Today, October 21, 2015, is Back to the Future Day! Why? Because in the iconic sequel, Back to the Future Part II, Marty McFly and Doc Brown hop in their DeLorean time machine bound for a date far in the future – October 21, 2015. Wow, one can only imagine the impact such a machine would have on genealogy. We would go forward in time to see how things turn out. But we would love to go back and see how…
Believe it or not, you can learn a lot about Italian genealogy by attending Irish family history lectures. The beauty of the genealogy skill set is that it can be applied to nearly any nationality or ethnicity. When researching our immigrant ancestors in the United States, research methodology tends to be consistent across the board whether your family is Irish, Russian, Croatian or Chinese. Certainly, there are unique aspects of research (like language, record sets, repositories or collections) that may…