Info about message boards on Italy

Here are some links on message boards about Italy:

MESSAGE BOARDS

• FOOD
• Italy – Source: The Vegan Forum - "a vegan message board"
  
• GENEALOGY
• Genealogy.com
• Italy Genealogy Forum
  
• RootsWeb.com – "The oldest and Largest FREE genealogy site, supported by Ancestry.com"
• Italy
  
• LANGUAGE
• SparkNotes – "books and SparkNotes.com exist to help students learn and practice basic skills, write a paper, study for a test and achieve their academic goals. We believe that doing well in school and learning is its own reward, and that learning is more than just getting a diploma from a brand name college."
• Italiano (Italian) Message Board
  
• TRAVEL
  
• AOL
• Travel: Italy
  
• Frommer's – "Travel Experts for 50 years"
  
• Travel Talk – Italy
• Graffiti Wall – "is a lively community of travelers who generously share their experience and enthusiastically learn from each other." – Source: Rick Steves' Europe
• The Independent Traveler – "is an interactive traveler's exchange and comprehensive online travel guide for a community of travelers who enjoy the fun of planning their own trips and the adventure of independent travel."
• Italy
  
• slow travel – "Travel slowly, staying in vacation rentals (villas, farms, cottages, apartments)"
  
• Italy
• Italy Overview – Source: tripadvisor® – "get the truth. then go.™"
  
• MIXED TOPICS
• Italy – Source: icq – "everybody, everywhere" – "is a personal communication tool that allows users to meet and interact through instant messaging services such as text, voice, video and VoIP as well as various entertainment and community products."
• Italy – "Message board, and more on Italy" – Source: PEOPLE IN ACTION – "Selected Resources on what People are Doing for a Better World"
• WEDDINGS
• Top Wedding Links – Source:
• Wedding Message Boards, Wedding Chat, Wedding Forum
  
• Wedding Italy: getting married in Rome – on: May 20th, 2007, 6:13pm
  

MISCELLANEOUS

• SEE ALSO:
• Info on Forums About, For or On Italy *, dated Tuesday, May 23, 2006

* = Blog entry has been updated.

The above links are current. If anyone has any suggestions for other sites, please feel free to post your comment and I'll update this blog entry. For your specific interest, please search the web for further information using .

That's it for Friday, 31 August 2007: venerdì, 31 agosto 2007.

Ciao, Ben

Moving2Italy2 – #1 source of links About, For or On Italy for those individuals moving, traveling or already living in Italy.

Today’s quote is an Italian proverb, author unknown.

"Il fine giustifica i mezzi."
"The end justifies the means."

Info on Judaism (Jewish Italy) in Italy

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 6 October 2009)

Here are some links on Judaism (Jewish Italy) in Italy:

BOOKS

• All you need to know on Jewish Italy 2006 - 5766/67
• Tuscany Jewish Itineraries: Place, History and Art (Jewish Itineraries) by Dora Liscia Bemporad
• Virtually Jewish: Reinventing Jewish Culture in Europe by Ruth Ellen Gruber
  
• Gardens and Ghettos: The Art of Jewish Life in Italy by Vivian B. Mann
  
• Cultural Intermediaries: Jewish Intellectuals in Early Modern Italy (Jewish Culture and Contexts) by David B. Ruderman and Giuseppe Veltri
• The Guide to Jewish Italy by Annie Sacerdoti
• Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families Under Fascism by Alexander Stille
• The Jews in Italy under Fascist and Nazi Rule, 1922-1945 by Joshua D. Zimmerman

CEMETERIES

• Jewish Cemeteries – List by city – Source: JewishItaly.org – "Your Guide to Jewish Italy"

COMMENTS/OBSERVATIONS

• ARTICLE
• Rediscovering Jewish roots in Calabria – By Web Editor. Filed under History on November 16th, 2006 – Source: – Italy Magazine – "THE NO.1 MAGAZINE FOR LOVERS OF ALL THINGS ITALIAN"

COMMUNITIES

• jewish community of florence – In English, Italian
• Comunità ebraica di Milano – mosaico – In Italian Only
• Comunità ebraica di Roma – In Italian with limited sections in English

