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…
The best part of being an Italian genealogist is traveling to Italy on behalf of clients to conduct research using Italian records that are not online, microfilmed or easily accessible from the United States. Being enchanted by the land and its people is an inherent benefit of professional Italian genealogy research. In 2013, I took two trips to Italy spending about three and a half months in beautiful Italia. The more I see of Italy, the more I love this…
Panettone is a delectable sweet Italian bread usually shaped in a circular loaf that originated Milan. This tasty treat is typically enjoyed at Christmastime and gained national popularity in Italy after World War II when it was manufactured in large quantities and sold at an affordable price. Many Italian immigrants who left Italy brought their love of panettone with them abroad. As a result, panettone is now being enjoyed in many countries around the world. In early January 2013, I…
Are you doing it? Do you secretly look up passenger lists and Italian vital records online in the middle of the night? Do you have an account on a big name genealogy research site that your significant other doesn’t know about? Well, then you’re doing it too. Italian Genealogy, of course! What did you think I was talking about? Do it. Pursue your Italian family history. You won’t be sorry; I promise you! Click here to continue reading on Rick…
ORIGINS ITALY Guest Blogger: Louise Coakley Many Italian-Americans may have relatives in Australia, some of whom may have lost touch with each other since immigrating to different countries decades ago. As family elders now reminisce and younger generations crave knowledge of their family history, the advances in technology combine to make it a perfect time to get online and rediscover long lost relatives. Although there were smaller intakes of Italian immigrants to Australia in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, by…
(Click here to read “Retracing Noni’s Footsteps – Part 1”) Sometimes one’s family history comes into unexpected convergence with world shaping events. My grandmother Loredana Tedesco (nee’ Stenech) was a young girl living in Rome when World War II broke out. She remained in the city throughout the war. It was a difficult period for the Italian people and for my grandmother. Many lives were lost. Families were disrupted and destroyed. Prior to Rome being declared an “Open City,” buildings…