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…
Cher Hale from the Iceberg Project, a website dedicated to Italian language learning and all things Italian, contacted me recently to do an interview about ORIGINS ITALY, Italian genealogy, and learning Italian as a second language. I was thrilled to speak with Cher and hardly ever need an excuse to chat about Italian family history research or Italy in general! Click here to hear ORIGINS ITALY’s feature on the Iceberg Project Podcast. I hope you enjoy it! Cher Hale does…
It is such a great honor and privilege to be invited to speak to special groups and organizations about Italian genealogy, family history, and other genealogy topics. I love encouraging Italian-Americans and all those of Italian descent around the world to discover their heritage. I get excited about our shared Italian roots and the wondrous journeys of emersion that searching for those roots engenders. That is why genealogical education — especially Italian genealogical education — is so important to me. So…
World Nutella Day, 5 February 2014, is the official holiday of ORIGINS ITALY! We are celebrating Italy’s favorite hazelnut-chocolate spread today with other Italians around the world. How can you show your love for Nutella today? Here are some suggestions: 1. MANGIATE LA NUTELLA! Eat Nutella! 2. BALLATE! Go ahead, dance! If Nutella makes you happy, express it through some traditional Italian soft shoe. If you don’t know any Italian dances, then just move to the music! 3. FATE OPERE…
Salt Lake City, Utah (SLC) is one of my favorite destinations. What would an Italian genealogist do in Utah? Simple. Salt Lake City is the undisputed genealogy capital of the world. Some like to call it, “Genealogy Mecca.” In addition to hosting many genealogy events and conferences each year, SLC is home to the world’s largest genealogy library. The Family History Library is located in a modern structure in the heart of Salt Lake City with 5 sprawling floors dedicated…