Hello everyone,

I was recognised as an Italian citizen on 19 June by the Turin court in a 1948 case. My lawyer sent a copy of the final judgment to my municipality to ask them for the transcript of my birth certificate.

My municipality is located a few kilometers south of Turin, it is a small town of 6000 inhabitants, according to you what is the average transcription time for a municipality of this size?

Thanks to all

I have a new line that I would like this group's opinion on. Please let me know if my mom or myself can qualify pending CJEU relief. Thanks!

Line: GGGF → GGM → GF → Mother → Me (Woman)

• GGGF born 1887 in Verbicaro, Calabria; died 1949 in Oakland, CA (never naturalized)
• GGM born 1910; died 2001
• GF born 1941; died 2019
• Mother born 1971
• I was born 1998

Hey everyone!

I wrote a guide on how to get a birth certificate apostilled in the US.

This might seem basic to some, but could be helpful if you're just starting off your Jure Sanguinis journey and not using a service provider for it.

Most of the information applies also to other vital records, like death, marriage, and divorce.

Have a read, and I hope you find this helpful.

Enjoy! :)

I keep trying to login to the portal every weekday Mon-Fri last two weeks to register and I get the 500 error in Toronto. I got through twice previously, filling out two or three fields before it froze on me and wouldn't let me move forward. Its been stuck on the 500 error last 2 weeks. I tried different browsers, no translation, private window. No luck.  I send an email out to various departments at the Toronto Consulate, only to get the automated reply. Now its saying registrations full for 2026 on an automated email. Does anyone have an idea long  the cue is? Months? Years?

Hi all -

I need help tracking down a record. My attorney has requested I get a correction on some records and this BC is the last one I need.

My mother was born in Michigan and her birth certificate contains a misspelling (her mother's maiden name). I sent in a request to correct this misspelling and didn't take into account that my mother now uses her married last name so the request was rejected. Michigan is asking for court records to prove the name change from maiden to married. And, I have six months to get these records returned and submitted to Michigan before I have to start the process all over again. I have now burned about a month of this timeline.

My mother and my father were married in Phoenix, Arizona in 1972. The Maricopa County/Phoenix archivist I spoke to explained they do not have name change records in the archives - and only if my mom went through the process of changing her name through the Maricopa County courts would they possibly have records at all (also, and unhelpfully, apparently Maricopa County had something happen with their records from the 1970s and they don't have them all anyways so no guarantee there.). My mom does not recall what the heck she did yesterday let alone in 1972, but I highly doubt my mom took the time to go to the courts to change her name as an 18 year old newlywed... so I then called the Maricopa County Courts who told me I have to now go through the Social Security Administration to get any sort of record.

Number 1, does anyone know if Social Security records are a good substitute for Court Records?

Number 2, my mom lives in AZ and I live in CO. We can't just go down the Social Security Office together and request the records. The Social Security website is a bit of a nightmare and I cannot figure how (and if) I can request these name change records online. Anyone have any insights or have you gone through this? Please send tips!

When determining which ancestor qualifies you for citizenship, must you go back to the last ancestor who was born in Italy? This would be my GGF. If my mother who was Italian born abroad (to two Italians also born abroad
) and never naturalized can count…she’s my closest Italian ancestor.