Italian-American. Polish-American. Irish-American. Three communities. Three great waves of immigration. One city that held them all.
3rd largest concentration in the United States
One of the largest Polish communities outside Warsaw
Year 2 expansion · inquiries welcome now
Our client is 45 to 70 years old, middle-to-upper income, with a grandparent or great-grandparent who arrived in America between 1880 and 1940. They grew up hearing the stories — the village no one else could find on a map, the crossing they almost didn't make, the work that built the neighborhood — but the people who told those stories are aging, and the window is closing.
They are approaching a milestone. A parent's 80th birthday. A 50th wedding anniversary. Mother's Day. Father's Day. A retirement after forty years of work. They want to give something that lasts longer than a dinner reservation and means more than a gift card.
They often have an AncestryDNA kit on a shelf — results they glanced at once and haven't fully understood. They paid $99 for a pie chart and got something they don't know how to read.
Heirloom Heritage Co. is how those results become a book. How the pie chart becomes a village. How the kit becomes something they can hold and leave on a shelf for their grandchildren.
Why now
53 million+ AncestryDNA kits have been sold nationally. The vast majority of those results sit uninterpreted. The people who carry the stories are aging. The moment to tell these stories is now.
573,000
Greater Chicago
Institutional Networks
Ancestral Regions We Research
Key Calendar Moment
Columbus Day — JCCIA Parade (October)
930,000
Greater Chicago
Institutional Networks
Ancestral Regions We Research
Key Calendar Moment
Casimir Pulaski Day (March) — Illinois only
~250,000
Greater Chicago
Institutional Networks
Ancestral Regions (Planned)
A sample volume is in development. Irish lines within Comprehensive Archive projects are served now. Inquiries welcome.
Estate attorneys, financial advisors, and wealth managers who serve Italian-American and Polish-American families are a natural referral partner. These professionals are already in conversations about legacy, inheritance, and what clients want to leave behind.
A family history book is the narrative legacy that accompanies the financial one. We maintain a professional referral arrangement: 10% of completed project value ($350–$2,000 per referral depending on tier). We provide a sample volume for any professional who wants to see the product first.
Estate & Probate Attorneys
Mid-size Chicago firms serving Italian-American and Polish-American family wealth.
Financial Advisors & Wealth Managers
Advisors with affluent Polish-American and Italian-American client bases on Chicago's northwest side and northwest suburbs.
Community Organization Leaders
JCCIA, Italian American Chamber of Commerce Midwest, Polish National Alliance chapter officers, parish heritage society coordinators.
Tell us who you are and what you're hoping for. We'll take it from there.