Italy Heritage: Keep in Touch with your Roots

A journey through the pages of Italy Heritage can offer:
• an introduction to Italian genealogy research through archives, records, documents, databases that can help the descendants of Italian emigrants to rediscover and study their own roots in Italy, in order to preserve this knowledge and pass it on to the next generations;
• a collection of articles and videos, to learn appreciate the traditions that Italians brought along as a special treasure in their quest for a better future for themselves and their children and grandchildren;
• insights into the very soul of Italian towns and villages and their wealth of historical, cultural, artistic and natural beauties.

Italian Genealogy

Research into Italian Genealogy with the support of a collection of records and indexes from archives, documents, research, libraries; among the main sections, a guide to research, and to reinstate Italian citizenship for descendants of Italians emigrants, lists of surnames divided by place at present and from the past.

Italian Regions and Provinces

A guide to Italian regions, towns and hamlets, with their history, highlights and genealogy connections. A comprehensive description of the Administrative Divisions of Italy into regions, Provinces, Comuni, Frazioni; also included a collection of links to the official websites of Provinces and Comuni, and a list of Zip - Postcodes for all localities and addresses.

Abruzzo portal

Online since 1997 as Abruzzo 2000, this legacy section offers insights into the culture, history, art, towns and villages in the Abruzzi region, itineraries, events; also guestbook archive, news archive, a shop.

Legacy Italian Genealogy Forums

Collections of forums active from 1998 to 2020 with over 40,000 postings. Though replies and new posts are no more possible, the archived forums, categorized by Province and Year, are still a great reference source for research: Archived Italian Genealogy Forums 1998 to 2007 and Archived Italian Genealogy Forums 2008 to 2020.

Italian Cuisine and Food

Italian Recipes and Food, with sections on Traditional Recipes, Typical Foods & Drinks, Video Recipes to learn Italian while cooking, an alphabetical collection of recipes in Italian.

Heritage Ezine

Articles about research, genealogy, history, art, Italian recipes divided by region, a section dedicated to the writer John Fante, the Abruzzo Heritage archive.

Italian Traditions and Events

Highlights on the main festivities celebrated in Italy, classified by Region and Month, as well as special sections devoted to Christmastime and Carnival

Great Italians

A section devoted to those Italians that honored their origins wherever their vision and destiny brought them. Recent Additions: Frank Capra | Arturo Toscanini | Franco Zeffirelli | Giacomo Puccini | Luisa Spagnoli | Primo Carnera | Giuseppe (Joe) Petrosino

Learn Italian

The Italian Language is part of our heritage, and understanding Italian is also a journey into the rediscovery of our past. This section includes a beginner's Italian course, texts from literature, excerpts from movies and documentaries, with parallel English translation for a full immersion into true Italian-speaking situational contexts.