, English and Italian site dedicated Brognaturo, Vibo Valentia, Calabria
Macchia Valfortore, English and Italian site dedicated to Macchia Valfortore, a town located across the Valfortore River from Celenza Valfortore
Valle San Giovanni, English language site dedicated to to Valle San Giovanni, Abruzzo
Other Celenza Valfortore sites
The official website of Celenza Valfortore: parla italiano?
Celenza Valfortore and San Marco la Catola online, an Italian language site dedicated to Celenza Valfortore and the neighboring town of San Marco la Catola
Celenza Valfortore Blog, An Italian language blog of Celenza Valfortore with some beautiful pictures
Parish of Santa Croce, Celenza Valfortore, an Italian language site of the parish of Santa Croce, includes a nice list of the pastors from 1612 to 2002
Nicola Torre, a Celenzano artist, has some beautiful paintings of Celenza on his site
Italian Genealogy Forums
Reference
A guide to understanding Italian records and deciphering difficult to read old Italian handwriting
Italy World Club, a guide to Italian regions, provinces and communes
The Italian Genealogical Group, an incredible database of New York related records
Old Italian handwriting samples, a great sample of old handwriting styles, which is useful in deciphering old records
Italian surname distribution mapping: enter your surname under "cognome" and see how it is geographically distributed throughout Italy
Steve Morse Genealogy Search Engines
Ellis Island Manifests, an invaluable FREE research tool, and while you are there, also take a look at Save Ellis Island, for pictures and stories of the forgotten hospital wards
Puglia News, if you can read Italian, there is usually some current news about Celenza if you search on this site
Special Sites of Interest
The Chapel of the Miraculous Medal in Paris, place your intentions at the foot of the altar where the Blessed Mother appeared to St. Catherine Laboure