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Top 7 Places Your Italian Ancestors Lived

Antonietta Cerroneby
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Between 1880 and the early 1920s over 4 million Italians came to America looking for a better life. The majority were uprooting from the Mezzogiorno area of Southern Italy, which was experiencing great hardship and poverty. These are the top 7 areas most Italians originally left Italy from searching for a better life. 

1. Sicilia

The Island of Sicily - Photo Credit: Encyclopedia Britannica
Taormina Sicily - Photo Credit: Italia.it

2. Campania

Map of Campania - Photo Credit: Britannica.com
Campania - Photo Credit: LifeinItaly.com

3. Basilicata

Map of Basilicata - Photo Credit: Britannica.com
Basilicata - Photo Credit: Italia.it

4. Abruzzo

Map of Abruzzo - Photo Credit: Britannica.com
Photo Credit: LaCucinaItaliana.com

5. Puglia

Map of Puglia - Photo Credit: Britannica.com
Puglia - Photo Credit: Instagram

6. Molise

Map of Molise - Photo Credit: Britannica.com
Beach in Molise - Photo Credit: Gabriella Marino by Unsplash

7. Sardegna

Map of Sardegna - Photo Credit: Britannica.com
Sardinia - Photo Credit: Christopher Politano on Pexels

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