Timeline for GenTracer
1986 wrote and published Descendants of John Robert Kirkpatrick
1987-1991 wrote and published Descendants of Timothy Meeker (6 volume series)
1993 presented at Ridgecrest (CA) Genealogical Society on "Revolutionary War as Global Conflict"
1995 wrote and published Basic Genealogy
1997 established website at www.gentracer.com, first on-site research in Italy, Advanced Resources published Basic Genealogy, revised
1998 presented at Salt Lake Genealogical Conference on "Latin for Genealogical Research", Fall research onsite in Italy
1999 presented at Association of Professional Genealogists, Salt Lake Chapter, on "Research Onsite in Italy", Spring research onsite in Italy
2000 conducted interviews along Wasatch front (UT) regarding former POWs in Utah, research in Utah State Archives and National Archives, College Park (NARA II) re: POW camps in USA, Spring research onsite in Italy
2001 Fall research onsite in Italy
2002 presented at TRACES International POW conference in Iowa on "WWII Italian POWs in Utah", Spring research onsite in Italy, Fall research onsite in Italy
2003 presented at TRACES International POW conference in Iowa on "WWII Italian POWs in Utah", published Agrigento, Palermo and Catania Provinces (Italy) - a Reference for Researchers, Spring research onsite in Italy, Fall research onsite in Italy
2003-2004 published Italian Prisoners of War in the Continental US on 31 March 1945 (6 volumes based on records as NARA II)
2004 first research at Stato Maggiore Esercito (Italian Army, SME), Div. 7 (repatriation, Italian Army), and POW (Army) offices in Roma, research for Italian Emigrants, Italian Immigrants by Tina Bochicchio Woetzel at FHL and on-site in Avigliano and Potenza, wrote and published Prisoners of War in Utah during WWII, presented at Utah Genealogical Association Conference in SLC on "WWII Italian POWs in Utah", Spring research onsite in Italy, Fall research onsite in Italy
2005 research for Sinatra: the Life by Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan at Family History Library, Fall research onsite in Italy
2006 started research on POW Camps in Italy at NARA and SME, presented display on "Italian POWs in America" at Southern California Jamboree in Pasadena, Fall research onsite in Italy
2007 Spring research onsite in Italy, Fall research onsite in Italy
2008 wrote and published Sicily (2 volumes)
2009 research for Il Giuramento by Dino Parri and Maurizio Parri at NARA and SME, attended POW reunion at Camp Hereford, TX and interviewed former POWs, presented at New York conference sponsored by Italian Jewish Cultural Center of Calabria in NYC on "Italian Research Sources", started research on Alien Internees (Japanese, German, Italian) at NARA in College Park, NARA in Denver, NARA in Laguna Niguel, correspondence with families of internees, presented display on "Italian Family History" at Los Angeles Feast of San Gennaro in Hollywood, Spring research onsite in Italy, met with Rabbi Barbara in Nicastro (Calabria, Italy) regarding Jewish research in Italy
2010 Spring research onsite in Italy, Fall research onsite in Italy
2011 Spring research onsite in Italy, Fall research onsite in Italy
2012 wrote and published Prisoner of War Camps Across America, started research on Italians in Utah, Spring research onsite in Italy, Fall research onsite in Italy
2013 presented at Camp Atterbury POW reunion on "POWs at Camp Atterbury" and interviewed widow of former POW, Spring research onsite in Italy
2014 Spring research onsite in Italy, Fall research onsite in Italy
2015 interviewed by Karen Duffin for "Nazi Summer Camp" broadcast at Radiolab.blog, Vatican Secret Archives access granted for POW research, Spring research onsite in Italy, Fall research onsite in Italy (including VSA)
2016 presented at International Association of Jewish Genealogists in Seattle on "Proving the Jewish Heritage of a Catholic Sicilian Family", presented at Utah Jewish Genealogical Society in SLC on "Proving the Jewish Heritage of a Catholic Sicilian Family", interviewed for "Sunday Dinner with a Prisoner" documentary, Spring research onsite in Italy (including VSA), Fall research onsite in Italy (including VSA).
2017 presented "Utah Prisoner of War Camps" and "Prisoner of War Camps Across America" at the Italian Center of the West in SLC, Fall research onsite in Italy (including VSA).
2018 Fonthill (Arcadia) published her "American Prisoner of War Camps in Idaho and Utah", "American Prisoner of War Camps in Arizona and Nevada", "American Prisoner of War Camps in Southern California", presented "20th Century Military Burials in the US and Europe" and "The Jewish Cemetery at Pisa" at the IAJGS conference in Warsaw, Poland, presented the "Chinese in Utah" at the Golden Spike Conference in Salt Lake City, presented "POW Camps Across America", "Enemy Alien Camps Across America", and "Researching Italian Family History" at the Italian Center of the West, Spring research onsite in Italy (including VSA), Fall research onsite in Italy (including VSA).
2019 Fonthill (Arcadia) published her "American Prisoner of War Camps in Northern California", "The Transcontinental Railroad in Utah", "American Prisoner of War Camps in Washington and Oregon", "American Prisoner of War Camps in Montana and Wyoming", presented "Jewish Military Burials in Europe and the US" at the IAJGS conference in Cleveland, OH, presented "Italian Research at Home and in Italy", "20th Century Military Burials in the US and Europe", "Prisoner of War Camps Across America", "Enemy Alien Camps Across America", "The Transcontinental Railroad in Utah", and led a panel on "Japanese Internment in the US during WW II" at the Italian Center of the West, Fall research onsite in Italy (including VSA).
2020 Fonthill (Arcadia) published her "American Prisoner of War Camps in Colorado", was scheduled to present "Italian Concentration Camps" at IAJGS in San Diego (conference canceled), presented "The Jewish Heritage of a Catholic Italian-American Family" and "Immigration to America from Italy" at the Italian Center of the West, Spring research onsite in Italy (including VSA).
2021 presented "The Hidden Jewish Heritage of a Catholic Italian-American Family" at Utah Jewish Genealogical Society, was scheduled to present "From Snitterfield to California, a Journey of 387 Years" at the Ancestral Journeys Conference hosted by Halsted Trust and Society of Genealogists in England (conference canceled), was scheduled to present "20th Century Jewish Military Burials in the US and Europe" and "The Jewish Cemetery at Pisa, Italy" at IAJGS in Philadelphia (PA, conference canceled), presented "Italian Prisoners of War in Wyoming" at the Dubois Museum, Dubois, WY, Fall research onsite in Italy (including VSA).
2022 presented at RootsTech on "The Hidden Jewish Heritage of a Catholic Italian-American Family", interviewed for "Hitler's Reluctant Emissaries: German POWs in the United States" documentary, Fall research onsite in Italy (including VSA).
2023 presented at RootsTech on "Finding Immigration Journeys to America From Italy" and "Enjoying Italian Research Abroad", presenting at IAJGS in London on "Italian Concentration Camps in World War II", Spring research onsite in Italy, Fall research onsite in Italy (including VSA).
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