POINTers - Italian Genealogical Group

Summer, 1995

Volume 9

Number 2

Issue #30 POINTers

THE American Journal of Italian Genealogy

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How To Use The POINT Lists

For our new POINTers who might not understand exactly how to use the POINT lists,

here is what to do:

1. In each issue of POINTers or in the Annual Directory, go to the section titled POINT Surname Data Base. There are three columns of surnames on each page. The surnames are listed alphabetically. Look for the surnames in which you are interested. To the left of each surname is a heading called Sub #. This is the identification number of the POINTer who submitted the surname. Write it down.

2. Now go to the section titled POINT Members. The left most heading on each page is also Sub #. Look down this heading until you find the number you wrote down in Step #1 and there you will find the name and address of the POINTer who submitted the surname(s) in which you are interested.

3. Now the idea is for you to write to that POINTer. Say that you saw the surname(s) in the POINT Italian Surname Data Base and that you would like to exchange information to see if perhaps you both may have common ties to that surname.

4. You can also scan the POINT Surname Data Base list to see if any surnames come from the same town from which your surnames of interest originated. Just run your finger down the Town heading looking for the town in which you are interested or use the section entitled Towns in the POINT Surname Data Base in any Annual Directory after #4.

5. The main thing is that when you find a surname or town that matches one you are researching, you should contact that POINTer and begin to exchange information.

The Meaning of the Asterisks in the POINT Surname Data Base Listing

One asterisk / star (*) means the name has been submitted by more than one POINTer spelled exactly the same way but with no correlation on the area of origin.

One asterisk can also mean that the same POINTer entered the same name from more than one location or with more than one spelling variation.

Two asterisks (**) mean two or more POINTers entered the same name from the same Region of Italy.

Three asterisks (***) mean two or more POINTers entered the same name from the same Italian province.

Four asterisks (****) mean two or more POINTers entered the same name from the same Italian city or town.

Each issue of POINTers lists the four-star names that have been added to the POINT Italian Surname Data Base since the last issue.

POINT / POINTers Box 2977

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Phone: (310) 832 - 4041

Summer, 1995

Volume 9

Number 2

Issue #30

POINTers -

THE

Thomas E. Militello, M. D. Founder of POINT Editor of POINTers

Since 1987 ISSN: 1065 - 9749

About POINT 2

From The Editor Militello (#1) 4 Cover Photo Brown (#4) 4

Buzzetti Family Buzzetti (#1026) 5 - 7 Italian Household - Part 2 Lothrop (#95) 8 - 11

Gram - Part 3 Bensal (#1234) 12 - 15 Ancestral Names Belmonte (#1688) 16 - 17 Write Something De Angelis (#214) 18

Book Review Brusca (#1334) 19 Book Review Mendola (#1698) 20 - 21

Coming To America Koleas (#1527) 22 - 23

PIP - POINTers In Person Reports 43 - 45

Four-Star Surnames 46

New E-Mail Addresses 47

Index To Volume Eight 48 - 68

American

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Italian

Genealogy POINT Members - 1995 - Part Two POINT Surnames - 1995 - Part Two

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POINT is a dues-paying member of:

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American Italian Historical Association

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COSMEP - The International Association of Independent Publ ishers

Federation of Genealogical Societies

Italian Catholic Federation

Italic Studies Institute

Italy - America Chamber of Commerce - West

NAUG - National Appleworks Users Group

Quinsept (Family Roots) Users Group

Voices In Italian America

© Thomas E. Militello, MD

About POINT

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POINT Dues Information

POINT (Pursuing Our Italian Names Together) is a network of those who are interested in Italian genealogy.

POINT includes the POINT Italian Surname Data Base and Directory and our quarterly journal, POINTers, THE American Journal of Italian Genealogy.

The goal of POINT is to put two or more people who are interested in the same Italian surname into contact with one another so that they may share information.

The Annual Directory contains all the surnames in the POINT Italian Surname Data Base, with each surname cross-referenced to the name and address of the POINT member who submitted that surname.

The Annual Directory is published each spring.

Each issue of POINTers contains all recent additions to the POINT Italian Surname Data Base plus items of Italian genealogical interest that have been sent to POINT by our members .

POINT membership dues are $30 per year ($50 for members outside of North America), which includes four issues of POINTers and the Annual Directory.

Back Issues of POINTers Available

For those interested in obtaining back issues of POINTers, we have some copies of the original printings of all four issues of Volume 3 / 1989 - $25 ($40 each outside of North America), Volume 4 / 1990 - $25 ($40), Volume 5 / J 991 - $25 ($40), Volume 8 / 1994 - $30 ($50).

Reprints of Volume 1 / 1987 ($10), Volume 2 / 1988 ($20), Volume 6 / 1992 ($25), Volume 7/1993 ($30) are also available.

These reprints contain all the information of the original issues except for the surname and member lists. Add $15 each for mailing outside of North America.

Growth

POINT continues to grow! As of 31 May 1995, 2397 POINT members have submitted 17,340 Italian surnames into the POINT Italian Surname Data Base. We now have members from 49 states, DC, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Guam, Japan, Italy, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, The Netherlands and Uruguay.

Surnames in the POINT Italian Surname Data Base have originated in over 2150 Italian cities and towns as well as from Austria, Brazil, France (Corsica), Gibraltar, Greece, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey and Uruguay before coming to Italy or after leaving Italy.

Thanks to all of you for your continuing support of POINT and POINTers.

POINTers Disclaimer and Reprint Permission

All correspondence sent to POINT is assumed to be meant for publication in POINTers (unless otherwise indicated) and we try to publish at least a portion of everything we receive.

Publication does not imply endorsement of the opinions expressed and the Editor / Publisher assumes no responsibility or liability resulting out of the publication of the statements or opinions of the contributors to POINTers.

The information in POINTers is published as submitted to POINT and has not been verified . The views and opinions are those of the contributors and not necessarily those of the Editor / Publisher.

Unless otherwise indicated, original material in POINTers may be quoted or reprinted in other genealogical or Italian-interest publications, provided proper credit is given to the author, POINT and POINTers.

Any commercial use of the material in POINTers, in the POINT Italian Surname Data Base and in the POINT Membership List is prohibited.

Change of Address If you will be moving soon, please send POINT your new address as soon as possible. POINTers is mailed at the bulk rate and includes, as part of the return address, the words FORWARD AND ADDRESS CORRECTION.

This means that you will be charged by the Postal Service to have your copy of POINTers forwarded to you and POINT will also be charged to have the Postal Service send us your new address.

Read The Label Read your mailing label on each issue of POINTers. It gives va luable information on the status of your POINT membership and is a ready source for your POINT membership number when writing to POINT or other POINTers.

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Apologies To The NGS

We extend our most sincere apologies to the National Genealogical Society and the San Diego Genealogical Society for our failure to attend the NGS Conference ill the States in San Diego, California in May.

On the day we were to leave for San Diego, your editor was stricken with a most serious case of stomach flu that literally put me on my back for two days and without strength for nearly a week.

I also extend my apologies to those who attended the conference expecting to learn about POINT and Italian genealogy. We had been looking forward to the conference for over a year and we are truly sorry we were unable to be there.

Plan Seattle Appearance

Barring any other unforeseen calamities, such as that which kept us from San Diego, POINT has registered for a display table at the 15th Anllual COllference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies in Seattle, Washington. The dates are September 20 - 23, 1995 . The Seattle Genealogical Society will be the host.

For morp. information, contact:

Federation of Genealogical Societies Box 3385

Salt Lake City, UT 84110-3385

Great Italian Festival In Reno

Also a reminder of the 14th Annual Great Italian Festival at the EI Dorado Hotel in Reno, Nevada. The dates are October 6 - 8, 1995.

Nicholas Cimino (#1408) informed us of this event in the Spring, 1995 issue of POINTers (V9, N I, P42).

Get A POINT T-Shirt At Kinkos

If you would like a T-Shirt with your favorite POINTers cover printed on it, just take that issue to your local Kinko's.

