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| | Italy World Club |
 | | The regions: history, geography, sights and events of hundreds of places Each of the 20 Regions is divided into Provinces (over 100), each Province into comuni or municipalities (over 8,000) and each comune may be further subdivided into frazioni (hamlets) or contrade, ville, circoscrizioni (over 35,000). |
 | | Genealogy Research: A tutorial about Italian genealogical resources, how to research in civil records, parish books, notary and land records; the law of Italian citizenship, ethymology of surnames, lists of family names in Italian villages, how to use the white pages to find connections... |
 | | Origin of Surnames: A work in progress, ethymology of many Italian surnames, ordered A-Z. Message Forums: Read and reply to the messages divided by Province or leave your own postings, over 70,000 messages on genealogy, family, ancestors, places, posted since 1998. |
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