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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:
"Bova Marina Archaelogical Park" tours and explaines the archaelogical site and museum housing the arifacts from a 3rd century synagogue in that community.
"The Jewish Cemetery at Pisa, Italy" tours the cemetery and headstones in the context of the Jewish community in this city.
"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" describes the occupation, focusing on the records of the Curriers Company in London, available online and on microfilm. Sources and repositories described.
"One Family's Journey from 1950 in Tucson, Arizona back to 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.
"The Transcontinental Railroad" shows the history from the first surveys to the final "last spike" ceremony. Sources and repositories described.
"The Chinese in Utah" shows the arrival from the West Coast and China as workers were recruited for building the Transcontinental Railroad, discrimination history, through to present day citizens. Sources and repositories described.
"The Chinese in America" shows the arrival at the West Coast, the history of discrimination against Chinese and all Asians, limited acceptance of Chinese as war allies, to present day citizens. Sources and repositories described.
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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