The Genealogist vs The Family Historian
According to Merriam-Webster genealogy is ‘an account of the descent of a person, family or group from an ancestor or from older forms’ ‘regular descent of a person, family or group or organisms from a progenitor or older form’ ‘the study of family ancestral lines’ Or ‘an account of the origin and historical development of […]
Genealogy Basics for Beginners
Getting Started Genealogy Organization Family Group Sheet
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 […]
My Great Grandmother Giovanna Elisabetta Getrude Pieri
My Great Grandmother She was stern, I saw her as the head of the family, as did most everyone. She was outspoken (all in Italian) & not afraid to tell you that what you did was 100% wrong in her eyes, but she was my great grandmother and I loved her, cherished her, and miss […]
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 […]