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The Central Music Hall. Chicago, IL

The Central Music Hall was built in 1879 and was demolished in 1900. It was designed by noted architect Dankmar Adler and occupied the southeast corner of State and Randolph streets in downtown Chicago. The hall was renowned nationally for its excellent acoustics. It was replaced by the Marshall Field store building (now Macy's).

u/Alternative_Lie5287 — 21 days ago
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👋 Welcome to r/ItalianGenealogy - Introduce Yourself and Read First!

Welcome to r/ItalianGenealogy!

Hey everyone! I’m u/indieemopunk, a founding moderator of r/ItalianGenealogy.

This is a community for anyone interested in Italian genealogy, family history, ancestors, records, towns, and stories. Whether you are just beginning your family tree or have spent years searching through civil registrations, parish books, immigration records, and archives, you are welcome here.

What You Can Post

Feel free to share:

  • Questions about Italian ancestors or family lines
  • Genealogical brick walls
  • Birth, marriage, and death records
  • Parish and civil registration documents
  • Translation or handwriting requests
  • Old family photographs
  • Family trees and research discoveries
  • Questions about Italian comuni, provinces, regions, and archives
  • Immigration, naturalization, and citizenship records
  • Family stories, traditions, and local history
  • Genealogy resources, websites, archives, and research methods

Anything connected to Italian genealogy is welcome.

Asking for Help

When posting a research question, include as much information as possible:

  • Full names, including maiden names
  • Approximate dates
  • Comune, province, or region
  • Record type or event
  • Links, photographs, or screenshots
  • What you already know
  • What you are trying to find

If you are looking for help with your own research, please create a new post. Do not hijack someone else’s post by adding an unrelated request about your own ancestors or family line.

Creating a separate post gives your question proper visibility, makes it easier for members to help you, and keeps the original discussion focused.

Italian records can vary greatly depending on the location and time period, so even a small detail may help someone point you in the right direction.

When requesting a translation, please share a clear image of the entire page whenever possible. The surrounding text, headings, margins, and record structure often provide important context.

Community Vibe

We want r/ItalianGenealogy to be friendly, constructive, respectful, and inclusive.

Researchers of every experience level are encouraged to participate. Please remember that everyone was a beginner once.

Helpful corrections and respectful disagreements are welcome. Insults, hostility, ridicule, gatekeeping, and intentionally misleading information are not.

Please protect the privacy of living people and credit records, archives, websites, researchers, and other sources whenever possible.

How to Get Started

Introduce yourself in the comments below and tell us:

  • What part of Italy your family came from
  • Which surnames you are researching
  • What mystery or brick wall brought you here
  • What areas of genealogy you may be able to help others with

You can also make your first post today. A name, photograph, record, town, family story, or simple question may be enough to begin a valuable conversation.

If you know someone interested in Italian family history, invite them to join us.

Thanks for being part of the first wave of r/ItalianGenealogy. Together, we can build a useful and welcoming home for Italian genealogical research—one ancestor, record, town, and story at a time.

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u/indieemopunk — 27 days ago
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Batch Downloader

Update: Link was for 24 hours or first 100 downloads... whichever came first.

This is a batch downloader to download the HIGH RESOLUTION images from a n t e n a t i. Download the zip. Unzip the file. Add the extension to chrome. Make sure you have the register pages open for a n t e n a t i. Add the registers that are visible/that you want to download. Hit start/download.

Chrome Extension batch downloader for A N T E N A T I

https://wormhole.app/pvXLWd#ntxZwQKvdO-SenKDVS62_A

u/indieemopunk — 29 days ago
▲ 7 r/ItalianGenealogy

Antenati Batch downloader

I used chatgpt to create a chrome extension in order to download the high resolution images of records from antenati in large batches (whole years, not just single images). You just click the chrome extension when you have your records open, enter the range of images (example: 1 - 55) click download, select where you want to download and hit start.

Install

  1. Unzip
  2. Open chrome://extensions.
  3. Click Load unpacked.
  4. Select the unzipped folder
  5. Reload the Antenati record page.
  6. Click chrome extension on antenati page with records open

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Laic6LTGoAIIdSu6oF5C7TTT9xCftqPA/view?usp=drive_link

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u/indieemopunk — 1 month ago
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Hot stove Jimmy Re-issue

Ordered the new Hot Stove Jimmy record with the current bundle off of 10 records for 100$ from Jump! Up Records last night. Got a message from Chuck Wren today. He delivered the bundle to me in person as I work right up the street from him. Got a chance to talk for 15-20 minutes. It was awesome!

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u/indieemopunk — 3 months ago
▲ 102 r/Cd_collectors

My collection all together again after 14 years. Picked up a couple more BILLY shelves and extensions. Painted the room. Need to unbox, organize an alphabetize.

Pic 1: most of my collection.

Column/shelf 1 A-B. Picked up extra shelves and I’ll have to move 11 rows B-F over after I clear out the box and vinyl at the bottom.

Column/Shelf 2 - currently B- through K? I have to shift 5 rows from the bottom to the top and then start shifting column/shelf 3 to shelf 2.

Column/shelf 3 is currently L- z and comps and soundtracks.

Pic 2. I inherited a lot of mid to late 90’s and early 2000’s dance, electronic, R&B and pop music from a friend of a friends father who passed away. He was going to start a record store and was buying lots of the same cds. I have so many copies of the same cds that am willing to sell. I’ll be posting these to Discogs.

Pic 3 is P through T that I need to sort in.

Pic 4 is u-z I need to sort in.

Pic 5 - banana box are h’s needing to be sorted in. The two closed boxes next to it are m’s.

Pic 6 - the two big boxes with v-z on top are dvds. Two of the boxes to the left are also DVDs. The other 7 file boxes are all cds. Phish through Z.

u/indieemopunk — 3 months ago