Genealogy researcher in Italy
Joe De Simone
35 Via Maria Scarano
Quadrelle
Avellino
Italy I-83020
Phone:
+39 081 8257020 +39 333 9364571
joedesimoneitaly@msn.com
www.italiangenealogypro.com
Southern Italy genealogy researcher, American born and educated, lives in Italy
Southern Italy genealogy researcher, American born and educated, lives in Italy since 1982. Accomplished genealogist providing onsite research at local town halls, churches, regional archives, etc. Besides obtaining documents and preparing family trees, also provides English translation of records and photographs of ancestral villages. Also experienced in identifying present day relatives and helping clients make initial contact with them. Specialized in research centred in Campania region but also undertakes projects in other areas of Italy including Calabria, Puglia, Molise and Basilicata.
Qualifications
Born, raised and educated in the US from Italian parents who always maintained close ties with the “old country”, Joe de Simone returned to Italy in 1982 to re-establish his roots.
Searching for your Italian genealogy has never been easier! Joe De Simone is a leading source for discovering Italian genealogy for Italian Americans nationwide. An American who has lived in Italy for many years, Joe is at the source – Italy – and knows his way around. He searches old world archives, civil records, church records, military records, and more in order to uncover the mysteries of many family histories. Joe searches the most reliable Italian genealogy resources, the original ones, that aren’t available to most people.
Italian-Americans are passionate about their heritage and history. Joe De Simone understands that because he himself is of Italian heritage. Sure, there are websites that can help you locate your Italian genealogy records, but how do you know if you are heading down the right path or heading towards a dead end? Joe De Simone makes it easy to build your Italian family tree and discover your old world roots, as well as your connection to modern ones! It’s the human touch that sets Joe De Simone’s services apart from genealogical websites and databases.
Italy is bursting with genealogical resources dating back generations. Even if you go to Italy yourself to search for your Italian genealogy, those sources can be daunting to try to sift through on your own – if you can even gain access to them! Joe De Simone specializes in southern Italian Genealogy, and has garnered the results to prove that you don’t need to do the searching yourself in order to build your family tree. Don’t get frustrated searching endlessly online for your Italian genealogy records or relying on family word of mouth to build your family tree. Joe De Simone, a professional genealogist, has all of the tools and expertise at his fingertips to help you learn about your family’s Italian history. Online genealogy websites are excellent resources, but they aren’t the same as working with an expert in Italian genealogy to connect with your Italian roots.
Services
CAMPANIA region specialist: Avellino, Benevento, Caserta, Napoli and Salerno provinces. Post 1809 research through civil and military records, pre 1809 research through notary and church records. Joe de Simone provides quick results (2 to 3 weeks at most).
Testimonials
R. Yamartino,
Portland, Maine
Joe de Simone has performed several genealogy searches for me in Napoli, elsewhere in Campania, and also in a small village near Campobasso, Molise. On each project, he has delivered everything that I had asked for and more. He not only found the relatives and records that I’d asked for, but found a few more as well, and also provided high resolution photos of all the documents that he had extracted information from. Joe has always delivered on time and on budget. I am very happy with his past genealogical search work for me, will definitely use his skills again in the future, and can recommend him without reservation.
Paul DeAngelo
Asbury, New Jersey
I recently hired Joe to research my ancestors in Campagnia. My wife and I were travelling to the Naples area and I knew my great grandfather had come to the US from that area, so I was hoping to find out where he came from so I could visit. I sent Joe the little information I had and he was very patient with all the questions I had. Not only did Joe find the birth records and addresses of my ancestors, but he found living relatives! Since I don’t speak Italian, Joe even offered to call the relatives for me! My wife and I met with our new found relatives, had lunch at their house before they took us to the villages where my grandparents came from. It was a great experience and Joe was a pleasure to work with and I highly recommend him.
Virginia Roviello
Scottsdale, Arizona
All the genealogy database web sites in the world cannot hold a candle to the human touch.
Being a second generation Italian American, I wanted to know more about my father’s ancestors, so I had been on a quest to find my paternal ancestors in Avellino in the Campania region of Italy through the use of ancestry.com and familysearch.org. Living in Arizona, I even had access to the Family Search library’s microfilm records in Mesa, AZ. All that and I still came up empty.
