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A Visit to the Museo degli Innocenti in Firenze

HistoryBy Jennifer Petrino May 11, 2026

Photo Credit: Armin Kleiner https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Florence,_Piazza_SS_Annunziata_with_Ospedale_degli_Innocenti_(1419-39)_and_part_of_SS_Annunziata_(1601).jpg On a recent trip to Italy, my husband and I visited the Museo degli Innocenti at the Ospedale degli Innocenti, or Hospital of the Innocents, in Florence. Although it is called “hospital”, it was really an orphanage built to house and care for the orphans and abandoned children of Florence.…

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Time & Distance Cannot Keep Families Apart

GeneralBy Jennifer Petrino April 14, 2026

In January 1999, my husband and I moved to a new city and that move changed much more than our location. For me, it really changed so much in my life. My husband had gotten a promotion and the cost of living in our new city was much less, so I no longer had to…

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Finding Family in Cerda

Client StoriesBy Jennifer Petrino January 6, 2021

Members of our family go to Italy about every 5-7 years. While we may visit Rome, or go to other northern areas, we always make sure to include a stop in Palermo to visit with cousins on my paternal great-grandmother’s side of the family – the LoVerso’s. When we last went in 2013 to visit…

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Steps to Dual Citizenship

Dual CitizenshipBy Jennifer Petrino October 13, 2020

A Brief Guide to the Dual Citizenship Process Below I am going to share a brief step-by-step guide to the process of applying for dual citizenship. It does not touch on all of the unusual circumstances you are probably going to encounter as you go through this process, but it will at least help you…

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Dual Citizenship Eligibility Categories

Dual CitizenshipBy Jennifer Petrino October 12, 2020

Below is a list of the most common categories through which most people are eligible for Dual Citizenship but there may be other ways you can apply as well. There is no limit to the number of generations back you can go to apply, as long as your ancestor was born in Italy and emigrated…

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Pros and Cons of Italian Dual Citizenship

Dual CitizenshipBy Jennifer Petrino October 12, 2020

There are advantages and disadvantages to becoming an Italian Dual Citizen and while the good definitely outweighs the bad, for some people, one or more of the disadvantages may actually be deal breakers. For example, those with high level government security clearances need to carefully research the consequences of Dual Citizenship. You should always do…

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Search Creatively and Confirm Information!

Research TipsBy Jennifer Petrino July 7, 2020

While researching for a client today, I found a 1905 birth record for a child named Rosalia Ingoglia in the indexed NYC records on FamilySearch. Her name was indexed as Ruzalia Tuyaglio and her parents as Vincenzo Tuyaglio and Maria Liotta Tuyaglio. As most of us search by first and last name, you might be…

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A Hometown Relative Story

Client StoriesBy Jennifer Petrino April 16, 2020

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A Dual Citizenship Story

Client StoriesBy Jennifer Petrino December 2, 2019

A Dual Citizenship Story By Sicilian Family Tree client John Giacchino In the late spring of 2005, my brother Anthony approached me to see if I would do the research to find out if we would qualify for Italian dual citizenship. We had talked about it before, but for some reason this time I decided…

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About Misilmeri

HistoryBy Jennifer Petrino November 27, 2019

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