GENEALOGY

• Italian Resources for Jewish Genealogy – "A Guide to the Main Resources on Italian Jewish Genealogy by Nardo Bonomi" – Source: JewishGen
• Jewish Genealogy in Italy – Source: Italian Family History
  

HOLIDAYS

• Holidays on the Net
• The Jewish Holiday of Rosh Hashanah
• The Jewish Holiday of Yom Kippur
• Jewish Holiday Calendar – Source: Jewish Calendar - Hebrew Calendar
  
• Jewish Holidays & Israeli Art and Culture – Source: DOING ZIONISM
  

MUSEUMS

• Jewish Museum of Rome (Museo Ebraico di Roma) – In English, Italian
• Jewish Museums in Italy
  
• Jewish Museum of Asti – In English, Italian
• Jewish Museum of Bologna – In English, Italian
• Jewish Museum of Casale Monferrato – In Italian Only
• Jewish Museum of Ferrara – In English, Hebrew, Italian
• Jewish Museum of Florence – In English, Italian
• Jewish Museum of Livorno – In English – Source: JewishItaly.org – "Your guide to Jewish Italy"
• Jewish Museum of Merano – In English, German, Italian – Source: Guide to the museums of South Tyrol
  
• Jewish Museum of Trieste – In Italian Only
• Jewish Museum of Venice – In Italian Only
• Jewish Museums – List by city – Source: JewishItaly.org – "Your Guide to Jewish Italy"
• SEE ALSO:
• Global Directory of Jewish Museums – Please scroll down to Italy– Source: Israel Science and Technology
  

RESTAURANTS

• KOSHER
• RUTH'S KOSHER VEGETARIAN FOOD – "Ruth's Official site - kosher jewish restaurant" – Source: WEB SITE
  
• Kosher restaurants in Rome – Source: Roma Multietnica
• LISTS
  
• Kosher Restaurant Database Query Results – Criteria Selected Country: Italy – Source: Shamash: The Jewish Network
• List of Kosher Restaurants in Rome – Source: JewishItaly.org
  
• List of Kosher Restaurants in Rome – Source: Yahoo! Travel
• KOSHER EATERIES AND STORES
• Kosher Eateries and Stores – List by city – Source: JewishItaly.org – "Your Guide to Jewish Italy"

SYNAGOGUES

• Longotevere Cenci – Synagogue of Rome
• Tempio Israelitico – Source: BETH - HATEFUTSOTH ,The Nahum Goldman Museum of the Jewish Dispora, MUSEUM OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
  
• Synagogues of the World: Italy – Source: Jewish Virtual Library
• Synagogues – List by city – Source: JewishItaly.org – "Your Guide to Jewish Italy"
  
• Tempio Maggiore, The Great Synagogue of Florence – Source: BETH - HATEFUTSOTH ,The Nahum Goldman Museum of the Jewish Dispora, MUSEUM OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE

TRAVEL

• Discover Italy – "Your guide to Jewish Italy" – Source: JewishItaly.org
  
• Jewish Italy – "Tours in the historic Italian communities enabling the visitor to understand the depth and multiplicity of Italian Jewish character and color."
  

VIRTUAL HISTORY TOUR

• By Rebecca Weiner – Source: Jewish Virtual Library
• The Virtual Jewish History Tour Livorno (Leghorn)
• The Virtual Jewish History Tour Rome
  

WEB SITES

• Jewish Italy – In English, Italian
• JewishItaly.org – "Your Guide to Jewish Italy"

MISCELLANEOUS

• The Jewish Community of Italy – Source: European Jewish Congress
  
• Jews In Italy – Source: In Italy Online!
• JEWISH ITALY – In English, Hebrew – Source: Kosher Delight – "Your Jewish Online Magazine!"
• Jewish Rome – Source: In Italy Online!

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That's it for Tuesday, 12 December 2006: martedì, 12 dicembre 2006.

Ciao, Ben

Moving2Italy2 – #1 source of links About, For or On Italy for those individuals moving, traveling or already living in Italy.

Today’s quote is a Italian proverb, author unknown.

