Your Sicilian story
starts here.

Documented research into three, four or five generations preceding a known ancestor. Each package includes a research report, a family tree and digital copies of the original records used, with the research fee agreed before work begins.

Search for birth, marriage and death records to support your family history research or obtain the documents you need. You can request one record or several, even when the exact date is unknown.

Search for Sicilian civil-status records, requests to the relevant municipalities, review of the documents received and shipment of the official originals. This service concerns document retrieval; it does not include legal advice or an assessment of citizenship eligibility.

Analysis of DNA matches combined with documentary research to investigate family relationships, relate genetic results to a family tree and explore the identity of unknown ancestors. The scope of each project depends on the data available.

Focused archival research into a family, an individual or a particular historical source. You can commission a specific investigation or continue research you have already begun without ordering a complete family tree reconstruction.

Research into ancestors' military service, burial places and historical family homes. Each request is assessed in relation to the starting information and the survival and accessibility of the relevant records or places.

The father was traditionally regarded as the head of the household, while the mother was responsible for domestic affairs and the supervision of the children.

Sicilian emigrants living in America often sought to recreate the material, social, and religious environment they had left behind.

Young women traditionally wore a linen underskirt beneath the petticoat, although cotton and wool versions were also used.