Guides to Italian Genealogical Research

Passenger lists and Immigration History

Newspapers

Manuscript Collections - Original Records

Cleveland and Ohio Sources

Other Sources

I. GUIDES TO ITALIAN GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH

Baxter, Angus In Search of Your European Roots: A Complete Guide to Tracing YourAncestors in Every Country in Europe.  Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1994. ( CS403 / B255 ). 

Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo  Italian-American Family History: A Guide to Researching and Writing  About Your Heritage.  Baltimore, Maryland:  Genealogical Research Publishing Co., 1997. ( E184 / I8C28 ). 

Cole, Trafford Robertson  Italian Genealogical Records; How to Use Italian Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Other Records in Family History Research.  Salt Lake City, Utah: 1995. ( E184 / I8C68 ).

Colletta, John Philip  Finding Italian Roots. The Complete Guide for Americans.  Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1993.  ( E184 / I8C69 ).

Nelson, Lynn  A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your Italian Ancestors: How to Find and Record Your Unique Heritage.  Cincinnati: Betterway Books, 1997.  ( CS753 / N427 ).

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II. PASSENGER LISTS AND IMMIGRATION HISTORY

New York Passenger Lists 1820 - 1841, Index 1820 - 1846 (Microfilm Room - 41:7,8)          1840 – 1850 (Microfilm Room - 54:6,7)

Baltimore Passenger Lists 1820 - 1879, no index (Microfilm Room - 41:6)

Philadelphia Passenger Lists 1800 - 1819, Index 1800 - 1906 (Microfilm Room - 54:5,6)

San Francisco Passenger Lists 1850 - 1875 ( HE601 / U5R2 ).

WRHS Fact Sheet #1:  Naturalization Records - Cuyahoga County.

Colletta, John Philip  They Came In Ships.  Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1989.                         ( CS49 / C698 / 1989 ).

Filby, P. William ed.  Passenger and Immigration Lists Bibliography: 1538-1900.  Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Co., 1988.  ( Z7164 / I3P28 / 1988 ).

Filby, P. William and Meyer, Mary Keysor eds.  Passenger and Immigration Lists Index: A Guide to Published Arrival Records of About 500,000 Passengers Who Came to the United States and Canada... Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1985. ( CS68 / P288 ).  Alphabetical by surname.  Gives first name, surname, age , place of arrival, year of arrival, source book of passenger list and page. 

Glazier, Ira A. and Filby, William P.  Italians to : Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S.Ports, 1880-1902 .vols. 1-18.  Wilmington, Delaware : Scholarly Resources, 2004.     ( E184 / I8188 ).

Morton Allan Directory of European Passenger Steamship Arrivals for the Years 1890-1930 at the Port of New York and for the Years 1904 to 1926 at the Ports of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore.  New York: Immigration Information Bureau, Inc., 1931 ( HE945 / A2D5 / 1931 ).

Newman, John J. American Naturalization Process and Procedure, 1790 - 1985.  Indianapolis, Indiana: Family History Section, Indiana Historical Society, 1986.  ( CS51 / N533A ).

Tepper, Michael  American Passenger Arrival Records.  A Guide to the Records of Immigrants Arriving in American Ports by Sail and Steam. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1988.  ( Z7164 / I3T31 ).

Microfilm-Microfiche

National Archives.  Passenger Lists for the Port of New York, 1820-1841, 1840-1850.          (Index covers period 1820-1846.)

National Archives.  Passenger Lists for the Port of Baltimore, 1820-1879.  Indexed.

National Archives.  Index to Passenger Lists for the Port of Philadelphia, 1800-1906.

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III. NEWSPAPERS

L’araldo - Dec. 4, 1942 - Nov. 20, 1953 (Microfilm Room - 51:2)

Voce Del Popolo Italiano, weekly, independent - Mar. 27, 1909 - Oct. 1922, scattered issues 1934 (Microfilm Room - 50:4)

Echo:  Italian-American Bilingual Weekly  1960 (34 C9.4 056)

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IV. MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS - ORIGINAL RECORDS

Alta House Records, 1895 - 1971 (Mss 3401) Register available.

Alta House Records Series II, 1963 - 1974 (Mss 4086) Register available.

Anthony Joseph Celebreze Papers, 1952 - 1962 (Mss 3884), 1933 - 1977 (Mss 4046) Register available.

Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation Records, 1895 – 1976 (Mss 3700) Register available.

Fiore D’Isidoro Papers, 1906-1970 (Mss 3563)

Hiram House Social Settlement Records, 1893 - 1968 (Mss 3319) Register available.

James. F. Millard Family Papers, 1827 - 1963 (Mss 3890) Register available.

Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons, International Association Local 80 (Mss 4055)

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V. CLEVELAND AND OHIO SOURCES 

 Alissi, Albert S.  Boys in Little Italy: A Comparison of Their Individual Value Orientations, Family Patterns, and Peer Group Associations.  San Francisco, California: 1978.               ( F34ZSL / I8A41 ).

Annals of Cleveland.  Newspaper Series.  Italians, Cleveland Foreign Language Newspaper Digest…Works Project Administration, District Four ( 34ZD / A613F ).

Barton, Josef John  Immigration and Social Mobility in an American City:  Studies of Three Ethnic Groups in Cleveland, 1890 - 1950.  Ann Arbor, Michigan: 1971.               (F34ZSL / A1B29 ).

Barton, Josef John  Peasants and Strangers:  Italians, Rumanians, and Slovaks in an American City, 1890-1950.  Cambridge, Massachusetts: 1975   (F34ZSL / A1B28).

Bonutti, Karl  Selected Ethnic Communities of Cleveland: A Socio-Economic Study.  Cleveland, Ohio.  1974.  ( F34ZSL / A1B72 ). 

Chiacchieroni:  Chatterbox, “Little Italy’s Own Newspaper,” Cleveland, Ohio: Sept. 1982 +.       ( F34ZSL / I8C53 ). 

Coulter, Charles Wellesley  The Italians of Cleveland.  Cleveland, Ohio: 1919. ( F34ZSL / I8C8). 

D’Alessandro, Edward A.  The Ginney Block: Reminiscences of an Italian-American Dead-End Street Kid.  Baltimore, Maryland: 1988.  ( F34ZSL / I8D14 ).

Ferroni, Charles D.  The Italians in Cleveland: A Study in Assimilation.  Kent, Ohio: 1969. ( F34ZSL / I8F39 ).

Gallagher, Daniel W.  Different Nationalities in Cleveland.  Cleveland, OH: 1927-28. ( F34ZSL / A1G1 ).

Levy, Donald  A Report on the Location of Ethnic Groups in Greater Cleveland, p. 21-23.   Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland State University, 1972.  ( F34ZSL / A1L6 / 1972).

Natalie, Alan  “Another Country, Another Time; Sixty Years Ago, Cleveland’s Murray Hill Was Port of Entry for Thousands of Italian Immigrants,” Ohio Magazine, v. 8, no. 4, July 1985. ( F34A / O39 / v.8 ).

Nationalities Services Center.  Cleveland Ethnic Directory, p. 102-113.  Cleveland, Ohio: 1990.  ( F34ZSL / A1A51 / 1990 ).

Panzica, Ignatius Anthony  Panzica: Our Family Vines.  Cleveland, Ohio: 1978. ( Panzica Family ).

Pap, Michael S.  Ethnic Communities of Cleveland, p. 187-199.  Cleveland, Ohio: John Carroll University, 1973. ( F34ZSL / A1P2 ).

Porrello, Rick  The Rise and Fall of the Cleveland Mafia; Corn, Sugar, and Blood.  New York,

New York: Barracade Books, 1995.  ( F34ZSP / P838 ).

Sacchini, Joseph L.  Alphabetical Index to Italian Family Genealogy.  Youngstown, Ohio: 1994. ( F34X / M216S11 / Index ).

Sacchini, Joseph L.  Italian Family Genealogy of the Mahoning Valley, 1874 to 1994: A Genealogical Guide.  Youngstown, Ohio: 1994.  ( F34X / M216S11 ).

Sacchini, Joseph L.  Italians of Youngstown and Mahoning Valley, Ohio.  Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1997.  ( F34Y / Y81S12 ).

Scaravelli, Joseph Victor  A Message to My Loved Ones.  South Euclid, Ohio: 1989. ( Pam S956 )

Schullian, Dorothy M.  The Italian Cultural Gardens in Cleveland.  n.p.: 1941.  ( Pam S415 ).

Veronesi, Gene  Italian Americans and Their Communities of Cleveland.  Cleveland,   Ohio: Cleveland State University, 1977.  ( F34ZSL / I8V54 ).

Works Progress Administration.  The Peoples of Cleveland, p. 129-142.  Cleveland, Ohio: WPA, 1942.  ( F34ZSL / A1W95 ). 

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VI. OTHER SOURCES

DeBartolo Carmack, Sharon.  A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your Immigrant and Ethnic Ancestors.  Cincinnati, Ohio:  Betterway Books, 2001.  ( CS49 / C287 ).  

Edgren, August Hjalmar.  An Italian and English Dictionary.  New York, New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1929.  ( PC1640 / E3 ).

FamilySearch CD Rom Collection (LDS):  International Genealogical Index - Continental Europe and Southwest Europe.

Fucilla, Joseph G.  Our Italian Surnames.  Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987.  ( CS2715 / F951 ).

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