If you are brand new to searching your roots and even if you are not sure of the town of your Italian family�s origin, we can help you. Begin by contacting Kathy Kirkpatrick of GenTracer at
www.gentracer.com/italy.html. The birth, marriage, and death records are kept at the town level in Italy, so if you don't know the town, even if you do know the names, this is the place to start.
Level I: The GenTracer basic research process begins here. For a fee of $200 Genealogist Kathy Kirkpatrick will search records available in the United States to determine your town of origin. Payment can be made through this PayPal link:
Level II: GenTracer will continue the research project by examining the microfilmed civil and church records available through the Family History Library (www.familysearch.org). This work will continue to extend your family lines back in time. This basic research project includes a presentation of 6 � 9 documents (which vary depending upon the accessibility and the legibility of the records). The fee for the Level II documentation is $200. Payment can be made through this PayPal link:
Payment can be made through check or money order sent to one of the addresses below if you prefer.
The research can be complicated but we are ready to help you. We can also access many Catholic Church records which document such obscure events as the adult baptisms of Jews during Inquisition times, special marriage taxes levied against Jewish couples and anecdotal stories of how Jewish families moved all around the Mediterranean in their efforts to escape persecution. Other documents indicate families who inter-married and thus blended into local communities.
In addition for those who are interested in learning more about how specific family traditions, practices and even superstitions related to Jewish culture and religion, Rabbi Barbara Aiello will assist you in this endeavor. Learning more can give you a greater understanding of the lives of your ancestors or be a part of your own personal spiritual journey.
For more information write or call:
Kathy Kirkpatrick
GenTracer
PO Box 11955
Salt Lake City, UT 84147
801 755 6991
www.gentracer.com
gentracer@gentracer.com
The IjCCC � The Italian Jewish Cultural Center of Calabria
Rabbi Barbara Aiello
Dr. Enrico Mascaro
Prof. Vincenzo Villella
Via Scaramuzzino 36
88046 Lamezia Terme (CZ)
Italy
011.39.0968 81302
cell: 011.39.333.535.0647
www.rabbibarbara.com
rabbi@rabbibarbara.com
I spoke at the
Italian Jewish Roots Conference in New York City on 22 March 2009. For more details, see
www.rabbibarbara.com. To order an audio recording of one or more of the speakers, including PowerPoint and handouts, please see
River Walk Media.
Kathy speaks locally and Internationally on a variety of topics, videos of previous presentations are located at
www.gentracer.com/videos.html and at my YouTube GenTracer channel.
Military research is done at the National Archives in College Park, MD; the National Archives in London; the Army Archives in Rome; and at the Vatican Secret Archives. The focus is Prisoners of War, as well as Enemy Alien internees and mostly Jewish refugees from central Europe in Italy and the US.
Jewish research includes the Jewish origins of Italian-American, Italian-British, and Italian-Australian families to document their Jewish roots before converting to Catholicism. Also work at the Concentration Camp at Ferramonte (Tarsia) Italy and the Jewish Museum at Bova Marina housing the artifacts from a 3rd century synagogue nearby.
If you have further questions, please don't hesitate to ask through the email link below. I look forward to hearing from you.
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