Old Sailor wrote: > > Use the Italian phonebook on the Interent and enter some last names of > family members in the provinces they came from. The URL is http://www.paginebianchi.it (I'm pretty sure) Absoloutely - I did this as well and found some cousins, who I visited in January. It is important to narrow down the geographical area as much as possible. You don't have to be great in Italian, but making an effort to communicate in that language will be warmly received. We got by on a couple of introductory tapes, a phrase book and a dictionary. If you know any Spanish, most Italians will be able to understand you well enough. Jeff DeMarco

Hi Jeff, I think that the right web-address is www.paginebianche.it Jeff DeMarco <jmd@alumni.princeton.edu> wrote in message 3CB1A98B.922A1615@alumni.princeton.edu... > Old Sailor wrote: > > > > Use the Italian phonebook on the Interent and enter some last names of > > family members in the provinces they came from. > > The URL is http://www.paginebianchi.it (I'm pretty sure) > > Absoloutely - I did this as well and found some cousins, who I visited > in January. It is important to narrow down the geographical area as much > as possible. > > You don't have to be great in Italian, but making an effort to > communicate in that language will be warmly received. We got by on a > couple of introductory tapes, a phrase book and a dictionary. If you > know any Spanish, most Italians will be able to understand you well > enough. > > Jeff DeMarco >