"Chi sta bene con sè, sta bene con tutti."
"He who is at ease with himself will in turn be at ease with the others."

Please read my wife's blog about our life in Italy:

Friends and Family in Italy

Going to Spain, read my new blog:

Info About, For or On Spain – a source of links About, For or On Spain for those individuals traveling or already living in Spain.

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 6 October 2009)

Info on Forums About, For or On Italy

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 8 February 2008)

Here are the links on Forums (message boards) About, For or On Italy and being abroad:

BACKPACKERS

• Forums: Europe – Source: BUG - the Backpackers' Ultimate Guide
• Forums: Italy – Source: Backpackers.com

CITIZENSHIP

• Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship – Source: ItalianGenealogy.com
• Italian Citizenship & Genealogy Services Message Board Index – Source: Italian Citizenship & Genealogy Services
• Welcome to the Dual Citizenship Forum – Source: ItalyLink.com

COOKING

• Epicurious Forums – "for people who love to eat" – Source: epicurious.com
• Forum Italian Food Forever – Source: Italian Food Forever
• Welcome to the Italian Cooking Forum – Source: ItalyLink.com

DRIVING

• Driving in Italy - An American View – Forums – Source: MP3Car.com
• Driving on the other side in Italy - help – Source: Travellerspoint
• TripAdvisor Forums – Source: tripadvisor
• Driving In Italy – TripAdvisor Forums Search
• Rome forum: Driving In Italy

EXPATS

• EuroExpats Forum – Source: EuroExpats – "Connecting Commerce and Community"
• Expat Forums! – Source: Expat Forums
• Expat Talk – Source: Expats In Italy
• Forums – In English, French, German, Italian, Spanish – Source: Easy Expat
• Forums – Source: EXPAT FOCUS

FOOD

• Forum Italian Food Forever – Source: Italian Food Forever
• Food & Drink Forum for sharing recipes, techniques, good places to eat and drink etc in Italy – Source: Italy Magazine
• Italian Food Site – Source: BellaOnline, The Voice of Women!

FOREIGNER

• TuttoStranieri – "al servizio degli immigrati" – In English, Italian
  

GENEALOGY

• abruzzoforum.com – genealogy forums for descendants of Italians in the world
• Italian Genealogy – Source: ItalianGenealogy.com
• italian genealogy – Source: virtualitalia.com
  
• Joe's Italian Genealogy Forum – Source: caropepe.com
• Italian Genealogy Online & all things Italian
• How to Use the Message Board
• Italy Roots Forum

HEALTH

• Gluten-Free Celiac Disease Forum – Source: Celiac.com
  

JOBS/EMPLOYMENT

• Italy: Job Discussion Forums – "The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" – Source: Dave's ESL Cafe
• Monster Forums – Source: monster.co.uk

LANGUAGE

• Italian – Source: icq
• Italian-English – Source: WordReference.com
• Italian language, handwriting , script & translations – Source: ItalianGenealogy.com
• Italy – Source: Phrasebase Language Exchange Forum section of Phrasebase
  
• Solo Italiano – Source: WordReference.com

LIVING ABROAD

• Forums in Living Abroad – Source: icq
  

LIVING IN ITALY

• AngloINFO ITALY – "Life in Italy, in English: Living in or Moving to Italy" – section of AngloINFO – "Everything you need for life in another country..."
  
• AngloINFO Liguria – "Life on the Italian Riviera, in English!"
• AngloINFO Discussion Forums
• AngloINFO Milan – "Life in Lombardy, in English!"
• AngloINFO Discussion Forums
• AngloINFO Rome – "Life in Rome, in English!"
• AngloINFO Discussion Forums
• AngloINFO Tuscany – "Life in Tuscany, in English!"
• AngloINFO Discussion Forums
• Italy – International Living online Discussion – Source: InternationalLiving.com
• Italy > Forums – Source: Just Landed

MAGAZINES

• Italy Magazine Forums – Source: Italy Magazine
• Italy Grand Tour
• Discuss Italy - Benvenuti in Italia
• An Italian Home
• Italian Living
• Sports

