Finding Documentation
From Italian Dual Citizenship Wiki
Universal Resources
The following websites can be used for help finding documentation. The subreddits linked are great for asking questions as well. There are state specific guides below, some are in the process of being updated.
https://www.reddit.com/r/juresanguinis/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Genealogy/
https://www.ancestry.com/ (has a free 14 day trial that gives you access to documents. You can still log in after the trial without a membership for reference and build the same tree with the same resources on FamilySearch).
New York
New York State (Outside of New York City)
Getting Court Orders for Documentation
In New York State, you will need a court order for any marriage, birth, and death records where you are not the spouse, adult child (in some cases), or parent (in some cases) of the ancestor.
Birth Certificates
Birth Certificates can be ordered through the NYS Department of Health. They need to be "long form" birth certificates in order to be accepted by the Italian consulate. Most original copies are not long form, so you may need to order a long form version of your own birth certificate, in addition to ancestor birth certificates (through a court order).
Difference between long form and short form birth certificates: https://www.usbirthcertificates.com/articles/birth-certificates-long-form-vs-short-form
Order certificates here: https://www.health.ny.gov/vital_records/birth.htm.
Pennsylvania
Lawrence County
A good place to start to do a search if your family was in Lawrence county, including New Castle, PA. You can send requests to the Prothonotary for $12 a request:
https://lawrencecountypa.gov/gov/prothonotary-lawrence_county/genealogical-searches/
FamilySearch.org
More and more images from the consulate's books are showing up online. If you know the consulate, ancestor's name(s) and the approximate year, you can try to find birth, marriage and death records pretty easy.
After you create/log in to your familysearch.org account, you can check out this example from Sant'Aresenio, Salerno:
Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh
You can do searches in the Catholic Church in the Pittsburgh area
