Find Your Italian Ancestors - August 2024
- Maximum Purchase:
- 1 unit
Description
Uncover Your Italian Roots: A Research Course for Descendants of Immigrants (1880-1920)
This course is designed to help you trace your Italian family history, specifically focusing on the period of mass immigration between 1880 and 1920.
DATE: August 21, 2024 to September 17, 2024
Here's what you'll learn:
- Research Techniques: Discover effective methods for uncovering your Italian ancestry, including navigating records in both Italy and North America.
- Essential Websites: Learn about the best online resources dedicated to Italian genealogy research.
- Historical Context: Understand the social and political events that shaped your ancestors' lives in Italy and America.
- Overcoming Challenges: Gain strategies to tackle common roadblocks encountered during family history research and keep your journey moving forward.
If you have Italian ancestry and are curious about the immigrants who arrived between 1880 and 1920,
this course equips you with the tools and knowledge to embark on a successful research adventure.
Course Workload:
- Approx. 8 hours to complete
- 100% Online using our eLearning Platform
- 4 lessons complete with skill-building exercises and quizzes
- Self-Paced Learning
- Expert Support from Course Instructor
- Video Presentations
- Interactive Quizzes
- Student Discussion Board
- Downloadable Course Materials
- Register for the course on this page
- On the start date, log into our eLearning platform
- Access to the course instructor runs until the course end date
- After the course ends, you can read course materials for one year
- Instructor and discussion board access will also end when the course concludes, so make sure you reach out and ask questions!
About the Instructor
Melanie D. Holtz is a Certified Genealogist with experience specializing in 18th-20th century Italian genealogical research. She has focused primarily on Italian research for the past several years and is skilled in finding those hard-to-find US immigration records and Italian towns of origin. She's presented webinars and videos for Family Tree University, and written for Family Tree Magazine. She guides clients through their dual citizenship process, translates Italian documents and compiles family history books. She works in the records of all regions of Italy, as well as formerly Italian areas like Corsica.