Mary Tedesco was recently interviewed by John Hockenberry on “The Takeaway,” a national public radio program. Mary discussed the upcoming season “Genealogy Roadshow” on PBS-TV along with some of her own family stories. Listen to the entire interview here: Special thanks to John Hockenberry & The Takeaway team; Elizabeth Ross; WGBH & WNYC.
Recently, ORIGINS ITALY Founder Mary M. Tedesco was honored to be the Featured Guest Blogger in MyCanvas’ Guest Blog Series! Family stories are an important part of our personal history and legacy. How do we dig deeper? How can we preserve our stories and research for the generations to come? Click here to read “Digging Deeper into Family Stories” by Mary M. Tedesco on the MyCanvas blog! Special thanks to MyCanvas!
The January 20, 2015 episode of “Genealogy Roadshow” (S2, E2) featured several guests wanting to get to the bottom their family stories. Em Piro of St. Louis, MO was one of these guests. Through family lore, Em believed that her great grandmother, Isabella [Rizzo] Piro, from Sorbo San Basile, Calabria, Italy, came to America to marry a “Cowboy from Wyoming;” and that after her arrival in Denver, she didn’t like the cowboy and decided to marry somebody else – Em’s great grandfather…