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Struggling to Find Your Italian Ancestors? How to Navigate Italian Archives.

February 2, 2023 by Sarah Gutmann 2 Comments

Researching Italian Ancestors

From Jersey Shore to Postiglione: Finding Italian Ancestors You never know when and where your Italian ancestors will show up. How one genealogist found her Italian ancestors on a most unusual family vacation.  It was the summer of 2016. As was my extended family's tradition, we rented a house at the Jersey Shore for a week in the summer. As is the goal of all family vacations, the hope is to create new memories and forge stronger connections between members. That is why my family … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Archives & Repositories, Europe, Genealogy Brick Walls, Genealogy Records and Resources, genealogy research, Genealogy Tips & Best Practices, Internet Research, Italy Tagged With: Italian Ancestors, Italian Dual Citizenship, Italian Family History, Italy

Tracing Ancestry Through Medieval Italian Records

December 23, 2019 by Kim - Legacy Tree Genealogists Project Manager 13 Comments

medieval Italian records

Family History: How Far Back Can You Go? As professional genealogists one question we are often asked is, “How far back can you take my pedigree?” While we’d all love to have a pedigree documented back to the beginnings of mankind, this just isn’t possible. And creating an accurate, documented and sourced family tree cannot be completed in the span of an afternoon--answering one of our other most frequently received questions--How Long Does It Take to Build a Family Tree? Genealogical … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Archives & Repositories, Europe, Onsite Tagged With: archives, family history, genealogy, Italian genealogy, Italy, medieval, onsite, records

Legacy Tree Onsite: the Diocesan Archives of Teggiano, Italy

May 27, 2016 by Legacy Tree Genealogists Leave a Comment

Legacy Tree Genealogists works with researchers all over the world to access records for our clients. We asked Michele from the province of Salerno in southern Italy to give us insight into what it’s like to research at the Diocesan Archives of Teggiano. Check it out! Perched on a green hill in the extreme south of the Campania region, the picturesque village of Teggiano bloomed into a medieval stronghold, keeping within its walls secrets of an ancient past symbolized by the glorious … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe, Legacy Tree Genealogists, Onsite, Onsite Tagged With: diocesan archives, family history, genealogy research, genealogy researchers, Italy, legacy tree, Legacy Tree Onsite, onsite, teggiano, worldwide

Legacy Tree Onsite: A Look at the Archive of Potenza, Italy

July 17, 2015 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 15 Comments

Legacy Tree works with researchers all over the world to access records. We asked Valerie, of Italy's Basilicata region, to talk about her experience at the Province of Potenza Archives. Hidden in a nondescript building on a steep side street in Potenza, you could walk past the archives building without even realizing it was there. In fact, on the first visit I had to look hard and ask three people on the street where it was! Each Italian region is broken into provinces, and each … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe, Legacy Tree Genealogists, Onsite, Onsite Tagged With: archives, europe, Italian, Italy, legacy tree, onsite, Potenza

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