Finding my mother's birth mother
My mother, Lucia Amiti was born Rome, Italy (Via Anicia) on the 24th August 1938. She was christened at St Francesco a Ripa. She was a foster child and never knew her real parents. She passed away 31 Dec 2018. I have done searches with no success. Any information you can provide is greatly accepted. She always wanted to know where she came from before she died. Grazie
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Lucia,
As far as I know there are several ways to get the information abut your mother's parents:
1 - The "main road" is making an appeal to the Court of Rome. This is the surest, but you may need a local lawyer and it may take quite a long time, especialy now with the Covid-generated issues.
Here is the mail address of a law firm specialized in adoptions: adozioni@professionistilegali.it.
This is their website
http://www.professionistilegali.it/adozione/ladottato-diritto-conoscere-le-proprie-origini/
Remark: i found this address on the web, so I cannot guarantee how they work.
2 - you can try making an appeal via some specialized websites like this one: https://www.figliadottivicercanogenitoribiologici.it/tag/roma/
3 - The Municipality of Rome has an archive of adoptions. Until recently, access was restricted for 100 years after the event, however I read that recently there has been a more flexible interpretation, so you might write to them and find out more:
There might be also other ways that I am not aware of.
Other contributors to this blog might also provide their advice.
Good luck with your search!
Paolo
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