ORIGINS ITALY Founder and Genealogy Roadshow (PBS-TV) Host Mary Tedesco is featured in the May 2016 edition of Voce Italiana newspaper. The article highlights the new season of Genealogy Roadshow (premiering on PBS stations on 17 May 2016), Mary’s Italian-American background, and includes some tips for getting started with your Italian genealogy research. The entire article is posted above with permission from Voce Italiana. Special thanks to the team at Voce Italiana. Click here to learn more about Voce Italiana.
ITALY Magazine recently profiled ORIGINS ITALY Founder Mary M. Tedesco. Mary discusses her Italian ancestry, getting started with Italian genealogy, “Genealogy Roadshow” (PBS), and much more! Check out Mary’s ITALY Magazine interview here! Special thanks to ITALY Magazine and Silvia Donati!
ORIGINS ITALY Founder Mary M. Tedesco was recently featured on the “Italics” television program on CUNY TV in New York City. Special thanks to Lucia Grillo, Dr. Anthony Tamburri, and CUNY TV! You can view the program by clicking on the video above or by clicking here.
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…
ORIGINS ITALY Founder Mary M. Tedesco was interviewed by Lisa Louise Cooke (Genealogy Gems) at RootsTech 2015 in Salt Lake City, UT. Mary and Lisa chat about season 2 of “Genealogy Roadshow” (PBS), the RootsTech Conference, Italian genealogy, and the recent publication “Tracing Your Italian Ancestors” (authored by Mary M. Tedesco & Marcia Iannizzi Melnyk). Watch Mary Tedesco’s interview on YouTube. Special thanks to Lisa Louise Cooke! Please check out Lisa’s website & Genealogy Gems Podcast as well as her YouTube channel…
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…