Ancestral Research and Italian Citizenship
Find your connection to “il Bel Paese” — the beautiful country of your Italian ancestors.
At Bel Paese Genealogy, I can bring your Italian past into the present by finding your ancestor’s native town, uncovering their multi-generational family tree, or helping you collect your documentation for Italian citizenship by descent.
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The meaning behind Bel Paese [BEL pah AY zay]…
Italian immigrants living in the U.S. often referred nostalgically to the home they left behind as “il bel paese,” a phrase referring to the beauty of Italy — its mild climate, warm people, rich cultural heritage, good food, and so much more. “Bel paese” has a long history appearing as early as the 13th century in the writings of Dante Alighieri and Francesco Petrarca, the fathers of the Italian language. Past and present, “bel paese” sums up all we love and long for about Italy.
