How do you fall in love? With so many good-looking people walking around Basilicata, the answer is self-evident: travel there, meet one of the beautiful people and fall in love. Yes, because the people I’ve met there are as beautiful on the inside as they are on the outside – so disarming and so warmly seductive. Ah, but then reality sets in. You awaken to the fact that you are indulging in the age-old Italian fantasy of amore. (If that’s…
Recently, ORIGINS ITALY Founder Mary Tedesco was featured on The Italian American Podcast. Mary chats with Podcast Hosts Anthony Fasano and Dolores Alfieri about how to begin your Italian-American genealogy research, her role as a Host on the PBS TV Series “Genealogy Roadshow,” and lots more! Click here to listen to Mary Tedesco on The Italian American Podcast. Special thanks to Anthony Fasano and Dolores Alfieri! Learn more about Italian Genealogy.
Mary Tedesco, Founder of ORIGINS ITALY, was recently featured on the cover of L’Italo-Americano Newspaper in an interview titled: “Tracing Your Italian Ancestry with Mary Tedesco.” Click here to read the article! Special thanks to Silvia Donati and L’Italo-Americano Newspaper!
A previous post discussed the first steps in tracing your Italian roots (click here to read the post). Some of the strategies included consulting home sources and interviewing older relatives for information about your Italian origins. Sometimes, however, knowledge of a family’s ancestral town is not known by the older generation or discoverable in family sources. This is when it is necessary to introduce some good old-fashioned genealogy research into the mix. Some may find this research more challenging than…
Exploring and finding our Italian family history helps us not only to understand our ancestors, but also to understand and appreciate ourselves. It is an incredible journey. Some will strive to trace their tree back to the Roman Emperor Constantine while others simply want to discover the names of their great grandparents. Whatever your motivations and goals, your journey will be paved with many rewards and probably a few surprises and challenges along the way. Genealogy is not always easy…
“The Italian Americans” aired nationally on PBS on Tuesday, February 17, 2015, from 9-11 PM ET and Tuesday, February 24, 2015, from 9-11 PM ET. Since nearly 16 million Americans can trace their roots back to Italy, there is a natural curiosity among many about the “old country” and about the struggles our ancestors endured to make a better life for us in the USA. The series triggered emotions including a combination of nostalgia, pride and desire to learn more about…