Hello Listers I am a new member to this and will post my interests later In answer to this part of the posting:- >I can't seem to find anything for Wales. Surely Cardiff, Swansea etc had Italian communities?> Yes they certainly did, and in the 1881 census there is an entry for Ludovico GIOJA (sic) who was the Italian vice-consul for Wales, and I have written to them (they still have the consulate there), as I am trying to trace my Grandfather Albino Flavio GIOIA - so if you need the address I can give it to you I also understand that there is a flourishing Italian community in Birmingham. all the best Eunice Shanahan in Queensland Australia