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Anybody every tried Ancestry.com or something similar?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kevins89notch" data-source="post: 16096581" data-attributes="member: 31255"><p>I'm 26 months into a rabbit hole of family history. I'll try to keep this short. (not happening, LOL) It started with an ad on FB, talking about countries that offer birthright citizenship. Bored, I love to travel, so I clicked it. It talked about if your Grandparents are Irish, if your parents are English, if your ancestors flew Germany from the Nazi, and then it mentioned Italy. "Hey, I'm Italian!" </p><p></p><p>It said "Italian citizenship is passed on from parent to child without limitation of generation. You only need to produce evidence that everyone in your direct line of ascendants has maintained their Italian citizenship without interruption since 1861."</p><p></p><p>Not exactly terms I was familiar with. Some googling and in simple terms, if an Italian couple left Italy after 1861, and had a kid in the new country, BEFORE they (the parents) became citizens, then Italy views that kid as Italian. In the US, that kid would be view American though. That kid, grows up, marries, has a kid, and Italy still views that kid as Italian too. There's no generational limit, where like from Ireland, I think its 2 generations.</p><p></p><p>So now I'm like 2 hours into googling and read and this is really a thing. Off I went to ancestry and familysearch for more dates on my ancestors. I wasn't even exactly sure who came to the US. I found out an uncle had uploaded out family tree going back about 7 generations. It was my great great grandparents who came to America in 1908 and had my great grandpa in 1910. More searching and I find that my GGGF became a US citizen in 1932....so I qualify? Wait...what...no way!</p><p></p><p>Sure enough, it's legit. I started studying the rules, and requirements. Simple summary is every birth, marriage and death certificate for everyone all the way back to Italy, apostilles on those docs, and having all those vital records translated into Italian. With 8 months, I had that done. Here's what the spread looks like, complete with application forms, copies of my ID/passport and the 300 euro money order.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1542254[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I had a successful appointment at the Italian consulate October 2017, and per Italian law they have 2 years to process the application. I got emailed on 1/3/19 that I had been recognized and if I wish, I am now able to schedule an appointment to come order my Italian passport. I would have gone this week, but I'm flying to LA in a couple days to go drool over some Zondas and Koenigseggs. I'll be heading up for my passport in about 2 weeks.</p><p></p><p>...all thanks to a random FB ad, and also the man holding my dad, my great great Grandpa Giuseppe.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1542255[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevins89notch, post: 16096581, member: 31255"] I'm 26 months into a rabbit hole of family history. I'll try to keep this short. (not happening, LOL) It started with an ad on FB, talking about countries that offer birthright citizenship. Bored, I love to travel, so I clicked it. It talked about if your Grandparents are Irish, if your parents are English, if your ancestors flew Germany from the Nazi, and then it mentioned Italy. "Hey, I'm Italian!" It said "Italian citizenship is passed on from parent to child without limitation of generation. You only need to produce evidence that everyone in your direct line of ascendants has maintained their Italian citizenship without interruption since 1861." Not exactly terms I was familiar with. Some googling and in simple terms, if an Italian couple left Italy after 1861, and had a kid in the new country, BEFORE they (the parents) became citizens, then Italy views that kid as Italian. In the US, that kid would be view American though. That kid, grows up, marries, has a kid, and Italy still views that kid as Italian too. There's no generational limit, where like from Ireland, I think its 2 generations. So now I'm like 2 hours into googling and read and this is really a thing. Off I went to ancestry and familysearch for more dates on my ancestors. I wasn't even exactly sure who came to the US. I found out an uncle had uploaded out family tree going back about 7 generations. It was my great great grandparents who came to America in 1908 and had my great grandpa in 1910. More searching and I find that my GGGF became a US citizen in 1932....so I qualify? Wait...what...no way! Sure enough, it's legit. I started studying the rules, and requirements. Simple summary is every birth, marriage and death certificate for everyone all the way back to Italy, apostilles on those docs, and having all those vital records translated into Italian. With 8 months, I had that done. Here's what the spread looks like, complete with application forms, copies of my ID/passport and the 300 euro money order. [ATTACH=full]1542254[/ATTACH] I had a successful appointment at the Italian consulate October 2017, and per Italian law they have 2 years to process the application. I got emailed on 1/3/19 that I had been recognized and if I wish, I am now able to schedule an appointment to come order my Italian passport. I would have gone this week, but I'm flying to LA in a couple days to go drool over some Zondas and Koenigseggs. I'll be heading up for my passport in about 2 weeks. ...all thanks to a random FB ad, and also the man holding my dad, my great great Grandpa Giuseppe. [ATTACH=full]1542255[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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