They will print the cover on either the front or back of the shil1 (or both) without damage to the magazine. Kinko's provides the shirt, but if you require an especially large size, you might want to bring your own .

The result (at least at our local Kinko's here in Torrance, California) is very good and the price seemed fairly reasonable .

If anyone has this done, please let POINT know how it turned out.

POINTers (Volume 9 Number 2) Summer, 1995

Prayers For Oklahoma

We extend our prayers to our fellow Americans in Oklahoma City and especially to our eight POINTers in Oklahoma.

We are also concerned about our POINTers in Texas (severe hail storm in May) and those in Mississippi and Louisiana (floods in May).

We hope that as this issue of POINTers comes to life, life is somehow beginning to return to some semblance of normal to all of you.

When a convenient opportunity presents itself, please drop us a line and let us know how you all are doing .

Two New Grandsons

Speaking of new life, we are moved to announce the arrival of two new grandsons.

On December 19, 1994, William Douglas McDougall was born to Douglas and Jeanine (Militello) McDougall in Los Angeles, California.

On April 17, 1995 , Vincent Thomas Militello was born to Dominic and Shelley Militello in Sandy, Utah.

My famil y insists that I mention that Vincent is our ninth grandchild , not tenth, as I misstated in the Spring, 1995 issue of POINTers (V9, N I, P3).

Thank You To NIAF

We would like to thank the National Italian American Foundation and Joseph Maselli, the NIAF Vice Chairman, for two very nice mentions of POINT and our POINTers III Person Chapters.

One appeared in the April, 1995 issue of the MOllthly BIIlIetill of the NIAF and the other in the Marchi April, 1995 issue of the Foundation's Washington Newsletter.

Our special thanks to Elissa Ruffino, the Assistant Editor of the MOlltllly Bulletill and to Dona De Sanctis, the Editor of the Washington Newsletter.

For those interested in more information about the NIAF:

The National Italian American Foundation 1860 Nineteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20009-5599

(202) 387 - 0600

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From The Editor ...

. . . Deadlines Thomas Edward Militello (#1)

In the past, I have not had formal deadlines for submission of material for POINTers, and, to a degree, that policy continues. In the Summer, 1991 issue of POINTers (VS , N2, PS), I described how material for POINTers was handled at that time. The process has changed somewhat since then and here is the latest.

Long manuscripts (one full page or more in length) are placed in a queue and are published in the next issue where space is available, more or less in the order in which they are received. Because I use a scanner with optical character recognition (OCR) software, typed or printed manuscripts - which can be scanned - may receive preference over hand-written material , which I have to type in myself. Hand-written material is not discarded, but it may be delayed or moved toward the end of the queue.

The delay before any long man uscript appears in POINTers can be considerable, so be patient after you submit one.

I make every effort to get time-sensitive material into the very next issue after it arrives, and that almost always happens, within the constraints of available space and the following deadline guidelines:

For Inclusion In The

Spring Issue Summer Issue Autumn Issue Winter Issue

Time-Sensitive Material And Advertising Copy Must Arrive Before

February 1 May 1

August 1 November 1

Most small items (less than one full page in length) that are not time-sensitive have a good chance of appearing in the next issue if they arrive before the deadline or in the following issue if they arrive after deadline. I hope this helps answer some of the questions I have been getting recently regarding deadlines. See the inside of the back cover of the Spring issue for our mailing schedule.

Please keep in mind that the earlier an item arrives here at POINT Central, the earlier it will appear in POINTers. If your item is in response to something that appeared in a previous issue of POINTers, it is imperative that you send that response as soon as possible to allow for a timely dialogue in the pages of POINTers.

I implore all of our POINTers to send material for POINTers - long or short, typed, printed or hand-written. An editor can never have too much stuff, and your editor is no exception. Remember, if you send someth ing to POINT, you are almost sure to see at least some of it in POINTers, and not many publications can give you that assurance.

Thank you a ll very much - in advance - and also for your submiss ions over the past eight years .

Cover Photo Story

Byron BROWN (#4):

This photo shows the Giovanni Comolli family of Barre, VT, about 1909. Seated are Aurelia Clementina Arioli Comolli and her husband, Giovanni Comolli. Standing (left to right) are three of their sons : Hugo Comolli (my father-in-law) , Charles Comolli and Joseph Comolli.

Aurelia arrived in New York from Besano, Italy, aboard the SS Amerique in 1884 with an infant son, Jasper Comolli (not pictured), to join her husband. Also not in the picture are Fred Comolli and Josephine Comolli.

[For more about this family, see POINTers, Autumn, 1992 (V6, N3, P16) and Winter, 1992 (V6, N4, P13)]


Buzzetti Family History Tony Buzzetti (#1926)

Giovanni Baptista Lorenzo Buzzetti and Maria Delphine Jambois

My Great-grandparents

Looking Back

Giovanni Baptista Lorenzo (GBL) Buzzetti was the first born son of Pietro Antonio and Antonia Pasqualina (RA VISCIONI) Buzzetti, born in Isola, Sondrio on November 14, 1839.

His godfather was his paternal uncle, Giovanni Baptista Fernando Buzzetti, and his godmother was his maternal aunt, Carlotta Raviscioni. True to Italian naming tradition, he was named after both grandfathers.( 1)

His father and his uncles, Luigi Buzzetti and Giovanni Baotista Buzzetti, served as revenue administrators for the Austrian government for the road from Monte Spluga to the Swiss border at the Spluga Pass.

Pietro Antonio Buzzetti opened a store at Monte Spluga and raised cattle on the Alpine pastures in the vicinity, building a large stone house in Monte Spluga.

Pietro Antonio and Pasqualina Buzzetti were married on July 26, 1837. By 1854, GBL had ten younger siblings and his older sister Marianna (2).

His mother died at age 34 on May 14, 1854 as a result of injuries caused from a fall from a horse on the trail at Gallivaggio.

Pasqualina had given birth to twin boys on April 7, 1854 and legend has it she was enroute to visit the Sanctuary at Gallivaggio.

On August 3, 1857, Pietro Antonio was married to Elisabetta Guanella, a young girl of twentyfive from Frascisco. Elisabetta was born on October 15 , 1832, the daughter of Lorenzo and Maria (BIANCHI) Guanella, in Frascisco. (3)

At 16, GBL, the oldest son, probably decided to seek a new life in America, suspect ing more brothers and sisters would result.

Pietro Antonio's records show that in 1856 he loaned GBL the sum of 585 Lire from the dowry of his mother, Pasqualina, on the departure of hi s son GBL for America. That sum was repaid by money and gifts sent home.

We as yet have no records of ship and port of entry in America for GBL. We suspect he traveled with his friend, John Baptist ZABOLIO, who settled in Genoa, Vernon County, Wisconsin in the 1850's.

Excerpts from histories of Vernon County (read on microfilm from the Wisconsin Historical Society) reveal that this Zabolio migrated up the Mississippi River and moved to Genoa from Galena, IL. He married Maria Monti, granddaughter of Joseph Monti from Switzerland and the first settler of Genoa.

This Zabolio was from Campoldocino, Sondrio and his family had ties with the Buzzetti family in both Italy and America.


He purchased the store in Genoa from his father-in-law, Louis Monti. GBL worked at this store prior to the Civil War.

GBL farmed in the Genoa area. In 1864, he volunteered as a substitute for a man drafted into the Union Army, receiving a bonus of $77.40 and a village lot in Genoa. He joined up with Florente JAMBOIS, a native of Foulcret, Alsace Lorraine, France. The Jambois family immigrated to New Orleans, Louisiana, and resided in Assumption parish, New Orleans.

Civil War Era

GBL enlisted at LaCrosse, WI, on August 30, 1864 for a term of one year, where his name was recorded as John BOUSSETTE. He was assigned to Company H of the 3rd Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. (4) He joined Company H at Atlanta, GA, and thereafter participated in the Union campaign under General Sherman in Georgia and the Carolinas.

