This presentation will highlight the best Italian civil and church records to use to get started with your Italian family history; including tips on language, names, localities and basic record types to search. Emphasis will be placed on Southern Italian/Sicilian research with time for questions and answers at the end of the presentation.

Suzanne Russo Adams, MA, AG is accredited in Italian research and has been researching Italian roots for more than 20 years. She is a graduate of Brigham Young University (BYU) with a BS in Sociology and a BA in family history/genealogy. She also has a master’s degree in European History from BYU. Her experience ranges from research to genealogy technology to conferences and speaking.