Using Facebook for Genealogy

Posted by Ann on February 28, 2019 · Leave a Comment 

There are many Facebook pages that focus on Italian Genealogy and there are lots of people helping out with translations and giving guidance on where to find the records. Antenati – il portale del SAN is the Facebook page for antenati and they try to keep us updated with their uploading progress.  Unfortunately the text … Continue reading →

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The ANTENATI site and how to understand what will be uploaded.

Posted by Ann on January 30, 2019 · 25 Comments 

There has been much speculation and anticipation about the new ‘Antenati’ site and what records it will contain. The State Archives in Italy house many historical documents including civil records, military records and notarial records which are the records of most interest to Family Tree researchers. The digitzation of records at the Italian State Archives … Continue reading →

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What you need to know about the Family Search site

Posted by Ann on April 1, 2015 · Leave a Comment 

The Mormon Church http://www.familysearch.org  has done a great service to genealogy by microfilming millions of civil and church records around the world and making them available for people of other religions to search. These films can be ordered at a small fee and searched at one of their Family History Centres all over the world … Continue reading →

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