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Margaret R. Fortier

Certified Genealogist® specializing in immigration to New England and Italian dual citizenship

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Remote research

APG member

Researches in: United States, Italy, Portugal, Brazil, Canada, Ireland
Based in: United States · MA
Languages: English · French
Time periods: Colonial Times to 1900 · US after 1890 · Early US Church Records

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About

Margaret R. Fortier is a Certified Genealogist® based in the Boston area, focusing on immigration research for Italian, Portuguese, and French-Canadian ancestry, with expertise in dual citizenship documentation.

Margaret Rose Fortier is a Certified Genealogist® and genealogical researcher, speaker, and writer based in the Boston area. She specializes in immigration to New England, particularly Italian, Portuguese, and French-Canadian immigrants, and helps applicants prepare documentation for dual citizenship with Italy. Fluent in French, she holds a BSBA from Boston College and an MS in Human Factors in Information Design from Bentley University. Margaret serves on the board of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) and volunteers for the Medford Slavery Project and the Unclaimed Persons group. She is passionate about researching family histories, relating their stories, and revealing their legacy through thorough, professional genealogical analysis and reporting.

Specialties

Italian immigration
Portuguese ancestry
French-Canadian genealogy
dual citizenship Italy
New England immigration
naturalization records
passenger lists
Italian records
Irish genealogy

Additional credentials

Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University Institutes; Genealogical Institute in Federal Records (SLIG); Advanced Techniques for Mastering Online Searches (SLIG); Settlers in the New World & Immigrants to a New Nation (SLIG); Immigration in the U.S. after 1890 (SLIG); Dual Citizenship Italian-American and Irish-American (Virtual Institute of Genealogical Research); Finding Immigrant Origins (SLIG); Researching in Italian Records (GRIP); Advanced Italian Records (GRIP); In-depth

Boston, MA, United States

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