Family Bibles
Sacred texts, records & ancestral dedications
125 items
The Library
Books, manuscripts & research materials
A reading room for the family: sacred books, original manuscripts, and the reference works we lean on while researching.
Collections
Five shelves of the family library
Manuscripts
Original letters, diaries & historical documents
346 items
Research Materials
Maps, genealogies & primary source documents
278 items
Reference Works
Histories, dictionaries & scholarly publications
189 items
All Materials
Explore the complete library collection
938 items
Featured Collections
Currently on the reading table
The Collecorvino Papers
Letters and identity documents from Abruzzo
Tuscan Topographies
Maps and views of the Florentine countryside
The Reading Room Shelf
Reference volumes kept for consultation
Views of Florence
Engravings and photographic strips of the city
Recent Additions
Newly shelved this season
Baptism Record, Santa Maria
Demonstration entry · Records
Map of Tuscany
Demonstration entry · Maps
Lettera da Collecorvino, 1889
Real family document · Letters
Family Bible
Demonstration entry · Books
Photograph of Eugenio Cocchini
Real family photograph · Photos
Research Guides
How to read what we hold
Reading Italian Parish Registers
A short guide to Latin abbreviations and dating
Records of the Provincia di Teramo
Where the civil registers of 1811 are held
Tracing an Atlantic Passage
Manifests, ports and arrival records