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 * United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) Records, 1943-1947 (USHMM) - at Ancestry ($), index.
 * Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971 - at Ancestry ($), index and images. (in German)
 * Poland, Łódź Ghetto Transportation Lists, 1939-1944 (USHMM) - at Ancestry ($), index.
 * Poland, French Prisoners in Stutthof, 1939-1945 - at Ancestry ($), index.
 * Zbąszyń, Poland, Polish-German Children Expelled from Germany, 1938 - at Ancestry ($), index.
 * The German Government initiated a major expulsion from Germany to Poland of Jews designated as Polish, in 1938. This collection contains a list of children who did not have parents. The information contains the children's names, birth dates, parent's names, and last residence in Germany. The fate of these children is not known.


 * Germany and Poland, Hungarian-Jewish Women in Labor Camps, 1944 - at Ancestry ($), index.
 * Austrian Jews in Concentration Camps, 1939-1945 - at Ancestry ($), index.
 * Italy, German Jews Deported to Auschwitz, 1943-1944 - at Ancestry ($), index.
 * Israel, Tehran Children, 1943https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3815/
 * In 1939, a group of people escaped Poland and fled to Russia. Then in 1940, many of these Polish refugees were expelled to Siberia. They were eventually given amnesty and began to move toward the Asian territories. These people suffered cold, hunger, disease, and many hardships along the way. Many children lost family members. This collection contains the names of about 800 children who arrived in Israel in 1943. Other information included are their age, parents' names, and place of birth.


 * U.S., Immigrants arriving at New York from Poland, Austria, and Galacia, 1890-1891 - at Ancestry ($), index.
 * Auswandern Preußischer Untertanen nach Griechenland und Portugal, 1823-1835, index. Emigration from Prussia (now partially in Poland) to Greece and Portugal.
 * Ausweisungen von preußischen Unterthanen aus fremden Staaten, 1864-1919, index. Deportation of Prussian citizens from other countries to Bromberg, Posen, Germany, now Bydgoszcz, Poland.
 * Gli Italiani in Polonia dal IX secolo al XVIII : note storiche con brevi cenni genealogici araldici e biografici The Italians in Poland from the 9th to the 18th century: historical notes with brief heraldic and biographical genealogical notes.
 * Kartei der Auswanderer in den Ostgebieten, 1750-1943, index.
 * Index cards of German emigrants to eastern Europe, including Hungary, the Banat region (once in Hungary, now in Romania and Yugoslavia), Galicia (formerly in Austria, now divided between Poland and the Ukraine), and Poland. Arranged alphabetically by surname, provide information regarding place of origin and place of settlement, dates and places of birth, death, and marriage, spouse's name, religion, occupation, number of persons accompanying, documentary references, date of and route of emigration, when registered with officials in Vienna, and some biographical notes. Maiden names are cross-referenced to married names.


 * Landesverweisungen, 1817-1919, images. Deportations from Bromberg, Posen, Germany; now Bydgoszcz, Poland.
 * Nachweisungen ausgewiesener polnischer Flüchtliche, 1885-1913, images. Claims and proofs of deported Polish refugees made at Bromberg, Posen, Germany; now Bydgoszcz, Poland.
 * Papers relating to the Scots in Poland, 1576-1793, e-book, indexed. Contains English translations of naturalizations in Poland of former citizens of Scotland. Also gives dates and places of birth in Scotland.

Online Sources
These sources cover multiple countries. Additional online sources unique to each country of destination are listed below.
 * 1946-1971 Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971 Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries.
 * Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Choose a volume and then choose Italy under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival".

Finding the Town of Origin in Italy
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Italy, see Italy Finding Town of Origin for additional research strategies.

Italy Emigration and Immigration
"Emigration" means moving out of a country. "Immigration" means moving into a country. Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups.

Argentina Online Sources

 * Argentina Emigration and Immigration – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Italians

Argentina Background
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United States Online Sources

 * United States Emigration and Immigration – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Italians

United States Background
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For Further Reading
There are additional sources listed in the FamilySearch Catalog:
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Finding the Town of Origin
In order to research your family in their "old" country, it is essential that you have identified the place where they came from. You must know the city, town, or parish that they came from.

Important Tips
You must also know enough about the ancestor to positively identify him in the records. Dates (even if they are approximate), places, and familial connections are key to helping you decide if a person you find, who has the same name as your ancestor, really is your ancestor.


