The Genealogy Roadshow Providence, RI episode aired on PBS stations on Tuesday, June 21, 2016. Pictured above are: (left to right) Executive Producer Carlos Ortiz, Co-Host Mary Tedesco, Sherita Leslie [Hair & Make-up], Guests Romano “Romeo” Del Rossi and Laura Monti, and Sr. Story Producer Nancy Oey. Laura Monti contacted Genealogy Roadshow wanting to know if the origins of her family’s pasta factory, G. D. Del Rossi and Company, began in Italy. Click here to watch the Genealogy Roadshow (PBS) Providence, Rhode Island Providence – Providence…
The Genealogy Roadshow Miami episode aired on PBS stations on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Mary Tedesco (Genealogy Roadshow Co-Host & ORIGINS ITALY Founder) is pictured above with Roadshow guest Evelyn Hunter. Evelyn contacted Genealogy Roadshow with questions about her family’s potential link to Pocahontas and her Italian dual citizenship application. Click here to watch the Genealogy Roadshow (PBS) Miami Episode Genealogy Roadshow Miami – History Miami Museum Premiered May 24, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. ET At the History Miami Museum, one woman suspects she is related to Pocahontas; another explores the…
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!
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!
ORIGINS ITALY Founder Mary M. Tedesco was recently featured on the National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW)’s “Member Spotlight.” Mary discusses her role as a Host on “Genealogy Roadshow” (PBS), her passion of genealogy, ORIGINS ITALY, and her experience growing up Italian American. Click here to read the interview. Many thanks to NOIAW and Beth Connolly!