I had been recommended to Joe DeSimone by a researcher in another part of Italy. She said “He is a Great Researcher”. Talk about under selling and over performing!!!
When I reached out to Joe, I gave him the information that I had, which wasn’t all that much. Within a few weeks, I received an email from Joe that brought tears to my eyes. I was so overwhelmed I could hardly breathe! I was hoping for some information, but instead I found my history! To see photos of the actual hand written birth records gave me the goose bumps! Discovering family members going back almost 100 years! Joe gave me much more than I anticipated. I’m so grateful for his help!
Judie Ely
Pahrump, Nevada
While trying to research my ancestors in Rionero Vulture, Italy, for many years, I could not find any records in that area using on line searches.
I found an Italian Website online, and posted the surnames I had from documents of my grandparents that also listed their parents names. A year or so later, Mr. DeSimone emailed me and said that he could do the research for me.
He gave me many names, addresses, phone numbers and emails of people who he had done research for, and I emailed all of them. Because of their raving responses I decided to hire him.
He found lots of information for me in less than 2 weeks. I was very impressed with his promptness, and hired him a second time for even more information.
He even found living relatives for me which is a major plus, and that prompted me to go to Italy to meet them on September 4, 2012!! This will be a thrill of a lifetime for me to meet family that hasn’t been in touch or knew about one another for over 3 generations!!!
My many thanks to Joe for finding them for me, and his dedication to helping families reunite!
Carmela Capone
Boynton Beach, Florida
I first met Joe through the internet about eleven years ago when I hired him for a genealogy project. I’d heard some of the horror stories about folks occasionally being taken by foreign researchers, but he seemed like such a nice guy that I decided to give him a try, and I have never once regretted that decision.
Over the years my husband and I have made numerous trips to Italy, each time staying with Joe and his family. We refuse to stay anywhere else as we’ve become so attached. His entire family is just wonderful and I can’t say enough good things about them. They truly make you feel a part of the family and bend over backwards to make sure your stay is a pleasant one.
Regarding Joe’s research – He’s quick, thorough, and due to his pleasant, down-to-earth personality has developed contacts that allow him to access places most other researchers cannot. I’ve recommended him to numerous friends, acquaintances and distant cousins over the years and they’ve all written back to rave about him.
Carlyn & Douglas McCall,
Peebles, Scotland.
Firstly, I have to say that our reunion excelled all our expectations. We are now part of the most amazing loving family. My life and that of Douglas, Roderick and Andrew has taken on whole new meaning and I now could not imagine life without my Italian family. I am now able to converse in Italian with my family although I still struggle with the grammar but my dear family seem to understand me. Roderick, Andrew and Douglas integrated so well with the family too. Joe, I now feel a complete person as most of my characteristics are so similar to that of my family that I soon became part of them and it was just as if I had never been apart from them. The same has to be said of Roderick, Andrew and Douglas. Can you imagine us having a step mother and aunt who love us. We miss them very much but are constantly in touch by telephone, email or Skype.
As you know, we spent two weeks in May with my family . Whilst there we stayed with four different families and became even closer during that time ( if that is possible). During our holiday we met more family members and friends. As you can imagine, many family gatherings took place. I cannot find words to describe my life now as it is so beautiful and I am constantly on a” high” and life has taken on a whole new meaning. I am sorry that you could not be with us in May but at that time you also had family staying with you. We are coming again to Italy from Wednesday October 6th to Wednesday October 24th and hope to see you and Palmira then.
Without you placing the last piece of the” jig-saw” all this beautiful experience would never have come about and I and my family will never be able to repay the debt we owe you, that of finding my family. Without you in November it would have been a major struggle as any Italian I had learnt went “out the window” due to emotions; so communication would have been very difficult. Joe, you were amazing as you were constantly being asked to translate and nothing was ever to much trouble to you. Also, and probably most importantly, we needed you to make contact with my cousin in Villaricca as I think we would have come up against a “brick wall” due to past family problems.
The fact that you and Palmira became “part of our family” proved the success of all your efforts. Your hospitality in offering us a place in your home will never be forgotten as this also gave us much needed space to gather our thoughts away from my family. Nothing seemed too much trouble to you as we never had to struggle with transport as you drove us wherever we needed to go.
