Ital­ian Amer­i­cans and those of Ital­ian ori­gin around the world have a unique and rich her­itage. Now sev­eral gen­er­a­tions past their immi­grat­ing ances­tors, more and more Ital­ian Amer­i­cans are wish­ing to know more about their ances­tors’ lives and the fam­i­lies they left behind. Amongst this group are many who are seek­ing to reclaim the Ital­ian cit­i­zen­ship of their ances­tors. As a researcher in Ital­ian geneal­ogy, I’ve found great sat­is­fac­tion in reunit­ing Ital­ian descen­dants with the her­itage and cul­ture of their ances­tors. Ital­ians and their descen­dants have played an inte­gral part in all aspects of life here in the United States.

A typ­i­cal research project usu­ally starts by research­ing in cer­tain United States records [cen­sus, immi­gra­tion, nat­u­ral­iza­tion, etc.] to pro­vide a rea­son­able start­ing point within the Ital­ian records. If you don’t know where in Italy your ances­tors orig­i­nated from, research in the U.S. records will often point us in the right direction.

A large amount of my genealog­i­cal research work is per­formed using the records micro­filmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). For a large por­tion of Italy, espe­cially in the south­ern por­tion and in Sicily, the orig­i­nal civil vital records for the years 1809/1820–1910, as well as a small amount of eccle­si­as­ti­cal and mil­i­tary records, have been micro­filmed and are avail­able for research­ing. Addi­tion­ally, these micro­filmed records are slowly becom­ing available online.

If records for your town of ori­gin are not avail­able by micro­film, research can still be con­ducted with the help of col­leagues I work closely with in Italy, through postal or email inquiries, or on-site dur­ing one of my research trips.

Addi­tion­ally, if you wish genealog­i­cal research in the records of the for­merly Ital­ian island of Cor­sica.  I have enten­sive expe­ri­ence within their records and the abil­ity to work in Ital­ian, French, and Latin.

My reports are usu­ally trans­mit­ted via email unless an actual phys­i­cal copy of a record is required. With each report, you are pro­vided with source-cited copies of any doc­u­ments found, a detailed analy­sis of the research, an abstrac­tion of the doc­u­ments into Eng­lish, and rec­om­men­da­tions for future research.

**New projects are cur­rently being sched­uled to begin June 1, 2013. Please con­tact me as soon as pos­si­ble to get on my schedule!

My blog Find­ing Our Ital­ian Roots has been named one of Fam­i­lyTree Magazine’s Top 40 for inter­na­tional research (Around The World in 40 Blogs)!

What do you need to begin?

Please pro­vide a detailed sum­mary of your pre­vi­ous research and what your research goals are. For exam­ple, are you look­ing to find who your great-grandparents were or would you like to trace your fam­ily back as far as records will allow? Would you like a spe­cific record for use towards your Ital­ian dual cit­i­zen­ship application?

You can pro­vide this sum­mary using my online form, by email or by postal mail. I will then eval­u­ate the project and pre­pare a research plan and esti­mate for you. Once a research plan is agreed upon, and the retainer received, your research will begin. I look for­ward to hear­ing from you!

Italian-American Dual Citizenship

There is a grow­ing inter­est within the Italian-American com­mu­nity in pur­su­ing dual cit­i­zen­ship. I can help you acquire the Ital­ian records needed for your dual cit­i­zen­ship appli­ca­tion. I am skilled in find­ing those hard-to-find records that other ser­vices can’t acquire. Email me at [email protected] and we’ll dis­cuss the specifics of your project!

Work Sam­ples

• Research Report — Work­ing with Record Loss
• Research Report — Moyer
• Analy­sis of 18th Cen­tury Doc­u­ment and Research Plan
• Research Report — Collins
• Look­ing for a Birth Record for Dual Citizenship