What do you want to discover about your Italian heritage? Join Pamela Vittorio for an introduction to building your Italian or Sicilian family tree. This presentation covers immigration through ports in the U.S. and Canada and migration patterns, finding records on Ancestry, naming patterns, naturalization processes, and the basics of researching on Portale Antenati, Italian Parish Records and FamilySearch.
The webinar will be recorded, in case you’re not able to attend the live session.
Are you ready? Andiamo!
Speaker: Based in Brooklyn, Pamela J. Vittorio is a professional genealogist and historian (M.A. NYU), Associate Teaching Professor (The New School University), and a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists. She acquired a certificate in genealogical research from Boston University and a PLCGS from the International Institute of Genealogical Studies, where she is currently assisting with development of the Italian Studies courses. Pamela’s lecture topics include: artifacts; DNA; Canadian research, Loyalists, land, military, communication, and transportation history (railroads, North American Canals, stagecoach travel, etc.) She writes narratives and family histories for museum exhibits as well as clients of diverse backgrounds, including African American, Canadian, English, French, German, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Polish, and Scottish. Pamela has published articles in the UGA’s Crossroads, CNYGS TreeTalks, and several book reviews for NYG&B’s The Record.
As a volunteer, Pamela has served as a mentor for NGS’s GenProof Study Group and Advanced Genealogical Skills courses for over six years, and as the VP of Programming for the Italian Genealogy Group (IGG) since 2021. Pamela is also chair/organizer of the IGG’s Virtual Genealogy Conference (2024, forthcoming, 2026). For 2025 and 2026, she is delighted to be coordinating new courses for Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG), and Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP), and has previously been an instructor for Applied Genealogical Institute (AppGen), with a focus on immigration, transportation, and communication. Pamela is honored to be a recipient of a 2024–2025 American Society of Genealogists research grant and serve as a 2024–2025 Hackman Research Grant Scholar at the New York State Archives in Albany.