Company records show various spellings of his surname, a problem which later greatly hampered the efforts of Delfine (his widow) to obtain a pension.

He was finally discharged under the name John Bausette at Fort Campbell, Kentucky on July 18, 1865.

The military records and subsequent filings by Delfine for a pension were obtained from the National Archives.

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The original Certificate of Discharge of GBL was framed and hangs on the wall of my den.

Life in Genoa

GBL returned to Genoa after the War. This village, first known as Hastings Landing, WI, and then Bad Ax, WI, was located on the Mississippi River and provided timber and fertile land for farming .

At least 18 of the early families who settled there had roots in the Valle San Giacomo in Sondrio.

According to Alexander Cance of the US Immigration Commission (5), Genoa was unique as an early Italian settlement.

Six Italian families quarried the stone and built the first Catholic church in 1868.

GBl and Delfine

My great-grandparents were married at Lacrosse, WI, on November 2, 1865 by Father Marco of St. Mary's Congregation. Witnesses were John Baptist Zabolio and his wife Maria. (6)

Father Marco commuted to Genoa to serve the faithful but we can assume Delfine desired a proper church ceremony. GBL worked in the Zabolio store at Genoa and was 26 when he married Delfine.

Delfine Jambois was born on 21 April 1847 in Assumption Parish, New Orleans, LA, the daughter of Remigius (Remy) and Margaret (DlENDONNE) Jambois.

Delfine had two older brothers, Florente Jambois (born in Foulcret, France, in 1845) and Amadeus Jambois (born in New Orleans).

Records of St. Charles Church in Genoa show Remy died in Genoa on 27 September 1884.

GBL and Delfine had eight children, all born in Genoa. The second son John died at age 3 by drowning in the Mississippi River.

Delfine worked the forty acre farm while GBL clerked in the store and sold firewood to steamboats on the River.

Little is known of their early life together. Church records show they were godparents for children born to the Wisconsin branch .

We do know that a sister of GBL. Antonia Virginia Adele Buzzetti, born on April 17, 1846 in Monte Spluga, Sondrio, lived with them from about 1874 until her return to Italy about 1892. She died 111

Chiavenna, a spinster, on 29 February 1929.

Family memories also record that their first-born, Peter Emile, also died in the late 1880's in a boating accident on Puget Sound in the State of Washington.

The children of GBl and Delfine

1. Peter Emile Buzzetti

2. John Buzzetti

3. Mary Virginia Buzzetti (Married Edward Schomers)

4. Charles James Buzzetti (Married Elisabeth Collins)

5. Mary Peter Anthony John Baptist Buzzetti

(Married Emma Pokarney)

6. Mary Josephine Buzzetti (Married Fred Rahrer)

7. Francis Joseph Buzzetti (Married Inez Montgomery)

8. Mary Emmaline Buzzetti (Married Mack Emmett)

Tony Buzzetti (#1926)

After GBL

GBL died on May 24, 1882 as a result of a steamboat explosion and fire on the River. He was buried in the cemetery for Catholics in Genoa according to the records of St. Charles Church there.

Life for Delphine was difficult with seven children to raise. By Act of June 27, 1890, the Wisconsin State Legislature granted pensions to widows of Civil War veterans of Wisconsin who were lacking income and had children under 16 years of age.

Poor Delfine, for aside from the fact she filed for a widow' s pension on July 9, 1890 of $40 a month , the record shows that Pension No. 468,653 did not begin until 1917. The affidavits filed by neighbors in this period provide an interesting account of her life and times.

William Riley, a neighbor, filed this account in 1897:

The estate of John left her about $25 a year. She worked the farm herself. She sold her village lot for $75 and sold the 40 acres for $100. Most of the proceeds were paid to me for groceries I had advanced her.

William Johnson, an uncle of her second husband, filed this account.

In 1890, Delfine had two old horses, worth about $20 each, four cows worth about $15 each. She sold her farm to pay her debts.

Delfine Remarries

Delfine married William Johnson in Genoa in 1891. GBL's sister, Virginia, was a witness. William was from McArthur, OR, the son of Henry and Gemina (BOBO) Johnson.


Buzzetti Family History Tony Buzzetti (#1926)

William Johnson was a Civil War veteran of the 1st Ohio. His military records reveal he was captured during battle and held in a Confederate prison.

They moved to Fromberg, Montana, in 19 12, to be with her sons and daughters.

immigrants from Bohemia, and the brother of my grandmother, Emma Pokarney.

Upon his escape, he chose to go to Vernon County Wisconsin and work on his uncle 's farm.

My grandfather had moved west to Silesia, MT, about 1898 to work in a brewery with two of his brothers.

Delfi ne died on Ju ne 4, 1933 in Fromberg at age 86 from injuries resu lting from a fa ll that broke her hip.

Their daughter, Louise Margaret Johnson, was born on March 28, 1892.

His you nger sisters visited and stayed in the Fromberg area to marry and settle down.(7)

The obituary listed six surviving children, 21 grandchildren and six great grandchildren and a brother, Amadeus Jambois, of Genoa, WI.

In 1897, Delfi ne gave her residence as Shelby, LaCrosse County, now a part of the City of La Crosse,

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Wi lliam Joh nson died in 19 17. He is remembered by my father as Grampa Jollnson. After Requiem High Mass at St.

Joseph's Catholic Church, she was buried in Rockvale Cemetery. Louise Margaret Johnson married

Joseph Pol<arney, the son of

Footnotes

(1) Coletta, John P. Findillg Italiall Roots: Tile Complete Guide for AmericallS 1993 ,

Genealogical Publishing Co ., Baltimore, MD

(2) Family" log" kept by Pietro Antonio, father of GBL Originals copied by Li li a Valsecchi Lingua,

daughter of Savina, the 23rd child of Pietro Antonio

(3) Elisabetta was a sister of Don Luigi Guane ll a. Letters from POINTers Amanda Freiberg (#62) and Pat

Arvidson (#1959) provided data on the Guane ll a Line and the history of Valle San Giacomo area of Sondrio

(4) Certificate of Service in Civil War for John Bousette. Received November 11 , 1975 from the Archives Division,

State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison.

(5) Cance, Alexander E. Piedmontese Oil tile Mississippi Article excerpted from Report of tile us Commission Oil

Immigrallts ill Agriculture (1911) Source: US Documents Collection, Brown University.

(6) Certificate of Marriage of GBL and Delfine Obtained in November of 1976 from

Fr. Raymond Burke, Rector, Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman, La Crosse, WI

(7) TIlougllts Oil Family by Mack Emmett Introduction on the Buzzetti history and migration to Montana

by Bill and Virgin ia White.

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Uno Sguardo al Passato:

An Italian Household During Depression Days

Gloria Ricci Lothrop (#95)

Part Two - Conclusion

I From Pacific Historian, Winter, ] 983 - Reprinted With Permission I

Recollections of my first five years , which represent my tenancy in the depression decade, are etched by scarcity, but also are defined by the clearly Italian ambience of my homelife and remembered best for the pleasures it provided.

In those early years there were motorboat rides on Echo Park Lake, trips to Catalina to ride the glass-bottomed boat, visits to the Alligator Farm on Valley Boulevard, and annual trips in our used Chevrolet (purchased from Basso Motors) to a friend's cabin at Lake Arrowhead.

There was the exhilaration of family outings on the Venice ShortIine to Ocean Park, and of shopping expeditions to the Fifth Street Store, Woolworth's Five & Ten, and the Owl Drug Store.

In the guide book, Chi Siamo, prepared by Los Angeles Italians for the Olympic Games of 1932, such a shopping scene is well described:

"In a manner of speaking, at every intersection you will find two chain drug stores similar to pharmacies but also selling film, cigarettes, candy,. and serving lunch. On the two

remaining corners will be found a cigar store and a branch of the Bank of America . . . an institution founded by A.P. Gianini which . . . is a source of pride and of courage and at the same time a sentimental and nostalgic reminder of our distant homeland."

