04 Marzo, 2005
Welcome and Benvenuti to the all new Scotsitalian website ... thanks for visiting, over
Italians, like the Scots in many respects, have been renowned for migrating to all corners of the earth, often through necessity rather than choice.

Welcome and Benvenuti to the all new Scotsitalian website ... thanks for visiting, over Introduction

Italians, like the Scots in many respects, have been renowned for migrating to all corners of the earth, often through necessity rather than choice.

 This can be traced back as early as medieval times (even earlier if you count the Romans) when the great maritime states such as Genoa, Pisa, Naples and Venice freely traded with the rest of Europe. 

The migration of Italians to the America's and beyond is often recounted in books, films, television and countless newspaper articles.

It's a different story entirely when we talk of migration to Scotland and the Scotsitalians* themselves. There really is very little material and information out there.

Scotland, land of promise or wrong turn?

Many of today's Scotsitalians can trace their history directly back to the mass migration of the late 1800's where their forefathers escaped famine, drought and poverty in their homeland for a better life here in Scotland.

Scotsitalians are proud of their heritage, and justifiably so, as their ancestors worked hard to settle in their new home, overcoming problems of integration and the distance from their loved o nes.