Genealogy links

Italian Resources

• Associazione Araldica Genealogica Italiana
• Centro di Documentazione Sulle Popolazioni e le Culture Italiane nel Mondo: set up by the Giovanni Agnelli Foundation in 1993, offers three separate data banks of Italian nationals contained in passenger lists of ships that arrived in New York (1880-1891), Buenos Aires, Argentina (1882-1920) and Vitoria, Brazil (1858-1899). Included a search form.

USA Resources

• NARA - National Archives and Records Administration: USA archives, including Immigrant and Passenger Arrivals
• University of Minnesota Immigration History Research Center : Their genealogical sources can be consulted and researched
• The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints: their vast microfilm collection of family, church and civil records microfilmed can be viewed at the many Family History Centers and online.
• Italian Genealogical Group Home Page
• Important addresses for the Italian Genealogist: Central Vital Record Centers of Italy, State Vital Record Centers, Sections of State Vital Record Centers, Regional Superintendences of the Vital Record Centers, Local History Associations
• Italian Culture A comprehensive Guide to all possible fields connected to Italian Culture by Anthony Parente - your Mining Co.

General Genealogy Sites

• Ancestry.com: Database Available for searching - subscription required
• Rootsweb: large volumes of data available to the online genealogical community at minimal cost and support services to online genealogical activities
• National Genealogical Society: helping family researchers with a multitude of free services.

Homepages for Abruzzese descendants

• De Prophetis family : from Palombara (TE)
• Torricella Peligna (CH).

Software

• Brother Keeper: a Windows genealogy shareware program that will help you organize your family history information and let you print charts and reports
• Family Tree-Maker: versions with different prices.

Books

• Books on Italian Genealogy Research from Amazon
• Nomi cognomi e soprannomi in Italia Centrale, Mammarella Luigi vol. I e vol II - Borgia.