Essential Italian Vocabulary

• birth - nascita
• baptism - battesimo
• brother - fratello
• burial - sepoltura
• Catholic - Cattolica
• child female - bambina
• child male - bambino
• death - morto
• father - padre
• godfather - padrino
• godmother - padrina
• Jewish - Giudaico
• marriage - matrimonio
• month - mese
• mother - madre
• name - nome
• parents - genitori
• priest - sacerdote, prete
• Protestants - Protestanti
• province/state - provincia/stato
• residence - residenza
• sister - sorella
• village or hamlet - frazione
• year - anno

The Family History Library has an extensive list of information on Italian vocabulary and basic language guidelines here.