MILITARY (USA)

• Overseas Military Forums – Source: oconus.com
• U.S. Military: Forums – This is your sounding-board, the place for you to post your questions, concerns, views, statements, answers, requests, or pretty much anything which concerns the U.S. military. If you post a question or comment, I, or a member of my staff will try our best to answer it within 24 hours. – Source: About.com

MISCELLANEOUS

• Forums – Source: Just Landed
  
• Culture
  
• Language
  
• Travel & Leisure
  
• Visas & Permits
  
• Jobs
  
• Housing & Rentals
  
• Property
  
• Health
  
• Money
  
• Telephone & Internet
  
• Education
  
• Business
  
• Moving
  
• Italy Forum – Source: “As the Romans Do: An American Family's Italian Odyssey” by Alan Epstein
  
• Joe's Italian Genealogy Forum Forum Index
• Genealogy
• Mangia!
• Culture & Language

VACATION RENTALS

• Lay My Hat Forum Index ->Italy – The forum for holiday rental owners – Source: Lay My Hat
• See also, Vacation Rentals – NOT a forum – Source: slow travel italy

SHOPPING

• Where to Shop In Italy.. – Source: Lucky
  

SPORTS

• BICYCLING
• Italy - Cycling – Speciality Travel Guide – Source: InfoHub
• Italy – Source: BigSoccer
• SKIING
• Welcome to GoSki Italy talk! – Source: GoSki.com
• Ski Chat and Discussion Forum: Italy – Source: j2ski.com
• Sports – Source: Italy Magazine

STUDYING IN ITALY

• Studying in Italy – Source: Travellerspoint Travel Community

TRAVEL

• Benvenuti - Welcome to the Italy Forum – "This Forum is set up for you to discuss your travel plans with other travelers and locals, share your travel experiences with others, tell your favorite stories and even show your favorite photos" – Source: The Parker Company
• Graffiti Wall – "is a lively community of travelers who generously share their experience and enthusiastically learn from each other." – Source: Rick Steves' Europe
• Italy Travel Forum & Bulletin Board – Source: Travel-Information.Org
• Italy Forums – Source: tripadvisor® – "get the truth. then go.™"
• Italy for Visitors Forum – Registration required for access – Source: About.com
• Let's GoTravel Forum – Italy – Source: Let's Go Italy
• Select Italy Forum Index – The Ultimate Source for Travel to Italy – Source: Select Italy
• Slow Travel Talk – Source: Slow Travel
• The Travel Forum – NOTE: "You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. "
  
• TRAVEL FORUM: Italy – "Help and Advice From Your Fellow Travelers" – Source: VirtualTourist.com
• Travel Message Boards from The Independent Traveler - European Traveler Board: Italy – Source: The Independent Traveler
• TRAVEL TALK FORUMS – Source: Fodor's – NOTE: To access some portions of this web site, registration may be required.
  

The above links are current. If anyone has any suggestions for other sites, please feel free to post your comment and I'll update this blog entry. For your specific interest, please search the web for further information using .

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Due to time constraints and being on vacation, I have to return later to add a couple more entries under "STUDYING IN ITALY ".

That's it for Tuesday, 23 May 2006: martedì, 23 maggio 2006.

This blog entry was submitted from an Internet Cafe in Meta, Italy. Note: The time zone is Central Europe Time (CET) NOT EDT.

Ciao, Ben

Today’s quote is an Italian proverb, author unknown.

"Acqua passata non macina più."
"That's water under the bridge."

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 8 February 2008)

Info on finding out more about your Italian Ancestry

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 27 November 2007)

Here are the links for finding out more about your Italian Ancestry:

ITALIAN GENEALOGY AND ANCESTRY

• A Concise Guide to Italian Genealogical Research and Related Topics – Source: Regalis
  
• Consulting service for the descendants of Friulians – Source: Archivio di stato di Udine
• Introduction to Italian Genealogy – Source: Regalis
• Italian American Web Site of New York – This site contains information about Italians and Italian-Americans
  
• ItalianGenealogy.com
  
• Italian Genealogy Online and all things Italian
  
• D'Addezio.com: Italian Genealogy Home Page – Italian Genealogy? Start Here!
  
