Frank Santoro
vinnydabody.bsky.social
Frank Santoro
@vinnydabody.bsky.social
Italian genealogy records whisperer. Fed. Jazz lover. Soccer ref. Tea drinker. Task master. Moderator.

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I've put together this guide to using Antenati (still a work in progress). Feedback welcome!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Navigating Antenati
Navigating Antenati By Frank Santoro (@vinnydabody.bsky.social) Antenati is the Italian government’s online portal for historic vital records that are held by the various provincial state archives. Th...
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August 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Our genealogical research on the Pope's grandfather is getting some legs... www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/u...
May 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Exciting news! The official Genealogy server on Discord played a major role in uncovering the identity of Pope Leo XIV’s grandfather, making a notable discovery that the man known as John R. Prevost had a dual identity. www.discordgenealogy.com/research-fin... #popeleoxiv #genealogy #ancestry
May 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
RootsTech 2024 starts this week! You can still register for free for the online portion of the event: www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/
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March 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Reposted by Frank Santoro
Through March 9th, you can upload your DNA results from another company to @myheritageofficial.bsky.social and unlock the advanced DNA features for free!

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#genealogy #DNA
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For a limited time, you can upload your DNA data to MyHeritage and unlock advanced DNA features for free, forever.
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March 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
TIL New York state schools are closed for Spring Festival / Chinese New Year for the first time
January 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
[2/2] Are you a visual learner? Here's a video I made: streamable.com/dy19dc
Watch Portale Antenati - Google Chrome 2022-11-07 09-32-34 | Streamable
Watch "Portale Antenati - Google Chrome 2022-11-07 09-32-34" on Streamable.
streamable.com
January 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
[1/2] Doing #Italian #geneaology work? Trying to download a full-size image from the Antenati portal? Here's how:

1. Go to the link with the record. It will have a seven-character element at the end of the URL (e.g., 03Y8rWd).
2. Replace the URL with iiif-antenati.cultura.gov.it/iiif/2/[ELEM...
January 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Just a normal day, plugging away at 1974 Missouri death certificate transcriptions.
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January 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I created this listing of where you can find Italian records. It's sorted by region, then by province. Some collections are for a specific comune. #italiangenealogy

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Italian records online
docs.google.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:29 AM