17 October 2020

ITALIAN CITIZENSHIP FOR AMERICANS OF ITALIAN ANCESTRY / DUAL CITIZENSHIP #6 DOCUMENTS FROM ITALY

Now you must prepare to get your documents from Italy.  This is the part that has most Americans going belly up on their quest. It is confusing.  And you're dealing with - Italy.

Based on the location of birth, and  your history and map work, and hopefully supported by documents such as Naturalization, you have the name of a village, town, or city.

That year, what REGION was the place in?

So many people in Italy were baptized in the Catholic church.  Catholic church records can stand in or or be supplemental to CIVIL REGISTRATIONS, especially because of changes due to war.  You will want to LOCATE THE DIOCESE that likely included that place in their archival records. You will want to write to that archive.

Write to ITALY.  In ITALIAN.  If you do not write Italian, write your letter in ENGLISH, then translate it.  Google Translate can work.  I advise you keep your sentences small and your words simple.  Introduce yourself.  Explain that you are going to seek Italian Citizenship.  Say that you need official copies.  For each baptismal/birth for instance, you will say what your relationship to that person is.  I.e. My grandfather, my mother... Thank Them.

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