Buona Festa della Repubblica Italiana! Happy Republic Day in Italy! Today, June 2, 2015 marks the 69th anniversary of the Italian Republic. Click here to read more about the history of Republic Day in Italy.
ORIGINS ITALY Founder Mary M. Tedesco was recently interviewed by dott. Umberto Mucci of We the Italians. Mary chats about her own Italian roots, “Genealogy Roadshow” on PBS, and more! Special thanks to dott. Umberto & We the Italians. Click here to read Mary’s interview on We the Italians. Mary was also featured on the cover of the May 2015 issue of the We the Italians digital magazine. Click here to read!
A previous post discussed the first steps in tracing your Italian roots (click here to read the post). Some of the strategies included consulting home sources and interviewing older relatives for information about your Italian origins. Sometimes, however, knowledge of a family’s ancestral town is not known by the older generation or discoverable in family sources. This is when it is necessary to introduce some good old-fashioned genealogy research into the mix. Some may find this research more challenging than…
Exploring and finding our Italian family history helps us not only to understand our ancestors, but also to understand and appreciate ourselves. It is an incredible journey. Some will strive to trace their tree back to the Roman Emperor Constantine while others simply want to discover the names of their great grandparents. Whatever your motivations and goals, your journey will be paved with many rewards and probably a few surprises and challenges along the way. Genealogy is not always easy…
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…
Episode 5 of Season 2 of PBS’s “Genealogy Roadshow” is now available online! This episode was filmed at Union Station in St. Louis, Missouri. ORIGINS ITALY’s Mary Tedesco is one of the hosts / genealogists featured on the show. This episode features a segment about Italian genealogy research filmed in Italy and hosted by Mary Tedesco. Tune in Tuesday, February 17, 2015 on PBS for the next new episode. Check your local listings. Click here to watch @ PBS.org! Photo…