I have spent thirteen years of my adult life in northern and southern Italy.
During that time our two daughters were born in Milano.
I read, write and speak Italian fluently, and Italian is the language of choice in our home.
My husband, Valeriano, was born in Montalbo, Piacenza, Italy.
He studied at the Vatican until he was sixteen.
His mother is from the province of Milano, and his father is from the province of Parma.
I was introduced to Italian genealogy in the late 1980's when I organized about 2500
of my husband's ancestors on Personal Ancestral File.
My various files now contain over 50,000 names!
Before moving to the United States in 1991, we spent countless hours searching the ecclesiastic and civil
records of the provinces of Parma, Piacenza, Milano and Varese, tracing Valeriano's lines to the late 1500's.
While researching at the Family History Library and developing my genealogical skills,
I became aware that there were few experts at the Family History Library who could help with Italian genealogical problems.
I have been an accredited genealogist on the LDS Church List for five years now and I have helped over two hundred clients
in that time.
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Taking advantage of my close proximity to the world famous Family History Library in Salt
Lake City and its vast collection of microfilmed church and civil
records of Italy, I am able to trace family trees back to the 1700's and beyond quickly and economically.
Academically, I have a Bachelors of Arts in History from Brigham Young University and also did some graduate work there.
My husband is currently finishing his master's degree in Art History at BYU.
He helps me with different research questions and with his knowledge of Italian life.
Helping him with his Master's seminar papers has vastly improved my research skills.
Among the main genealogical services:
Ascendancy research (All direct lines from one individual, including siblings) to as far as civil and church records go.
Descendancy research (All descendants to a stipulated generation).
Copies of original birth (baptism), marriage, death records from microfilm of civil and church records.
U.S. Federal Census research.
U.S. Social Security Death Index Search.
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Research.
Database Searches.
Passenger List and Ship Searches (including determining immigrant's ship, copy of passenger
list and where possibly, copy of photo of ship).
US Military records
"She does a very professional job. Very good documentation." F. Bianco
"Carolyn has done some extensive work for me over the past year. I've found her work to be excellent.
She is thorough and timely. I cannot recommend her high enough." J. Fiorilla
"There were three things I evaluated before I chose her.
1. Was she easy to work with?
2. Was the price reasonable?
3. Did she have good credentials?
In all three categories, the answer was yes. I am convinced that you will enjoy your ancestral pursuit with her." C. Panza
