Category Archives: Italy

My Living DNA experience

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Those of you who followed my blog in April will remember how I was singled out at Who Do You Think You Are? Live by Living DNA’s Marketing Director Hannah Morden– I suppose constant tweeting, not to mention purchasing 12 … Continue reading →

Posted in DNA, England, Galicia, Genealogy, Genetic Genealogy, Italy, LivingDNA, Who Do You Think You Are? | 2 Comments

Under my nose all this time!

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Thanks to the helpful assistance of the church archives in Acqui Terme (NW Italy) I have been able to progress in my family tree research to boundaries I never knew or expected I could reach. Archives in that particular area … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Registration, Death, Genealogy, Italy, Marriage, San Marzano Oliveto, Women | 2 Comments

Those who stayed behind

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

In 1910 my great-grandfather Giacomo Jack Ameglio left Italy and crossed the Atlantic Ocean, bound for America -the first of several transatlantic crossings he would complete in his lifetime. When he reached New York, he moved into an apartment in Manhattan … Continue reading →

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What’s new on Ancestry? October 2016 edition

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

We’re already nearing mid-October and those of you who are on Ancestry may have noticed a new array of records that have been uploaded or updated (in italics) on their website. Here’s a glimpse of what you can find among … Continue reading →

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Explore cousin-marriages… within your family tree!

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Marry your cousin? No way, you’re probably thinking. But there was a time, however, when marrying close relatives was not just usual, it was also the norm, and more often than not, a desirable experience. Marrying a first cousin, or … Continue reading →

Posted in Birth, Death, DNA, Engagement, England, Famous Genealogy, Genealogy, Italy, Marriage, Money, Spain | 4 Comments

Mum’s AncestryDNA adventure

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

When my Mum was diagnosed with a double case of breast cancer several years ago, we knew that a long battle was about to start. What we didn’t know is that DNA, or genealogy for that matter, would come into the … Continue reading →

Posted in DNA, Galicia, Genealogy, Italy | 4 Comments

My Italian ancestry online

Posted on September 17, 2016 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

A year or two ago, I got an e-mail from someone in America who was carrying out a research into his brother-in-law’s Italian ancestry. By pure coincidence, the man’s family came from the small Piedmontese village of San Marzano Oliveto, … Continue reading →

Posted in Birth, Death, Genealogy, Italy, Marriage | 2 Comments

My AncestryDNA Adventure

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

The following entry has been written over a period of several weeks. 25 March 2016 It was one of those lazy mornings when, instead of rushing to get ready for work, as I should, I got glued to the minuscule screen … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancestry.com, Andalucía, Birth, DNA, England, France, Galicia, Genealogy, Germany, Herefordshire, Huguenots, Ireland, Italy, Jewish Ancestry, La Coruña, New York City, Spain, United States, Worcestershire | 3 Comments

508, 9th Avenue, Manhattan

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

The year is 1884. On 20th March, the day before the start of spring, my great-great-grandmother, then a young girl of 15 years, put down her name on a marriage certificate. Maria Maddalena Terzano, who preferred to go by the more poetic name … Continue reading →

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Looking for Rina Amerio’s descendants: the Graziano family

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Last October, my dad and I visited the village in northern Italy where my great-grandmother Giovanna Amerio was born in 1895. It was to be not only a quest for missing family information, but also something of a sentimental pilgrimage. … Continue reading →

Posted in Emigration, Genealogy, Italy, New York City, United States, War, Women | 2 Comments