The Leg-work Is Done!!!

So, was it worth more than five years of my life spent squinting at microfilm and entering data into my computer to get 16,375 names of people, almost all of whom are related to me through blood or marriage? YES! It was! I have finally finished transcribing every vital record (birth, marriage and death) from

Working on the Final Reels of Microfilm

Last summer when I moved out of my Pennsylvania home, I put this research project on hold until I finished relocating. Now I am home in New York, and I’ve ordered the last four reels of Baselice microfilm. They are on permanent loan at my nearest Family History Center. The reels cover the years 1824-1843,

How I Got Started

It’s critical to know the exact town your ancestors came from in Italy because the records are kept at a very local level. In my own family, my grandmother and her siblings always said their father and mother were from Pastene and Avellino, respectively. But my own discovery of ship manifests, birth records and draft