Italian Citizenship by Descent
The American records your Italian citizenship case is built on.
I find and procure the US naturalization records your immigration attorney needs to file your jure sanguinis claim. When no such record exists, I procure certified proof of that instead. Everything sourced, dated, and delivered as one organized packet.
Certified records Sourced & dated Ready for your attorney
The line of descent
A claim begins with one question.
A jure sanguinis claim turns on whether your immigrant ancestor naturalized as a US citizen, and exactly when. I find the record that answers it, and I make the answer filing-ready either way.
The one fact a claim turns on
Did your ancestor become a U.S. citizen?
They naturalized
A record exists.
I locate the filing and procure a certified copy from the court or archive that holds it.
They never did
The absence is the evidence.
I prove it to archival standard: no-record letters, certified census extracts, and USCIS index searches.
Either way, a filing-ready record.
Whichever way the answer falls, the same-era paper trail backs it up: census pages, ship manifests, and draft-registration cards that fix the timeline your attorney relies on.
The deliverable
Records an attorney can act on.
You receive a single, ordered packet: certified copies where a record exists, documented proof where one doesn’t, each item sourced and dated. A plain-English cover memo explains what was searched and what was found, so your attorney has no loose ends to chase.
- Certified copies, or certified proof of non-naturalization
- Every record traced to its source and date
- A cover memo your attorney can read in minutes
The process
Four phases, start to finish.
A clear path from what you know to a packet your attorney can file, with you kept informed at every step.
- I
Intake
You share what you know.
- II
Desk Research
I search the record.
- III
Certified Record Procurement
I procure the certified copies.
- IV
Deliver Packet
You receive an organized packet.
“A finding is only as good as its provenance. Every record I deliver names its source, its date, and the exact search that surfaced it.”
When no naturalization record exists, that fact carries real weight, and it has to be proven, not assumed. I treat a documented absence with the same rigor as a record found.
Ready to trace your line?
Tell me about the ancestor at the heart of your claim. I’ll tell you how I can help and what the research path looks like, with no obligation.