 * Do you know the name of his/her parents?
 * Do you know his/her birth, marriage, or death date or can you calculate an approximate range of years to search for his/her birth, marriage, or death?
 * Do you know the name of the spouse? Did they marry before or after coming to the United States?
 * Do you know the names of any of his/her siblings?
 * Do you know the names of any children born in before the family emigrated?

Search Home Sources
Thoroughly go over all home sources available to you, including family history papers, copies of records, pictures, old letters (i.e. with an old address), family bibles, journals/diaries, copies of vital record certificates and church records, memorabilia etc. Interview extended family and close relatives as well as former neighbors--all of which may prove very helpful in gathering as much knowledge about an ancestor as possible.
 * Collecting Previous Research by Others Part One: Home and Relative Sources
 * Gather Family Information

Emigration Questions to Ask Relatives
Find the oldest living relatives that you can and ask them:


 * 1)  What do you know about our first ancestor to immigrate? (open-ended)
 * 2)  Have you ever heard mention of towns in Italy where the family lived?
 * 3)  Do you have contact with any relatives in Italy?
 * 4)  Do you have contact with other branches of the family in other countries?
 * 5)  When _____________ came from Italy, did he travel with other family members?
 * 6)  Do you know when _________________ arrived and which port city?
 * 7)  Did _______________ever become a citizen?
 * 8)  Did_________________fight in World War I or II?
 * 9)  When they first came, were there already family members here who they joined?
 * 10)  Did_______________ever mention their parents in Italy?
 * 11)  Were they Catholic?
 * 12)  Do you have any old letters or postcards from Italy family?
 * 13)  Do you have any pictures of family members in Italy?

Search Genealogies Compiled by Others

 * Collecting Previous Research by Others Part Two: Online Family Tree Collections
 * Collecting Previous Research by Others Part Three: Digitized Books
 * Collecting Previous Research by Others Part Four: FamilySearch Wiki Tools

Make Sure You Found the Correct Entry for Your Ancestor

 * Make sure the person you found in Italian records left Italy. Look for them in marriage and death records of the same vicinity. See whether they have children a generation later in the vicinity. These things prove they remained in Italy and would rule them out as your ancestor.
 * Match any other relationships. If you already know the parents' names, spouse's name, and/or siblings' names, make sure they match the parents' names, spouse's name, and/or siblings' names of the person you are considering in the Italian records. The parents and grandparents will usually be listed in birth records found in church records or civil records. Search for siblings' birth records and any marriage before leaving Italy in the same index.
 * Study all available entries for that name born at the same approximate time, not just the first possible match you see.
 * Consider the coverage of the database you are using. Does it cover all of Italy? Or could there be many other records not covered that could hold your ancestor's record. For example, if the database is for just one province, there are 110 other provinces which could have your ancestor's record.
 * Make sure the details you have learned about the person after they immigrate have no discrepancies with the person you found in Italian records.

Italy Records Databases to Try

 * Italy Guided Research
 * Italy Civil Registration, government birth, marriage, and death records are available online for many provinces from the early 1800s to the early or mid-1900s. These records can name grandparents in addition to parents, and towns for residence and/or birth for both.
 * There are several Italy Church Records online.
 * See Italy Emigration and Immigration for records of Italians immigrating, including some online digitized records and indexes.
 * See Italy Online Genealogy Records for other databases that might hold clues.

Records of the Country of Destination

 * Church Records: If your ancestor immigrated to a European or a South American/Hispanic country, church records can be detailed enough to identify a former residence or birthplace in the home country. These countries, unlike the United States, had state churches. In many countries, these state churches were used by the country to keep birth, marriage, and death records. Even though your ancestor was born in his former country, he may have married, and certainly died in his new country. Marriage and death records can state birthplace.
 * Civil Registration: Eventually, most governments began keeping birth, marriage, and death records. These tend to be quite detailed. Again, if your ancestor was possibly married and certainly died in their new country, those records can state birthplace.
 * Citizenship Records: If your ancestor became a full citizen, those records probably name birthplace and former residence.
 * Online Genealogy Records: See Online Genealogy Records by Location and find the online genealogy record page for your country to see other indexed collections that can be consulted.

Records to Search Created in the United States

 * U. S. Immigration Records: Finding the Town of Origin