• Kindred Trails™ Worldwide Genealogy and Family History Resources – Italian Genealogy
• My Italian Family

GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES

• Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. – Search passenger arrival records
• Family History Center – The largest collection of free family history, family tree and genealogy records in the world.
  
• Family Tree Search
  
• GeneaNet – Genealogical Database Network
• Genealogy.org – Genealogy Search Online. Free Ancestry Family Tree Genealogy Software. 3,000 Genealogy Databases. Discover Your Family History and Build Your Family Tree.
• Genealogy – Source: Yahoo! Search Directory
  
• The Genealogy Home Page
• Helm's Genealogy Toolbox – Providing the Tools to Research Your Family Online Since 1994
• GenealogyPortal.com is a joint project of Stephen Wood (The Genealogy Home Page) and Matthew Helm (Helm's Genealogy Toolbox), authors of two of the oldest comprehensive genealogical web site
• Gente di Mare SURNAME Database – "This version allows you to reference check surnames against towns and provinces that are being researched by others. Sources of this kind can often save many hours of tedious searching of manifests, archives, immigration records etc. Often researching is not complete on these surnames, and such ongoing searches can be posted on our forum where help and guidance will be willingly offered to anyone by other members."
  
• Italy / Italia – "1996-2006: Your genealogy starting point online for more than a decade!" – Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
• Italy Gen Web – "This site has been created to assist you in your genealogical research in Italy."
  
• MyFamily.com network is the leading online network connecting families with their histories and with one another.
• ngsgenealogy.com offers genealogy, family genealogy and free genealogy information by visitors posting genealogy site and product reviews.
• RootsWeb.com – The Oldest and largest FREE genealogy site, supported by Ancestry.com
• World-Wide Genealogy Resources – Please scroll down to Italy

JEWISH GENEALOGY AND ANCESTRY FOR ITALY

• Dr. Meir Padoa Collection – "The Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center has converted to digital format the late Dr. Meir Padoa's collection of family trees. This collection, comprising hundreds of family trees documenting the history of Italian Jewry during the last centuries, now forms part of the database of the Genealogy Center and is available for searching by genealogists and historians." – Source: The Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center – In English, Hebrew
  
• Italian Resources for Jewish Genealogy – "A Guide to the Main Resources on Italian Jewish Genealogy by Nardo Bonom" – Source: JewishGen® – "The Home of Jewish Genealogy" – "An affiliate of the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust"
• Jewish Genealogy in Italy – Source: Italian Family History
• Sephardic Genealogy Italy – Source: Sephardic Genealogy Resources
• MISCELLANEOUS
• The Jewish Community of Italy – Source: European Jewish Congress
• Jewish Italy – In English, Italian
• JEWISH ITALY – In English, Hebrew – Source: Kosher Delight – "Your Jewish Online Magazine!"
• Jewish Museum of Rome (Museo Ebraico di Roma) – In English, Italian
• Shamash: The Jewish Network
• Jews In Italy – Source: In Italy Online!
• List of sites dealing with genealogy – Source: Historical Society of Jews From Egypt (HSJE)
• The Virtual Jewish History Tour Rome by Rebecca Weiner – Source: Jewish Virtual Library

MISCELLANEOUS

• Forum: Italian Genealogy – ItalianGenealogy.com
• Trace Your Ancestry to a New Passport – by Rebecca Falkoff – Source: Monster – Work Abroad

FEE BASED SERVICES

• connect with your heritage – "Assistance in obtaining Italian Citizenship, Irish Citizenship and Greek Citizenship" – Bella Consultants
• Italian Dual Citizenship
  
• Italian Citizenship & Genealogy Services (ICGS)
  

The above links are current. If anyone has any suggestions for other sites, please feel free to post your comment and I'll update this blog entry. For your specific interest, please search the web for further information using .

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That's it for Sunday, 6 November 2005: domenica, 6 Novembre 2005

Ciao, Ben

Today’s quote is an Italian proverb, author unknown.

"Tempo al tempo."
"All in good time."

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 27 November 2007)