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Bisnonno Michelangelo Coca circa 1903 Cook County  S earching the Web for Family Ties...
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Spam "bots" harvest email addresses from the web on a regular basis. The FTC has an informative piece on this. While searching for your family history you don't want to be inundated with ads. Open an email account just for genealogy at a free web-based email service, such as:  YAHOO   HOTMAIL   NETZERO. If you receive a lot of spam you can close the free account and open a new one.

Click here for an interesting genealogy website International Black Sheep Society.

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SEARCH for EMAIL ADDRESSES of people who share your surname.
          metal bead   Yahoo! People Search   Yahoo! in Italian
          metal bead   Bigfoot People Search
          metal bead   WhoWhere People Search
          metal bead   International Phone/Email Search

You can also GOOGLE your surname.

MESSAGE BOARDS, Lists, & Forums...
Message boards enable you to post your surnames and/or town of origin. If you include an email address opened especially for genealogy searches, people with information to share will be able to contact you. Most likely they will leave a response message on the board. Be sure to go back and check them regularly as some messages remain on the boards for a long time.

          metal bead   Abruzzo2000 Message Board
          metal bead   D'Addezio.com
          metal bead   Familyhistory.com
          metal bead   GAETANO Online
          metal bead   ITA-Sicily List
          metal bead   Italian Genealogy & Abruzzo Pages
          metal bead   Italian Genealogy Online
          metal bead   Italian Lists
          metal bead   Italy Genforum - Message Board
          metal bead   Matera Forum
          metal bead   PIE Mailing List
          metal bead   Potenza Forum

Searching for our family was one of the most rewarding things we have ever done. It required perseverance and a lot of assistance from others. Many of these "others" we have never met except via email and they help people out of the goodness of their hearts. "Thank You" to those of you who help others.

Sometimes you will need lookups or copies of records. It's a good idea to reimburse people for their time and expenses AND to reciprocate in kind when others ask for assistance in an area that you excel in.

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Now that you have tons of documents, letters, and photos, why don't you put all of the pieces together and share your family story?

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