Italian Genealogy Research Built on Original Records
I am Marina Martello, professional genealogist and President of Progenita. Every case is mine alone: my eyes in the reading rooms, my transcriptions line by line, my signature on the final family report.
Parish registers, civil archives and military rolls across Italy — researched on site, transcribed line by line, and delivered as a professional family history for the Italian diaspora in the Americas.
President of Progenita · APG Member · RootsTech Speaker 2025 & 2026 · Winner, PNRR “Year of Italian Roots 2024 -Trentino Alto Adige” Grant · 2,000+ Research Cases Solved
Palermo, First World War: my grandmother sent this portrait to my grandfather at the front.
How Your Research Unfolds
Home ground. Trentino, Veneto, the Mantua area, the province of Pordenone and Friuli: the archives I know shelf by shelf, the parishes where I am a familiar face.
Wherever the trail leads. When a family line crosses regional borders, I travel with it recent fieldwork has taken me to Umbria and beyond, anywhere in Italy your ancestors’ story requires.
Every region, online. Civil, parish and military records across all of Italy, through Portale Antenati, FamilySearch, Ancestry and MyHeritage.
Genealogy Services
Discover your Italian heritage
Ever wondered where your Italian story begins? My research starts where your family left off: parish registers, civil archives, military rolls and notarial acts, read page by page in the reading rooms across Italy. Every claim in my reports is tied to an original record transcribed, translated and documented with archival references you can verify. From the first surname hint to the final sourced family line, I build your ancestry on evidence, not on family legend. Ready to walk in your ancestors’ footsteps?
