"Joe Pessarra" <[email protected]> ha scritto news:[email protected]: > > "noahsnana" <[email protected]> >> Has anyone has any good responses from writing letters to phone #'s >> in directories? I am told english is a second language in Italy. >> Curious >> Joann > > I have had very good luck in the past ... I would suggest that you > might write a copy in English, as > well as a copy in Italian. I asked my cousin once how my German was, > and did he have any problem reading my letters. He said he had very > little problems with my German, but when he did, he just referred to > my English one!! Here is the site. > http://www.geocities.com/italianproject2002/ > > You need to give them sufficient information about your family ties to > Italy, in order for them to relate to your search. > Joe in Texas I agree with Joe, I now know cousins in Italy because I wrote that letter. I wrote in Italian and English. Outside the big tourist cities it can be difficult to find a lot of English speakers...try to communicate in Italian.