Combining a background in history and genealogical research, Kathy Kirkpatrick offers clients professional genealogical research services and publications. Most family research is done at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, with annual (or more frequent) trips to do research in Italy, London, Paris, and other locations in Europe. Her bio page is at www.gentracer.com/ki00029.htm.
Kathy speaks locally and Internationally on a variety of topics. At the International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) in 2018 in Warsaw, Poland, she presented "20th Century Military Burials in the US and Europe" and "The Jewish Cemetery at Pisa". She presented the "Chinese in Utah" at the Golden Spike Conference in Salt Lake City, UT. She presented "POW Camps Across America", "Enemy Alien Camps Across America", and "Researching Italian Family History" at the Italian Center of the West in Salt Lake City, UT.
In 2019, she presented "Jewish Military Burials in Europe and the US" at the IAJGS conference in Cleveland, OH. She 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 in Salt Lake City, UT.
In 2020, she was scheduled to present "Italian Concentration Camps" at IAJGS in San Diego, CA (conference canceled). She presented "The Jewish Heritage of a Catholic Italian-American Family" and "Immigration to America from Italy" at the Italian Center of the West in Salt Lake City, UT.
In 2021, she presented "The Hidden Jewish Heritage of a Catholic Italian-American Family" at Utah Jewish Genealogical Society in Salt Lake City, UT. She 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). She 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). She presented "Prisoners of War in Wyoming" at the Dubois Museum, Dubois, WY.
In 2022 Kathy presented at RootsTech on "The Hidden Jewish Heritage of a Catholic Italian-American Family", she was interviewed for “Hitler's Reluctant Emissaries: German POWs in the United States” documentary
In 2023 Kathy presented at RootsTech on "Finding Immigration Journeys to America From Italy" and "Enjoying Italian Research Abroad". She presented at IAJGS in London, England on "Italian Concentration Camps in World War II".
The following talks were recorded during their presentation at The Cultural Event Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Kathy's experience includes research for many clients and genealogists from beginning through advanced levels, including heirship and probate research. Kathy's research includes client family records located at town, provincial and military archives in Italy. Cemeteries, including military, are visited, photographed, and individuals documented not only for family members, but also for presentations made at conferences, books, and our website.
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. She also researches Enemy Alien internees and Jewish refugees, mostly from central Europe to Italy and around the world.
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 Ferramonti (Tarsia, Italy), and at Campagna, Italy, and the Jewish Museum at Bova Marina, Italy, housing the artifacts from a 3rd century synagogue nearby.
Follow these links for Kathy's schedule and timeline.
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