AttoGuides
Short, plain-English help for the research loop Atto supports: build a find plan on your desktop kit, open links in your own browser, capture what you find, and approve records one at a time. Atto never logs into archives for you and never files paperwork.
Research guides
- Italian words — civil-record and form vocabulary in plain English first.
- Italy records (Antenati) — search-registry deep links, national vs regional archives, and why a scan is not a copia integrale.
- US hometown ladder — Ellis Island, naturalization, draft cards, SS-5, USCIS, and Italian Genealogical Group NYC.
- FamilySearch & Ancestry — using commercial trees after Atto opens a search; capture to Inbox; Approve as the human gate.
- Read old handwriting — photo or scan a hard-to-read act, pick who it is about, check the draft on Approve.
New here?
Start with Getting started for install, license import, your first find plan, and your first approval. Mac is the primary polished SKU; Windows closed beta and Linux builds are on the download page if you need them. After install, Home → Advanced → Check for updates when a newer kit ships.