Finding Your Italian Roots 2nd Edition

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Finding Italian Roots
2nd Edition
John Philip Colletta
Softbound Volume  totaling
205
pages.  Book is in excellent condition    printed 2008. Per the publisher;
Since Finding Italian Roots first appeared in 1993, an  ever increasing number of Americans have become interested in tracing their  Italian heritage. This thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded Second Edition  provides up-to-date information about accessing and interpreting the vast  universe of materials available for tracking Italian ancestors and recording  their stories for future generations. It contains more state and local sources,  more point-by-point explanations, more step-by-step instructions, more "insider"  hints and helps, more illustrations, more specific examples, plus an expanded  glossary and annotated bibliography, and numerous Internet websites in both  English and Italian--all brought vividly to life through the colorful stories of  real Italian and Italian-American ancestors. Whether you are just beginning your  investigations or have been doing genealogy for years, this guide will help  maximize your investment of time, effort, and money
John Philip Colletta is one of America's most popular  genealogical lecturers. Based in Washington, D.C., he teaches at the National  Archives, Smithsonian Institution, and area universities. He is also a faculty  member of the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (Birmingham, Ala.)  and Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (Salt Lake City), and has been a course  coordinator and instructor for other genealogical institutes as well. John was  just a boy when he started asking his paternal grandparents about their roots in  Italy. By 1971 he was tapping into Italian records through correspondence, and  since then has made four research trips to his ancestral homeland. John's  publications include numerous articles; the manual They Came in Ships: A Guide  to Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor's Arrival Record, now in its third edition;  and the historical narrative Only a Few Bones: A True Account of the Rolling  Fork Tragedy and Its Aftermath.
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Auctiva's FREE Counter The Connecticut Nutmegger 12 Volumes 1995-1997, a Connecticut Society of Genealogists quarterly publication.
These paperback books are in good, used condition. There may be marks in some - I flipped through to check and didn't see any, but didn't search page by page. Some discoloration from age and storage. I photographed the title page of a few volumes as an example of the articles/types of articles to be found in each book. Please see photos for more detail.
March 1995, Volume 27 #4
June 1995, Volume 28 #1
September 1995, Volume 28 #2
December 1995, Volume 28 #3
March 1996, Volume 28 #4
June 1996, Volume 29 #1
September 1996, Volume 29, #2
December 1996, Volume 29 #3
March 1997, Volume 29 #4
Volume 29 INDEX
June 1997, Volume 30 #1
September 1997, Volume 30 #2
December 1997, Volume 30 #3
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