Description
Book SynopsisItalians to America is the first indexed reference work devoted to Italian immigrants to the United States. This series contains passenger list information in chronological order on the first major wave of Italian migration during the last two decades of the nineteenth century.
Trade ReviewThese will be useful in comprehensive genealogical collections and also in those collections that are interested in migration patterns. * American Reference Books Annual *
...researchers can obtain information on Italian immigrants...The age, sex, occupation, village, and destination of the immigrant, as well as the name of the ship, its port of departure, port of arrival, and date of arrival are also found there. * St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly, Spring 2007 *
Covering April 1902 to June 1902, this is the 19th volume in a reference series for genealogists and historians on Italians arriving in the United States by ship, compiling information from the passenger lists transcribed by shipping agents and ship's officers and filed by all vessels entering US ports. Lists of Italian passenger names for each ship are provided for in chronological order, containing information on passenger age, sex, occupation, home village, and destination. The volume includes an introductory essay on the history of Italian migration to the United States and a surname index. * Reference and Research Book News *
Table of ContentsForeword Introduction Lists of Codes Occupations Villages Destinations Key Passenger Lists Index
