New at Ancestry.com - Calabria Region Civil Records
A new addition to Ancestry.com has me jumping for joy. They are starting to add civil records from the Calabrian Region of Italy spanning from 1810 to 1936. This is huge for me and other descendants of Italian 
immigrants. Family History Centers have these records available now, but one has to spend hours rolling the film and I found it hard to make much progress - especially trying to translate Italian terms at the same time. With Ancestry creating a searchable index, and linking to the pages, the whole process will be much easier. Currently this database only contains the town of Falerna in the Provence of Cantanzaro, but I'm hopeful they will continue expanding this collection. According to FamilySearch.org, they have microfilm of most towns in the Southern region of Italy and I'm hopeful they will get to my grandparent's towns soon. I've been hoping for this development for a long time and I think Ancestry just earned another years subscription from me - despite the cost.
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Mimi,
Thank you so much for that link! This is an incredible resource.
I appreciate you visiting and for the comment.
Tim
Posted by: Tim Agazio | May 02, 2008 at 06:35 PM
For a much larger group of transcribed Italian records, you might check this website. Individuals have painstakingly done this work for you already.
Maybe your town is on this list?
http://www.sersale.org/comunes.htm
Posted by: mimi | May 02, 2008 at 05:32 PM