Fortify Your Family Tree

Someone asked me why our ancestors left Italy when it's so beautiful there. I knew the answer, but I remember when I thought the exact s...

Do you have a set of standard rules you follow when working on your family tree? Some common sense rules can steer you away from peopl...

Each time I visit my ancestors' hometowns in Italy, I get a bit more adventurous. Trip #1 Trip #1 to Grandpa's hometown. ...

Fifteen years ago my husband and I went on a dream-come-true honeymoon. There was only one place in the world I wanted to go. Italy. Sf...

I've been in love with the aerial view in Google Maps for years. I've created different collections of map pins, like all known add...

The first time I visited my grandfather's hometown in Italy, I got stranded there. My husband and I went there without a plan. We boar...

I spent this past weekend hunting. For people. For a few of my missing fifth great grandparents. And I found them! Because I write th...

I'm working on the ultimate database of my ancestral hometowns in the 19th century. I'm typing the important facts into a spreadshe...

The history of Italy is one of conquest, invasions, and turmoil. If you identify as all-Italian (although you were born somewhere else) exp...

The church where my ancestors were baptized and married. It happened again. One of those well-produced ancestry TV shows we all l...