Perhaps we found solace in the powerful name of Gianini, but like other Americans, we turned to the media to escape from the grim realities of the Great Depression.

On Monday evening our favorites included the Lux Radio Theatre and Amos 'n' Andy, fol lowed by the LOlle Rallger and Fibber McGee alld Mol/y.

The simple humor and even simpler plots were no impediments to our imaginations as we created the setting and conjured the action .

Some have accused people of naive, uncritical acceptance of Hollywood films of the 1930s.

Perhaps it was so, but none could deprive us of our visions of heroism and glory made possible by the fifteen-cent admission to the Ramona Theatre, where we were stirred by Melvyn Douglas in Captaills Courageolls, followed

Ronald Coleman to the shrouded land of Shangri La in Lost Horizon, or were serenaded by my beau ideal, Nelson Eddy.

This was standard fare, accented by such highlights as the Wizard of OZ and a visit to the Los Angeles Theatre to see GOlle With the Wind.

My parents perused Hearst's Los Angeles Examiner for details about Mussolini's Abyssinian War, the particulars of King Edward VIII's abdication and the blazing destruction of the great silver dirigible, the Hindenburg, but George and I preferred the comics, both the noble exploits of Prince Valiant and the pred ictable pranks of the Katzenjammer Kids.

We soon discovered that, by filing through a well-worn passage in our plumbago hedge to the Williamses house next door, we could also follow the for tunes of Ella Cinders, Napoleon and the mighty Tarzan portrayed in the Los Angeles Times.

As a result of those neighborhood perambulations, I acquired surrogate grandparents who became unwitting agents in m y acculturation .


An Italian Household During Depression

I was keenly aware that I was of two worlds. As I ate !rittata, young schoolmates munched bologna on Langendorf white bread.

As I read about Dick and Jane, I was as keenly divided in my identity as was my father, who had Americanized the spelling of our name but still joined his friends at the weekly tirro to see who could toss farthest the great rounds of pannesan cheese.

From Mrs. Williams and her sisters, all in their late 70s and 80s, I heard childhood impressions of life during the Civil War.

In their library exam in ed Kingsley's Water Babies, Baum's World of Oz and, as my reading advanced, I investigated Burnett's Secret Garden.

During my daily vis its to that spraw lin g redwood Craftsman house, I set the dinner table with blue willow china, iced the layered white cakes and explo red the cavernous basement w ith its store of costumes, movie sets and crates of artificial flowers. These were props donated by Hollywood film studios for the playgrounds administered by the Williams ' daughter, Hortense.

Hollywood touched the lives of many of us, particularly in the Italian community.

Not only was cinema a major California enterprise by 1920, representing nearly one-fifth of the economic product of the state, but, also, Hollywood employed many Angelinos including our neighbors Mr. Lohr, a studio upholsterer, and Mr. Fogetti, a sound technician.

In fact, our house, built by two Hollywood set designers, sported pergolas and fountains which at one time had graced a Hollywood sound stage.

And, of course, the wages were generous, a point underscored by Randolph Churchill, who di scovered that the extras in Pamel/ commanded a higher salary than the British MP's of the day.

This thriv ing film center inevitably attracted forei g n dignitaries including Benito Mussoli ni's son, Vittorio Mussolini, who, on a visit here in 1937, echoed the words of countless trave lers who preceded him:

" I h ave just arrived in Califo rnia. It is beautiful. It seems like my Italy."

Inevitably, Ho llywood "discovered" the Ricci's when my brother was offered a sma ll ro le 111 That Hamiltol1 Womal1 , an opportunity which s li ghtly enhanced the fami ly's perennially stra itened circumstances .

I del ighted in discussions about the stars, Vivien Leigh and Lawrence Olivier, the visits to the fitter, and the press releases.

No matter that my brother's debut was nearly lost on the cutting-room floor.

Such early childhood memories assume proper sign ifica nce when related to the soc ial con text in which we lived.

Indeed, La Colol1l1ia lent definition to my experiences for , from my ea rli est days, my fam il y was directly invo lved in its leadership and we children were included in most activiti es.

The exceptions were when my mother would don her one long gown for an evening at the opera.

On those rare occas ions we would be left in the care of Mrs. Celetti, a kindly retired nurse whose penchant for snuff both repe ll ed and fasc inated me.


Gloria Ricci Lothrop (#95)

Otherwise it was as a family that we attended the social events, many of which were staged at the American Legion Stadium at Montebello, on land once owned by Italian pioneer Allesandro Repetto.

We would first P1Cl11C on the cypress-edged lawns and then join in three-legged races, try our fortunes at the shooting gallery, and watch couples executing a spirited one-step to Pete Pontrelli 's music.

With particular clarity I remember one such picnic sponsored by the Italian War Veterans which feat ured Swiss yodelers an d Japanese dancers and attracted thousands, from San Bernardino to Santa Barbara, among them the champion boxer Primo Camera. I shall never forget watching my four-year-old hand disappear in his enveloping grasp.

The inev itable fund -raising events included carnivals at Whitney Woods sponsored by the Italian Woman's Club and testimonial dinners at some of the city's numerous Italian res ta urants , including the Mona Lisa and the Paris Inn, famed for its singing waiters.

There were plays directed by the ab le Filouri, one in which I lost my chance at stardom by forgetting my lines despite the frenzied urgings of the prompter.

There were as well the musicales at the Wilshire Ebell attended by ce lebrities like Amelitta GalliCurci who by the late 1930s had retired to Beverly Hills.

But no event sh ines with more vivid ness than the reception staged on December 1, 1938, to mark the publication of my mother's first vo lume of poetry, I Salici e Ie Aque.

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An Italian Household During Depression Gloria Ricci Lothrop (#95)

How proud of her I was as, standing in my pink-sashed Shirley Temple dress, I watched the ad miring matrons cross the glossy Spanish-tiled floor to pay their respects to the young poetess among them.

They were familiar with her work from the rev iews, which acclaimed her poetry for its rich imagery, so e loquentl y witnessing the g lories of nature and expressing nosta lg ia for her native land.

There were admiring comments, as well, for her deft political satire.

For, above a ll , overriding the economic vic iss itudes of the Great Depression, there was an intense po litical awareness among most Italians arriving after World War I.

The fragme ntation aris ing from errant individ ua lism , so characteristic of Italian communItIes, was exacerbated by this fact in Los Angeles.

La Colonnia was riven by multiple factions who differed on a vari ety of issues.

The disunion grew from regiona l differences evident in dialect, language, ritual and cui sine.

It was acce ntu ated by wide differences in the soc ial class of earlier versus later arrivals.

Another point of contention was the role of the church in the eyes of conservatives and anti-clerica ls.

Finally, there was the widening difference in att itudes toward European political movements.

Earlier arr ivals, like my father, supported FDR's opposition to the Axis.

Post-World War imm igrants, carrying with them vivid memories of Red Shirt takeovers in the early

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1920s, cheered the Fascists and viewed Mussolini's imperia li st aspirations as a proper vindication of perceived Itali an humili ations at Versailles.

As a result of this contentious e nvironment , few act ivit ies, including those sponsored by the Italian Catholic Church, were universa lly suppOlted.

St. Peter's Italian Church, wh ich in 1890 had moved from the center of the old Italian settlement on San Fern ando or Main Street to the red sandstone chapel long used by Calvary Cemetery - and after 1932 was ad mini stered by a success ion of Claretian priests -remained the trad itional center for ch ri stenings , weddings and funera ls, as well as the site of elaborate St. Joseph tables each March and seasonal process ions and festivals honoring such reg iona l patrons as San Trifone and San Vittoriano. But attendance was erratic.

Roman Catholic policies were pub licly alticu lated by the Italian Catholic Federation wh ich consistently urged Italian Americans "to heed the papal appeal to f ight and destroy commun ism."

