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…
ORIGINS ITALY Founder Mary Tedesco & ORIGINS ITALY were profiled in the Spring 2016 issue of Ambassador, the magazine of the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF). Special thanks to NIAF and Silvia Donati! Mary discusses the influence of her Italian immigrant grandparents on her genealogy career; the upcoming season of “Genealogy Roadshow,” and highlights ORIGINS ITALY’s genealogical research services. NIAF members, please click here to read the article! Thanks NIAF!
ORIGINS ITALY Founder Mary M. Tedesco (and her research team) will be conducting onsite genealogical research in Italy for valued clients during the month of April 2015. This will be Mary’s fourteenth (14) trip to Italy. Regular updates from Italy will be posted on Mary’s Twitter account, other ORIGINS ITALY social media accounts, and in the ORIGINS ITALY Newsletter (click here to subscribe). Onsite genealogical research in Italy is a core component for many of ORIGINS ITALY’s client projects. Extensive preparation…
Many thanks to The Genealogy Guys, Drew Smith and George G. Morgan, for their favorable review of “Tracing Your Italian Ancestors,” a new Italian genealogy resource authored by ORIGINS ITALY Founder Mary M. Tedesco and Marcia Iannizzi Melnyk. The review can be heard on The Genealogy Guys Podcast #281 (11 January 2015) starting at about 55:20 on the time clock. Pictured above is Drew (left) and George (right) with Mary M. Tedesco (center) at the RootsTech 2015 conference in Salt…
Listen in as ORIGINS ITALY’s Mary M. Tedesco chats about Italian food, memories, and of course Italian genealogy! Special thanks to Lora @ Savoring Italy for the invitation to be on the”Due Parole” podcast. Click here to listen to the “Due Parole” featuring Mary M. Tedesco!
ORIGINS ITALY is pleased to announce that “Tracing Your Italian Ancestors” is now available for purchase! “Tracing Your Italian Ancestors” was compiled by ORIGINS ITALY Founder Mary M. Tedesco and Marcia Iannizzi Melnyk. This special issue of Family Chronicle Magazine will provide invaluable tips and guidance in your search for your Italian ancestry. Articles include: Getting the Basics; Researching in Italy; Visiting Ancestral Villages; Locating NARA Records; Home and Family Records; Passenger Manifests; Italian Church Records; Italian Civil Records; Italian Notary…