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Specialists in Austrian, Slovenian & Friuli Venezia Giulian genealogy — based at the beautiful triple border, in Carinthia, Austria.

I'm Narelle (Nelly) Kukowetz, co-founder of Project Ancestry, based in Villach, Carinthia (Kärnten) in southern Austria — right where Austria, Slovenia and Italy meet.

We love the complexity of researching in this historically intertwined corner of Europe — and helping people from all over the world do the same!

This region presents unique research challenges: borders that shifted repeatedly, surnames that were spelled differently depending on the era and ruling authority, and archives scattered across multiple countries. 

 

Specialities:

• Genealogy research —Record location through to in-depth family history research.
• Ancestral Origin Location — Pinpoint the village and parish of your ancestor.
• Vital records / certificate retrieval — Official birth, marriage and death certificates. 
• Document Translation — Old German Kurrentschrift and Sütterlin handwriting, Fraktur print.
• Record Look-ups — Finding elusive records in Matricula Online, Diocesan Archives, and regional repositories.
• Trieste 10-Year Index Navigation Tool — For locating records from Trieste.

Geographic Specialities
Austria · Slovenia · Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy) · Istria + Rijeka · Former Austro-Hungarian Empire Crown Lands

Testimonials
Project Ancestry did a wonderful job and provided invaluable information such as the name of the local parish and history of their home town. Wow. What a find that was. I went from knowing nothing about my relatives to learning about their town the churches and the peoples lives. This was above and beyond your typical translation service. " "I was amazed at the thoroughness of the translations. I have used other translation services for Italian records and they weren't able to translate the entire document."
Dennis

"I received your wonderful email and I could have cried with joy and happiness! I wish I could give you a hug! These documents mean so much to me and my cousin and yes they are wonderful resources for family history. I can?t thank you enough! " Michelle "I'd just like to thank you once more for all of your help! Being so far from Robi, we could never have come this without you!"
Cynthia

Additional specialities or search keywords
Austria, Trieste, Gorizia, Udine, Slovenia, Istria, Fiume, Rijeka, Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Repositories
Klagenfurt Archives (Kärntner Landesarchiv)
Villach Archives (Stadtarchiv Villach)

Research Time Periods

• 21st Century
• 20th Century
• 19th Century

Languages
Native German specialising in Kurrentschrift, Fraktur, Slovene, Croatian, Italian. 
Client communication: English or German.