"Nigel Harding" wrote in message news:abo2oo$kcf$1@reader-00.news.insnet.cw.net... > In the UK we have surname interests pages organised by county. > Is there something similar for Italian regions or provinces? > There are many, Italy general or locality specific lists & boards, listed here on this Surname Boards Page, usually the people will add the town of origin: http://www.angelfire.com/ok3/pearlsofwisdom/boards.html There is not one big one that all Italian Genealogy Researchers are listed on and actually I have never seen that for the UK either. Here is a big one has been around for stome time. You have to scroll to the surname to see the comune or province of origin: http://surnames.italiangenealogy.com/ You can also find many people researching in various areas who keep a list of "Surname Interests" on their websites. Many non_commercial surname or locality specific Italian genealogies are linked here: http://italiangenealogy.tripod.com/ For a somewhat current distribution of Italian Surnames you can use the lookups on this "Italian Names" Page: http://www.angelfire.com/ok3/pearlsofwisdom/italynames.html Best wishes, Paula Marie Nigro Nigro, Caggiano, Policori, Tomasulo di San Fele, PZ, Basilicata http://san_fele_roots.tripod.com/