Did your Italian ancestor naturalize as a US citizen? You might search all the dusty boxes from family attic collections without finding a definite answer. For some, an ancestor moved to the US more than 100 years ago, and their…

Thanks to our Italian ancestors, many of us who were born in the US can claim Italian citizenship by descent, also known as “jus sanguinis.” Our Italian forefathers developed this law with the intention that the descendants of the Italians…

If documents were intelligent beings, they would do well to heed this warning on their way to the Italian Consulate’s office. The Consulate looks for the corporate government seal on vital records, and, although you may have heard of the…