- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-205) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Part One: Linking your family tree to Italy. Chapter 1: Discovering your Italian heritage -- Chapter 2: Jump-starting your Italian research -- Chapter 3: Identifying your immigrant ancestors -- Part Two: Getting To Know the Old Country. Chapter 4: Understanding Italian history -- Chapter 5: Understanding Italian geography -- Chapter 6: Deciphering Italian: Language, names, and surnames -- Part Three: Tracing Your Family In Italy. Chapter 7: Civil records -- Chapter 8: Church records -- Chapter 9: Census and taxation records -- Chapter 10: Notarial records -- Chapter 11: Military records -- Chapter 12: Other records. Part Four: Advanced Sources and Strategies. Chapter 13: Putting it all together -- Chapter 14: What to do when you get stuck -- Appendix A: Publications and websites -- Appendix B: Italian provinces and archives -- Appendix C: Sample letters to request records -- Appendix D: Italian genealogical word lists -- Index.