Such was the message delivered by the ed itor of L 'Osservatore Romal/o, who in 1937 addressed the ICF at an outdoor mass attended by thousands, inc lud ing non-Itali an members of the Los Ange les hierarchy.

A reiterat ion of Pope Pius Xl's anti-communist appea l, along w ith a public endorsement of Catholic education, were key actions taken at the Federation's a nnu al convention, which was held at the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel in September 1937.

It was preceded by opening ceremonies at the Los Angeles Col iseum where ne arly one hundr e d thousand heard Archbishop Joseph Cantwell bless the work of the Federation and echo the papal call for continuing vigilance against communism.

Clearly, the issues of faith and politics were ine xt ricabl y interwoven and were to become more so as the world moved from the s h a dow s of econom ic depression to the black despair of wo rld war.

Nowhere was this inescapable interrelationship more evident that in the operation of the Ualian schools.

According to the United States census of 1940, Italians were the second largest group among the 22 million United States res idents having a foreign mother tongue.

Begin ning with the organization of the Dante Alighieri Association in 1902, Los Angeles Italians supported after-school programs where their children were given instruction in the Italian language and cultu re in an effort to maintain this tradition.

By the late 1930s there were fortyseven dopo scuole in Californ ia.

The adm inistration of the California and Nevada schools was directed by a board headed by Professor Joseph Parentini.

In 1935, Vice-Consul Ernesto Arighi appointed my mother to the loca l governing board of Le Scuole Giovanni Pascoli wh ich were administered by her close friend, Dr. Angela Spadea, daughter of the president of the University of Rome.

Although books and salaries for teachers were provided by the


An Italian Household During Depression Gloria Ricci Lothrop (#95)

Italian government, politica l overtones were not evident in the curriculum until 1938 .

With Italian entry into the Nazi orbit, relations between the local board and the Italian government became strained.

Finally, after heated discussions over curricular content, Dr. Spadea was refused access to the instructional facilities at San Pedro . "Scoundrel," was the one word contained in her telegram sent post haste to Count Ciano, Mussolini ' s son-in-law who had been given responsibility for the program.

On the eve of World War II, a California legislative committee conducted hearings to determine whether Italian schools had been used as propaganda centers.

Despite the use of a deceptive line of questioning and the anonymous testimony of Mr. X-2 who alluded to propaganda efforts in the schools, the committee fumbled past the confrontation which had brought a dramatic end to Le Scuole Giovanni Pascoli in Los

Angeles.

The committee did, however, elicit a fair appraisal of the program from former San Francisco County Supervisor Sylvester Andriano,

who observed that the schools had made pupils better Americans by

"giving them a chance to learn the language of their parents and the history of their parents ' country."

By the end of the depression decade, at the very thresho ld of war, the Italian community revealed a growing intolerance for political ambiguity. Sides were chosen and challenges hurled.

A nationa l appeal for funds and supplies to be sent to Italy, circulated by S. Bonomi, local secretary of the Federation of Italian World War Veterans in the United States, generated an outburst of disavowals from Attorney F.M. Andreani on behalf of the Sons of Italy, and from fonner State Senator Joseph L. Pedrotti on behalf of the Halo American Progressive League.

The latter declared:

" .. . we are Americans first, last and always."

The frail bonds of community were sundered as war was declared. The publisher of La Parola and the creator of Italiall Radio Melodies were among the 966 Italians taken into protective custody. They were not released unti l 1943 when they

NOTE ON SOURCES:

received written apologies from President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The new epoch of war marked an end to the Great Depression and brought to an end also the sojourners' planned reunions in their homeland . I migratori would wait long before again seeing loved ones.

Years would pass before news reached them of relatives trapped by the international holocaust.

At the same time, the calamity of war clarified commitments and annealed a growing patriotism.

As Americans, we joined in the war effort. My mother donated her services to the Red Cross and my father now filled his evenings with

defense work.

The last signs of the Great Depression disappeared as our tenant , Margaret , substituted Bundles for Britain for her WPA piece work, and our young neighbor, Frederick, returned from CCC camp to put on a sailor's uniform. His brother, Robert, donned khaki, and their treasured 1910 Chevrolet was placed on blocks for "the duration."

The national and we, its citizens, had moved from "a troubled feast"

to a time of war.

Most of the quotations and much data come from the Los Angeles Times, and also from Time, the Weekly Ne)fls

Magazine.

Other important sources include: Andrew Rolle, The Immigrant Upraised (1968)

Lawrence Chenoweth, The American Dream of Success (1974)

Cleto Baroni , ed., Chi Siamo Nella Calafornia Del Sud ( 1932)

Edward 1. Placidi , comp., The Italians of Los Angeles, 1979 ( 1979)

Deanna P. Gumina, The Italialls of San Frallcisco ( 1978).

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Gram The Adventures of Great Gramma Moroni

By Rose Moroni

Submitted by Susan J. (Moroni) Bensal (#1234)

Part Three

Dad had insurance, and when Gram got the money, she decided that the best thing to do was to get a house, so we would always have a roof over our head.

Seattle wasn't built up then - it was all woods and no streets - so she had to buy a lot and have the house built. I was in Port Townsend then. The people I worked for had to move up there, and since the eye doctor had ordered me to stay out of school for at least one year as my eyes were so bad, they asked Gram if I could go with them and help with the children.

She said yes, so in 1913 , while our new house was being built, I was up there.

There were no highways then, and the only way to Port Townsend was by boat, so r didn't get home very much.

The house was all finished and the folks moved in , before r ever saw it. It is the same house that Katie and I are living in now!

r stayed in Port Townsend until 1914, then 1 came home and went back to finish the eighth grade. I was older than all the kids in my grade, but I was ahead in my grades, so all went well.

I never did get to high school , as I got another job and went to work as soon as school was finished. I did have one vacation first though.

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One of the families r worked for was going to the Exposition of 1915 in San Francisco, and they asked if I could go with them to look after the children - they would pay my way. So I went.

We went down on the H. F. Alexander. It was the biggest boat on the run , and it took several days to get to San Francisco. I wasn't seas ick , and had a good trip.

In San Francisco, we had an apartment in a house near the Fair. It was a big house and the owners had made severa l apartments in it just for the Fair.

I sti ll have a basket that a little Filipino lady gave me. Her husband was a so ldier, and had been stationed in the Philippines, which belonged to the US then. His term was up and to get him a job in the US, the government had given him one as a guard in the Fair grounds. The little Filipino wife was lonely and afraid , and I used to visit with her. When we left, she gave me the basket as a gift.

I had my first proposal then, too. Another person in the place was from Argentina, with their exhibit at the Fair. He was Italian, and had a good job and r guess he wanted a wife! He took me to the Cliff House, and to several other places, but r didn ' t have any idea that he was "courting" me, until he asked Mr. White, the man of our party, if

he could ask me to marry him!

Mr. White told me, and I said, "Tell him no, I am only 16 and besides, I have to help my mother."

We left about then and went on to San Diego, and when I opened my bag, I found a note with the Argentinean's picture and his address. I never wrote him though.

They had a Fair in San Diego too, and we had a good time. We even took a trip to Tia Juana, in lower California (Mexicali).

Poncho Villa, the revolutionary and his soldiers had the town, and while Mrs. White was in looking for souvenirs, I went outside to look around and several big Mexican so ldiers came along.

As they passed me, one of them reached out and grabbed me by the back' I scooted into that store again, fast!

Joe and I got jobs and we insisted that Mary and Katie should go to high school.

Mary went for two years, then she got a job in the telephone company for the summer, and never went back to school.

She was a " hello" girl, until she got married.

Katie and Lou finished high school and then , after business college, they went to work, too.


Gram

Joe had gotten married when he was 20. Gram was really sad, but made the best of it. We tried and tried to get her to stop working, but she like her customers, and wouldn't give them up .

The girls had lots of beaus, and they were always at our house. Gram liked that, as she knew where we were. All the boys liked her, and she made them cakes and cookies - they liked them too!

