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JohnMarks29
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April 5, 2022 edited July 30, 2024 in Search

Does anyone have advice on finding living relatives in Italy. Whether through a person or company that offers services or advice on how I could go about it myself?

I can easily trace my family lines back to Italy, but would now like to find living relatives.

Thanks for your help!

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  • N Tychonievich
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    May 1, 2022 Answer ✓

    @JohnMarks29 FamilySearch focuses on finding records of the deceased, although you can find some records of living people in some of the records on the website. We do have an Italy Group here in Community. That might be a good place to ask your question:

    https://community.familysearch.org/en/group/108-italy-genealogy-research


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  • dontiknowyou
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    April 6, 2022

    These are the general methods, in order from least to most complex:

    1. Descendancy study. From your Italian ancestors, using historical records, build descendancy trees rather than ancestry trees.
    2. Surname study. Using historical records, build trees of every family with your surname(s) in Italy.
    3. DNA genealogy. This costs money and involves complex analyses.
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