Unlock the Charm of Vintage Design To Tell Your Family’s Story

Introduction Family history is a treasure trove of stories, memories, and connections that tie us to our ancestors. Organizing and presenting these discoveries can breathe life into them. By using vintage design, with its timeless charm and nostalgia, you can create the perfect aesthetic to showcase your family’s past. In this post, we’ll explore how […]

My Whole World Family Tree

My family tree has been a work in progress for about 25 years & I have searched for records all over the world, sitting in front of my computer. I have always identified myself as Italian, because that is how I was raised even though my last name is Finnish. I knew that my grandfather […]

Finding the Needle in the Haystack

Before I started searching for my family, I thought that finding them would be a piece of cake. After all, how many Niemi’s, Tomassini’s or Pieri’s can there be in this world? Where I grew up, they were pretty unique, especially the Niemi and the Pieri surnames. Tomassini was a bit more common because that […]

Am I Italian? Yes! and so much more…

DNA Doesn’t Lie My DNA tells me that I am at least 32% Italian, so what makes up the other 68%? I relate to my Italian heritage because that is how I was raised, but my father’s genealogy is 50% Italian/50% Finnish.  When their mother, Mary Tomassini, passed in September 1940 in San Francisco from […]