Gram had learned to read English from our books, but she got cute pronunciations on some of the words and they used to amuse the boys . If she wanted us to hurry home, she would say, "Now don't dingle dell along the way" - she meant dilly dally.

Or if she wanted to say she glanced across the room and saw someone, she would say, "I threw my eyes across the room and saw her."

So you see, she was a lot of fun to be around.

Gram's two younger sisters were living in the US, too, and it had been years and years since she saw them. So in 1928 - I think - 1 took a month off and Gram and I went to visit her sisters. I got a Pullman seat so we could sleep at night and not have to sit up. I remember the first night, when the porter came to fix the beds, the first thing he did was to stretch the li ttle hammock for our clothes between the two windows.

Gram took one look at that and said, 'Tm sitting up!" I could never fit in that thing!" I had a hard time convincing her that it wasn't the bed, until the porter came again and he slid the seats together and made up the beds!

We went to St. Louis first, to see her sister Magdalena. It took us several days, and it was morning

when we got there. Gram and Auntie were so happy, and Auntie had a special breakfast of fried brains! I couldn 't eat them, but Gram was a good sport.

A lot of her old childhood friends from Cuggiono were there, so she really had a good time.

We were in Little Italy there, on what the people called Tile Hill. No one ever bothered them, they never locked any doors at night - said all the robbers were afraid to come on the Hi ll'

Auntie thought I was snobbish.

I just cou ldn ' t drink out of a bott le when all had taken a drink and passed it around , or bite off a candy bar after someone else had - we weren't used to that!

Auntie's oldest daughter, Rose, was like me though , and we had nice visits. She was married and after 1 left, her little girl was born and she named her Rose, after me.

From St. Louis, we went up to Detroit, to see her other sister, Josephine. She had a big family, and the oldest son, Angelo, was around my age, so he took me around. He had a car, and I got to see a lot of Detroit.

There were a lot of Gram ' s friends from Cuggiono, and also Dad ' s brother Louis's family. We sawal l of them, and they were really nice people.

The oldest girl there was named Rose Moroni too, but she was married and had a family. She was a bit older than 1 was.

Uncle Louis was dead. Dad's sister, Carolina, lived there, too, and her family was really nice Her husband worked for the park department and was such a kind old man.

We enjoyed all of them.


Rose Moroni

From Detroit, we went to Butte, Montana.

It was the first time Gram had been back there since she left in 1908 .

We stayed at Uncle Charlie's house.

His widow, La Rossa, and Harry were the on ly ones left, as Uncle Charlie had also died of silicosis, and later the younger son had died.

It was the same log cabin that Gram had first lived in as a bride, and here, too, many of her old friends came to see her, or we went from place to place to visit them.

At once, they would bring out the wine and other goodies, but neither Gram or me drank much - and we would say no.

One old man was quite disgusted. He offered wine, coffee, cookies and cake. Finally he said in disgust, "Well then by God, take a stick of gum!"

Gram and I got a kick out of that!

Auntie did too, and she said, "Rose, w ine is good for you!" I said, "I just don't care for it that much."

So Auntie said, "I'd like to see you drunk!"

The next day was hot, so she made some lemonade, only it was red. I said, "What is in this, Auntie?"

She sa id , " I had some grape juice so I added it for flavor," and she gave me a big glass.

I drank it, and a bit later, all the house was turning around! 1 said, "Auntie, I'm dizzy, what was in that lemonade."

She laughed and said, "Ah, see, you are drunk!"

I got me a hot cup of coffee -black!

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Gram

The girls were g lad to see Gram come home. It was summer, so Katie and Lou were home. Mary was working.

Jose was home, too - he and Alice had separated - and he brought the two ch ildren, Lou and Don, with him as Al ice had left them, too.

That is how we started calling one Big Lou and the other one Little Lou, to tell them apart when calling them. The two became inseparable; Little Lou wou ldn 't go to bed until Big Lou did'

Both Katie and Lou were at Lincoln High School, but Gram still made them go to bed by 9 pm -Katie would wa il and say, "We are the only kids in Lincoln High that have to go to bed by 9 pm ."

Mary was working broken shifts, so she took Don under her wing, and he adored her. S ince we had the kids, we finally got Gram to stay home - 1 had already told the g irls to call the ladies she ins isted on working for to please get someone else before we got home from our trip, so Gram had no excuse.

Joe and Alice were divorced and Joe got custody of the children, so Gram had another fam il y to raise. Don was not yet four and Little Lou was five when they came here.

When Little Lou started schoo l, Don was Gram's "helper" and she wou ld let him he lp her cook or stir, and he learned fast - if she was s ick and we wou ld start the cooking, he ' d stand there and say, "That's not the way Gram does it' "

Later, during World War II , when Don was in Kwajalein w ith the Sea bees as a mechanic, the cook was transferred, and no one could cook a decent meal, so Don helped out, and was made cook! He became famo us one Christmas when all they had was canned stuff

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to fix. He opened spinach and spam and chicken, stirred up a dough and made raviolis - some of the boys came to the house on their way home and to ld us what a good Christmas dinner Don cooked on that lonely island in the Pacific. He did it just like Gram did'

Back to when they were littl e.

After Don got in school, he met other boys and they wou ld go down to the Lake. Gram was always afra id to let Don go for fear something would happen to him, and he wou ld follow her all over the house, say ing, "Please, Gram , please, p lease." One day in exasperation, she sa id , "A lright, go to the lake, but if you drown, don't come home crying to me about it' "

Don was a lonely boy when Mary got marri ed.

Mary met John Forhan at the Italian Club at St. Benedict's Church. The St. Vincent de Paul sponsored it and John belonged to that.

Mary was the prettiest girl in the parish, and she had a lot of boy friends. If we wanted the lawn mowed, we would tell Mary, "Go out and start mowing the lawn."

She would hardly start and boys were there, taking the mower away from her, whi le she cl ipped or looked interested!

The men at the telephone company were always wanting dates, too -but she wasn't serious with any of them until she met John.

Very le had moved next door to us, and every week end she and the girls would go up to Rockport where her Dad was head lineman. They had a big house there and all the kids had a good time. So John started going up , too - along w ith some of Katie and Very le ' s friends .

Rose Moroni

Gram went up once in a while w ith Lou and Don.

That is where Don caught his first fish - and learned to eat onions raw, because the men did.

The one time I went up there was for Very le's wedding. One of my bosses drove us up that Sunday, and the wedding was in the yard, under a big tree.

As the wedding was going on, Gram said to me, "I wish my Daddy was here." I said, "Gram! whatever made you think of him?"

She said, "He told me that if 1 came to America, I would have to be married under a tree. I've been here many years, and this is the first wedd ing I have seen under a tree'"

Mary and John were not married under a tree. They had a nice wedding at St. Benedict's, on Valentine's Day.

I was the Maid of Honor and John 's brother, Ted, was Best Man. We had to go in one car and Gram was to come w ith Veryle's folks. All was ready, the wedding march was playing over and over, but we had to wait, as no Gram! The people were late, it turned out, and Gram arrived al l out of breath.

I told her, "Hurry up the aisle with the usher as they are a ll wa iting."

She sa id, ''I'll walk up with you'" I said, "You can ' t, Gram, I'm the Maid of Honor." So Gram said, "then I'll wa lk up with Mary' "

"No, no," we said, "do hurry w ith this nice young man!"

So she fina lly did, and it got under way.

Kate's gang was there, too, all loaded down with rice. They got out ahead, and were waiting for John and Mary.


Gram

They ran and jumped into the car, and alI the rest after them, includin g Gram with the Morehouses - and guess who was left waiting at the church? The best man and me! We stood forlornly on the steps, and decided we would have to hoof it up to our house, me with my bridesmaid dress, and poor Ted. About then, someone missed us, and a car came back after us .

John and Mary were going to Canada for their honeymoon, and they sneaked off during the refreshments. When the gang missed them, they were a ll off again, looking for them.

