Planning for Spring Trip !!
As always, my trip (see www.gentracer.com/lastrip.html) to Sicily and Southern Italy in November was wonderful! I'm looking forward to returning in March 2008 (see www.gentracer.com/nextrip.html).
This two-week research trip last November started in Roma where I met with folks regarding WW II POWs as well as doing some work in the provincial archives there. I also worked in the civil records in Artena and Segni one day, working the next day in San Giorgio del Sannio, and Paolisi. I spent the night in Mileto before crossing the Strait of Messina in the morning and did some shopping in Misterbianco before meeting the priest in Aragona that afternoon. After spending the next day shopping in Agrigento, and the night in Sciacca, I spent a day with family in Sambuca di Sicilia, including an amazing discussion of the US presidential race. Early the next day I went to Bivona, then to Enna , and back to Bivona before settling for the night in Racalmuto. The next morning started in Enna and ended with a hotel with WiFi in Terrasini to catch up on email before a flight from Palermo to Roma the next day. It was a great trip, even if I covered too much ground too quickly for pleasure.
I'm offering professional research services in Southern Italy and Sicily on my next trip in March. The completed report includes a log of locations and records searched, an analysis of the information found, and copies or extracts of the documents located. On-site research can also include extracts from local phone books, and/or photos of the area. In some cases, I can accompany a client to view their ancestral town and meet (and translate) with Italian cousins. Please reserve your time soon, since it fills quickly. Future trips are planned for each spring and fall. More details are available at my on-site research page at www.gentracer.com/onsite.html. To see some comments from clients, please see www.gentracer.com/references.html.
So far...I'm planning to work in Agrigento, Termini Imerese, Sambuca di Sicilia, Aragona, and Bivona in Sicily. On the mainland I expect to work in Roma, Artena, Segni, Velletri and Lamezia Terme. I'm looking forward to meeting with both American and Italian friends (old and new), as well as returning to favorite places and visiting towns I haven't seen before!
Italian POW Shoemakers at Ogden
I've published the six volumes: (A-B), (C-D), (E-I), (J-M), (N-R), and (S-Z) of the rosters of Italian POWs in the Continental US on 31 March 1945. These rosters include name, rank, POW number, and more, including their location on that date. You can learn more about them (and order them) at www.gentracer.com/powcd.html.
Jack and I will be working at Archives II in College Park, MD on my way home from the Spring Trip to do more work in the World War II POW records stored there. All those records are on paper that just gets older every year. We'll be working with the rosters of Italian POWs who were in our care worldwide. I'll be combining that data with the lists of all POWs who died in the US for publication this year.
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