Names extracted from books by Terri Colpi

Italian Surnames compiled from the following books and added to our Searchable Transcription Database:

Italians Forward

A Visual History of the Italian Community in Great Britain
Pub: 1991. Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh & London:
ISBN 1 85158 349 1

The images in this book provide a pictorial tribute to all those who left their native villages in Italy in search of a new life across the English Channel. As the communities which they helped to create are as strong and dynamic as ever, this portrait of a migrant population reveals a different side of British history. Using a wealth of material to illustrate 150 years of Italian immigration, this book uses cartoons and drawings of the first arrivals and early sepia-tinted portraits of early family life.

The Italian Factor

The Italian Community in Great Britain
Pub: 1991. Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh & London:
ISBN 1 85158 334 0

The Italian factor - a vibrant and multi-faceted community which reflects more than a century and a half of immigration to Great Britain. A diverse cross-section of people from all parts of Italy and from all walks of life. A so-far uncharted ethnic minority with a history and structure of its own. This book provides an analysis of the Italian community in this country. Tracing its growth from the first tentative arrivals at the start of the 1830s it examines the origins and occupations of the various waves of Italian immigrants, how they adapted to their new land, how the community grew and changed, and how it survived the devastating reality of internment during World War II. Describing the flood of new Italian immigrants of the 1950s and 1960s and other post-war developments the author offers an incisive overall picture of this ever evolving ethnic community.

Italians' Count in Scotland

The 1933 Census. Recording History
Pub: 2015. The Saint James Press, London.
ISBN 9 780993 4785 12

Italians Count in Scotland explores the evolution of one of Scotland’s most recognized migrant communities through the prism of a fascinating set of historical census records archived for eighty years at the Italian Consulate. As a leading historian of the Italian presence in Britain, Dr Terri Colpi has had privileged research access to these documents over the years. In this book, she brings to life the details given by hundreds of different hands. Tracing migration origins, settlement patterns, La Grande Guerra, and with stories of Scots Italian family ties within the worldwide Italian diaspora as far away as Russia and Brazil, a rich picture is revealed of a community growing in confidence in ‘golden’ years ahead of the Second World War.

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