I stayed home with Gram to help clean up and the phone rang - it was John. He and Mary were in the drug store. He wanted to know if the coast was clear, as he had forgotten to take the wedding certificate with him, and he was afraid they would have to prove they were married. Some joker told him that it was necessary I

I said, "A ll clear," so they came back and started out again. They were to be gone till the end of the week, and had already rented an apartment not too far from here.

The day before they were to come back, one of Katie's beaus, George Baldwin, was at the house and they decided they just had to get into that apartment and decorate it. It was upstairs and we had to get by the landlady, who had the key.

So George forged a telegram from Vancouver, signed by John, and it was to me, and asked us to please bring their clothes down to their apartment on Friday. So on Friday, we all trooped down there to the landlady, and showed her the telegram. She was real suspicious, and asked if she could take the telegram and consult with her husband.

We had to say yes, and off she went. We were fussing about the old dame when she fi nally came back and sa id, it was OK. She let us in and we took the suitcase that was full of junk, and up we went. The minute she left, we got busy stringing stuff around. George even hung their iron on the leather streamers that were fashionab le in doorways then. After we had the place pretty messed up, we went down and thanked the lady and took off.

After a block or so we looked back, and the light was on in the apartment and we sa id , "That snoopy old lady, she is in the apartment and wi l l spoi l everything! "

Well, the joke was on us, because the next morning the newlyweds came over, and it was them in the apartment. That is why the lady had taken the telegram . She went up and showed it to them, and they said, " Let them come up, but wait till we hide."

So John and Mary went into the closet and locked it from the inside - good thing, too - as we had tried the door to get into things .

Mary said they laughed so hard listen ing to us, that she had to stuff John's shirt into his mouth for fear we would hear them l John got the worst of it, though, because he walked through those drapes, and the iron konked him on the head!

They had come back early because the old Model T broke down near Bellingham and they never did get to Canada!

They didn ' t live too long in that apartment, but rented a house, and Mary would walk down to see Gram every day .

In November, Jack was born. He was so tiny, that Gram used to


Rose Moroni

bathe hi m in the big yellow bowl that she used to make her bread dough. His foot couldn't fit into it now!

Then there was Chuck, and then Jerry - John had bought a home by then .

Jack started school at St. Ben's and I remember once when some of the Cudahy salesmen were over, they were teasing Mary, because she was Ita lian, and John was Irish. One said to Jack, "Are you Italian or Irish?"

Jack looked at him solemnly and sa id, "I am Catholic!" So the Sisters had done their work we ll.

Gram loved those boys, and they loved her.

Lou had purchased the camp at Indianola from the Fathers, and Gram would take Don and Lou and spend the summer there - and Jack would stay over sometimes, too .

I remember once when I was there, and it was Saturday night, so Gram asked to give Jack a bath, as she was busy fixing snacks for the gang that congregated there over the weekends - Mary and John were there, too .

Chuck was little, so I got the old wash tub in the kitchen, filled it with what I thought was warm water, and plopped Jack in - he was about four.

He jumped right out screaming, "Fire, fire," and went running into the room where the boys and girls were.

He was naked, yelling, "Fire!"

I guess I had the water too hot!

(To Be Continued)

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My Ancestral Family Names Peter L. Belmonte (#1688)

The study of the meaning and origin of surnames is a fascinating subject. Most surnames were derived from one of four sources: patronymics (from the father's or other ancestor's name), location or spot name, occupation, or personal characteristics

When one studies the origins of one's own ancestral names, one can get a feeling for the heritage and history of his own family.

This is a list of my family surnames and their meanings.

Since I do not claim to be an expert on the subject of the derivation and meaning of surnames, as a reference I have used the book Our Italian Surnames by Joseph G. Fucilla. The numbers below which appear in parentheses are page reference num bers from this book.

Of course this book does not list all Italian surnames, so, at times I have had to rely on my own less than perfect knowledge of the Italian language.

All of these names originate, in this case, from the following villages and cities in the Province of Cosenza, Calabria: Cosenza, Castelfranco (now Castrolibero), Marano Marchesato, Marano Principato, Rende, and San Fili.

AIELLO Unknown, possibly a place-name in Calabria

BARATTA Unknown

BARTELLA Possibly a patronymic denoting an offspring

of little Barto or Bartolo

BARTUCCI - Same as for BARTELLA

BELMONTE A compound name meaning "beautiful mountain."

Also a placename in Calabria and other locales

CAIRA Unknown, possibly a place name from central Italy

CHIAPPETTA Unknown, but chiappa could stem from a diminutive form of Giacomo (46), or it could mean " buttocks," (195,208)

which would render the meaning as "one who has small buttocks."

CIANCI Unknown, but it could refer to a pet form of Vincenzo

CONFORTI Possibly refers to a foundling or an orphan

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COSCARELLO Unknown

COSENTINO "One who came from Cosenza."

DE FRANCESCO Patronymic, son of Francesco

DEFRANCO Possibly son of Franco, or descendant of the Frank

DELUCA Patronymic, son of Luca

DE SIMONE Patronymic, son of Simone

Dl BARTOLO Patronymic, son of Bartolo

Dl RANGO Rango can refer to the shape of a piece of land (100) or to a lame person (2 I 3), so this can be a location name or a

personal characteristic name

DODARO Unknown

ESPOSITO Refers, in this case, to a child born out of wedlock


My Ancestral Family Names Peter L. Belmonte (#1688)

GIORDANO Literally, Jordanian or Jordan. Probably one who came

from the area around Montegiordano in Sicily (108)

IANTRlA Possibly a Sicilian patronymic - "Gianni Andrea"

- or John Andrew (66)

INFUSINO Unknown. Possibly originated near the Palermo area (33)

LEONE Literally, lion. Might refer to a personal characteristic

or to a sign or heraldic device in the area of origin

MARCHESE Literally, marquis . Might refer to an actual ho lder of this

title, or a metaphorical appl ication (163)

MOLINARO Occupation name, miller

MORELLI Might refer to someone with a dark complexion

MORETTI Same as for MORELLI

MORRONE Same as for MORELLI

NOTO City in Sicily, " one who came from Noto."

Possibly patronymic from pet form of Giovanni

ORRICO Unknown

PALERMO City in Sicily, " one who came from Palermo."

PELLEGRINO Litera lly, pilgrim.

Might refer to one who has made a pilgrimage

PORRO Unknown

RUFFOLO A horned owl, refers to a dullard.

Also might have Germanic origins (120)

SANTANNA Literally, Saint Anna. Probably a spot-name (63)

SANTELLI A saintly person

SAVAGLIO Unknown

SCAGLIONE Literally, a terrace of a mountain, a location-name.

Possibly also an Italo-Albanian name

SCOLA Unknown, but it might refer to a school or a student

SERPE Literally, snake or serpent

SICILIA Sicily, one who came from Sici ly

SMERlGLIO Merlin (bird), or a type of shark.

Possibly a grinding or polishing occupation

SPIZZIRRI Unknown

Of course, determining the meaning of surnames is by no means an exact science.

Furthermore, no one can say under what exact circumstances any particular name came into being. Some names could fall into more than one category of origin; others might defy explanation entirely.

Any reader who can supply corrections or additions to this list is welcome to do so.

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Write Something About Your Life Priscilla Grindle DeAngelis (#214)

[From Heritage Quest, #23, July, 1989 - Reprinted With Permission]

Everyone has had a unique experience which only he can tell. This story should be preserved for your family . Perhaps you are a grandparent; if so you might want to consider writing something about your life for you grandchildren to enjoy. You might also be creating a bit of Americana that future historians will appreciate.

Many interesting town and church histories have been published since the Bicentennial. Check with your local historical society for writings about your locality. Write what you remember about the locality where you grew up. Include it in your life story.

Recently I received a small book entitled Tlte Ginney Block: Reminiscences of an Italian-American Dead-End Street Kid. The author, Edward A. D' Alessandro, grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and became the Director of the Cleveland Public Library. This slender vo lume reinforces my belief in the importance of writing stories of one's life.

