STEUBENVILLE — The Jefferson County Historical Association is participating in the Italian Diaspora Archive Research Map project, a project associated with the Smithsonian Institution and the Heinz History Center.

The group is seeking to explore and catalog the Italian diaspora experience in the Tri-State Area, with those at the museum interested in discovering, creating and cataloging oral histories of Italians throughout the Ohio Valley.

Those in the group say they want to capture the “rich history of the Italian immigrants who settled in the Ohio Valley.”

A committee was formed, consisting of people affiliated with the Italian American Cultural Club. The committee met Sept. 4 at the museum to discuss how the group can reach Italians living within the area.

The IDARM working group ha

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