Visit Our Shop Bob interviews Jennifer Anton about her family research and her inspiring book, “Under the Light of the Italian Moon”.  Spanning over two decades, Under the Light of the Italian Moon is an epic, emotional and triumphant tale of one woman’s incredible resilience during the rise of fascism and Italy’s collapse into WWII. Gripping historical fiction based on a true story and heartbreaking real events. Podcast Video https://youtu.be/hvyXQTKS9g0 Ninetta and Adelasia Researching with aunt Fascist party poster A long line of strong Italian women Visit our recipe page here Click here Click here to join our group on Facebook

Check out our shop! Research your Italian or Sicilian Ancestors with Francesco Curione from 007 Italian Records. Francesco has a great personality and researches not only civil records but church records also.  Watch our interview and checkout his Facebook page.  We talk about how he began 007 and some of the amazing things that he uncovered for his clients! Podcast Video Our day in Cefalu Our great friend Francesco took the time out of his day to give us a walking tour of Cefalu, and introduced us to the Spritz. Visit our recipe page here Click here Click here to join our group on Facebook

Visit Our Genealogy Store Riveting discussion with Professor Carla A. Simonini Paul and Ann Rubino Endowed Associate Professor and Founding Director Italian American Studies Program Loyola University Chicago On the roots of Italian Unification, the differences between the North and South, the Padrone system and much more. Podcast Video Visit our recipe page here Click here Click here to join our group on Facebook

Visit Our Genealogy Store Maria Laurinois the author of The Italian Americans: A History(December 2014), the companion to a forthcoming PBS documentary series, as well as the memoirs Old World Daughter, New World Motherand the national bestseller Were You Always an Italian? (all published by W.W. Norton).  In addition to teaching at NYU, Laurino serves as Assistant to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.  She was the former chief speechwriter for NYC Mayor David Dinkins and a staff writer for the Village Voice.  Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, Salon.com, and numerous publications.  Laurino’s essays have been widely anthologized, including in the Norton Reader. Podcast Maria’s Dad WWII Visit our recipe page here Click here Click here to join our group on Facebook

As we start our third year, I would like to wish every one Buon Natale with the hopes that we get this virus behind us in 2021.  In two years we have had over 154,000 visitors, which is certainly way beyond our expectations.  This year we began our podcasts and have over 40 great interviews with authors, genealogy experts, and people just telling their wonderful stories.  We also began ramping up our youtube channel for those who would like to watch our interviews. We are always looking for people to interview, so post a comment here, or on our Facebook Page if you would like to be part of the process. Join our Facebook Group One other thing we also started in 2020 was our online gift shop.  We have some great one of a kind designs for Italian Roots and Buon Natale.  You can select our design or create your own ( it helps cover the cost of the site).  Just click the photo.  You can hear our podcasts here, or on any of the major directories, such as, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon, iTunes, Apple, Google, Pandora and more. Or watch us on Rumble and subscribe. Thank you again and all the best for a Buon Natale and a Buon Anno Nuovo stay safe and let’s pray for a better 2021!