At 10:10 29/04/2002 -0700, Diane Webb wrote: >With regards to writing to Italy. I too have written, through an Italian >friend who composed the letter for me in Italian. However, she did say >that most Italians probably would not reply. Her reason being that she >believes they may be suspicious of people enquiry into their families, and >that Italians are usually reticent on these matters. None-the-less, it >won't stop us trying but I was wondering if any one else thought along the >same lines as my Italian friend. Is this the Italian way? > >Cheers, Diane Hello, I do agree with that. I have written to 20 people having the same name than my ancestors and who live in the same area where he did. Only one answered saying he had no link. For the others, I am in complete agreement ith you. People to who you write can think you are looking for heritage, , inheritance and so on. I have been said that in Italy most of the people are not so interesrted in genealogy. The case would certainly be completely different if it were your parents or grand parents who left Italy since in this case you could have still cousins or close relatives. Pierre Marie