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Family History Presentations
Kathy speaks locally and internationally on a variety of topics. A complete listing of all presentations and publications can be found at Timeline. Her bio page is at www.gentracer.com/ki00029.htm.
Her presentations on Italian Research include the following:
"Immigration Journeys From Italy to America" starts with home records and photos, leading to searching microfilmed and/or online original records. Complete by locating onsite records and connecting with living cousins. Examples of all records shown and explained with repositories.
"Immigration Journeys from Italy to Great Britain" Uses British records located at several online websites, we gained the information required to begin to document two families with different immigrant experiences and to locate their towns of origin in Italy. The search continued in the original town records located online as well as in provincial and town records located onsite in Italy. Sources and repositories described.
"Italian Research Abroad" Starts at home finding records and photos, leading to research online to extend the lines back to Italy. Reserve your on-site time for things not available elsewhere. Research on-site records only available in the town of birth, visit interpretive sites and/or museums, search church registers for baptisms, marriages, and deaths, church censuses not available elsewhere, locate cemetery records, and search military records.
Her presentations on Jewish Research include the following:
"Jewish Communities in Italy" Using deportation lists from WWII, Inquisition lists, and notarial records, in addition to the evidence of architecture and archaeology, we reveal the Jewish populations of several Italian communities. DNA haplogroup migration maps extend the story further back in time. The result is an eye-opening history of the size and geographic range of Jewish people running the length of Italy. They lived in large cities, small towns, and places in-between. Locations documented include Pisa, Florence, Rome, Veroli, Nicastro, Bova Marina, Catania, Syracuse, and Palermo. Descriptions of records and repositories. Select bibliography and photos.
"The Hidden Jewish Heritage of a Catholic Italian-American Family" Researches an Italian-American Catholic family to their Jewish heritage in Italy. The search started in home records, leading to online and microfilmed records, culminating in on-site records and neighborhoods. Sources and repositories described.
Other topics include:
"Occupation: Currier" The Worshipful Company of Curriers dates to 1272 in London, although this occupation is both timeless and universal since they clean, scrape, stretch, and finish tanned hides. The apprenticeship was a seven year term, usually between the ages of 14 and 21, often to a Master who was part of or close to the family, and included apprentices from outside the city. The available records include apprenticeships, releases at end of indenture, and documentation of Master status. Some records are indexed and found online at www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk plus those not indexed at www.familysearch.org. Records, history, and research guides are found at the National Archives, the London Archives and Guildhall Library.
"Documenting DNA trails revealed by autosomal DNA, Y-DNA, and MtDNA"
The autosomal DNA test that is available through several companies can not only show basic genetic origins, it can lead to matching cousins. Those matches can confirm relationships, events, and migration routes. Accessing the well researched trees of cousins can reveal documentation missing from your research and more family photos. It can also lead to Y-DNA surname groups to untangle the migration or heritage of a specific family line. The ancient origins of your MtDNA can assist in tracing documentation from mother to mother in more recent times using known migration patterns.
"One Family's Journey to 1950 in Tucson, Arizona from 1634 in Snitterfield, England" They came by way of London, British Colonial America, the Midwest, and a 1926 honeymoon road trip to California. Records include censuses, births, christenings, marriages, deaths, and burials. Adding in land, military and probate records. Using a DNA SIG to untangle families of the same name. Surviving the Great Plaque (1665) and the Great Fire of London (1666) with apprenticeship documentation (1664-1698). Some family stories were confirmed and others disproved. Describes records and record repositories with links. Learn how we documented the adventure and gained knowledge lost over time.
"Research Beyond the Library Walls" Starts with family records and stories, including recording interviews with family members. Take online classes, find research guidance online, and attend conferences virtually or in person. Visit museums and neighborhoods online or in person. Search online at many websites and interpret the original and secondary records found. Contact distant repositories through email or chats.
Presentations on World War II topics are listed at www.gentracer.org/wwpresentations.
Older versions of video presentations are located at videos and at YouTube. Follow this link for Kathy's 2025 schedule.
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