Mr. D' Alessandro recreates for us life in the twenties in his memoir. He lived in a three-story tenement type block in the old Haymarket district of Cleveland. The area was called the Ginney Block by non-Italians and was originally settled by a group of immigrants from Southern Italy - especially from Lawrenzana in the Province of Potenza. The block was razed in 1928 to make way for the Terminal Building.

In this excellent family history, Maria Di Maria, faith healer and dis peller of the evil eye, treated all ages and ailments from headaches to broken bones without benefit of formal medical training. In fact, she was skeptical that medical school would be useful to the author's brother, Nicolo. D' Allesandro gives us a glimpse of wine making at home on the Ginney Block, of adolescent games such as sp in the bottle and of death and dying on this small block of Little Italy in Cleveland.

This memoir is well-written and enriched with photographs and drawings of historic landmarks.

If you decide to try your hand at writing, I recommend a book by Ruth Kanin called Write The Story Of Your Life.

I quote:

"Writing the story of your life can be a most complete and satisfying experience, whether your goal is to be an author, a fami ly historian, or the greatest authority on the subject of you."

The author has many useful ideas and exercises to help free your memory and to guide you in your effort. I have used it with success in my classes.

Another recent guidebook, Video Family Portraits by Huberman and Janis can be very useful to you if you own or can borrow a video camera.

This guide has interviewing and video tips, questionnaires for use in talk ing to family members about family history and much other resource material.

Both of these books can be ordered from the Researchers' Bookshelf of Heritage Quest.

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Book Review Frank Brusca (#1334)

The Amazing Story of the Tonelli Family in America: 12,000 Miles in a Buick

In Search of Identity, Ethnicity, Geography, Kinship, and Home by Bill Tonelli

Addison-Wesley Publishing. 1994. $20 .00. ISBN 0-201-62455-9

Philadelphian Bill Tonelli's book The Amazing Story of the Tonelli Family in America is a must read for anyone interested in a profile of a typical immigrant family's experience in America. In 1984, Tonelli received a piece of junk mail with questionable value: an advertisement for a mail order genealogy book listing every known Tonelli in America.

We've all received these letters in the mail. For those of you who have never responded, all you really get is a list of names and addresses and a second rate genealogical guide. So unless you want the mailing list, avoid buying these guides.

Undeterred, Bill Tonelli bought the book and was amazed at the geographic dispersal of others with his last name. At the same time, Tonelli, a senior editor for Esquire Magazine, began digging up information on Tonellis using his journalist resources.

Then, he did something crazy: he proposed to his boss that he should take a few months off, rent a car and visit as many Tonellis in the America as he could. And crazier yet, his boss agreed with his proposal!

Bill Tonelli sent out hundreds of letters to Tonellis around the country asking them questions about home, family and their Italian ethnicity.

The results:

* Only 53 % of the Tonellis who responded are of full Italian ancestry. (German parentage was the second highest.)

* Again, 53% are the grandchildren of immigrants.

* 57% married someone of other than Italian ancestry.

* 60% had never been to Italy.

* 70% had lived in more than one city.

* 43% said they preferred Frank Sinatra, 24% said they preferred Pavarotti, 24% had no preference.

* 73% preferred the movie Godfather I, 9% preferred Godfather II, 3% preferred Godfather III.

Next, Tonelli got in his car and visited Tonellis across the country. He found doctors, preachers, restaurateurs, clerks, mechanics, cowboys, laborers, business professionals, and even Tonellis in prison. There were Korean-American Tonellis, Native American Tonellis, and Hispanic Tonellis. There were Tonellis in almost every part of the country including Alaska.

What Bill Tonelli found was that people with the same last name were a fairly good representation of a typical secondand third-generation immigrant family. As I read the book, I found myself thinking about my genealogical research and the written and telephone conversations I've had with others Bruscas and remarking at how similar his family was to mine. I'm sure others POINTers will find their families not unlike the Tonelli family.

The only caution I will pass on to POINTers is that Bill Tonelli makes very liberal use of street language and drug culture references. While I did not mind the language or drug references at all (in fact 1 thought their inclusion made for a thoroughly honest portrayal of a typical Italian-American family), other POINTers may be offended.

The only problem 1 had with the book was finding a copy. Depending on your bookstore, The Amazing Story of the Tonelli Family in America may be filed under biography, social sciences, essays or travel l It has been selling very well, so even if your local bookstore normally stocks the book, it may be sold out.


Book Review Louis Mendola (#1698)

Finding Italian Roots: The Complete Guide for Americans, by John Philip Colletta, Ph D ( Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore)

It IS a rare but welcome occasIon when a book IS published that answers a real need. Dr. John Philip Colletta has accomplished this feat, succeeding where most authors on this topic have failed . In 128 pages, he presents with clarity the most useful guide available to Italo-Americans seeking to discover their roots.

In doing so, he provides a starting point required by beginners to proceed - and succeed - in their genealogical research .

Rather than a mere scholarly treatise, Finding Italian Roots is a practical guide and reference. One imagines that future editions will be published, perhaps as soon as three or four years from now. By then, a wealth of new material will have been issued, and made its influence felt.

For the present, Dr. Colletta has established a solid foundation upon which to build. The sections on passenger arrival lists and immigration records are especially valuable.

This is a sober and pragmatic presentation. Several topics might have been discussed from a wider point of view, and a few could have been dealt with in greater detail.

One could suggest, for example, some additional useful titles for the bibliography.

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In Institutions and Journals (page 50), the author overlooked The Augustan Society based in Torrance, California, which publishes an occasional journal, Tlte Italian Genealogist, edited by the Very Reverend Lawrence Casati [#138], a distinguished genealogical scholar and one of very few American - born professional genealogists based in Italy.

The honorary patron of Tlte Italian Genealogist is H.R.H. Prince Victor Emmanuel of Savoy, son of the last King of Italy.

Before POINTers, it was the only Italian genealogical journal published in the United States.

The need for Italian, Latin and paleography skills should have been assigned greater emphasis, and one might question the final paragraph encouraging the reader that he may be able to trace his family's lineage into the late Middle Ages, as the skills needed to reach this level of expertise are not easily learned.

Dr. Colletta kindly mentioned my company under Genealogical Institutes in Italy (page 100), but Trafford Cole's services should also have been mentioned, as his is the only other firm that conducts valid research for a predominantly American clientele.

This IS not for the sake of advertising, but to provide readers with an alternative should they reach a dead end in their research efforts and require competent professional assistance to continue their pursuit of their goal.

A historical flaw appears under Stato Civile on page 68. Joachim Murat, not Napoleon Bonaparte himself, was briefly enthroned as King of Naples by the French, while the true King retreated to Palermo.

The error referring to Napoleon as King of Italy appears also on page 57, where a historical error was quoted from a published article. This refers to peninsular Italy ('Naples') and Sicily as separate Kingdoms ruled from Spain. This is simply incorrect. The Kingdom of Naples and Sicily, which was called the Two Sicilies officially after 1816, was ruled from Naples.

There are no 'Spanish' royal palaces at Naples, Caserta, Ficuzza and Palermo; these were erected by a native dynasty whose Kings spoke the Neapolitan dialect as their mother tongue. This was a sovereign dynasty descended from the Capetians, and French and Spanish kings. It was no more "Spanish" than the Windsors are "German," and no more "French" than the House of Savoy, which ruled Italy until 1946.


Book Review Louis Mendola (#1698)

The sub-heading Allegati (page 69) is misleading in its tone. These are marriage documents, called Processi matrimoniali, which are preserved in some, but not all, parts of the former Two Sicilies. It was not made clear that such records might be discovered in the south, not in the north . They have not been preserved in the important southern provinces of Bari and Messina.

Likewise, it should be noted that the status animarum (page 82) is only rarely preserved. Passport records (page 77) are seldom preserved, either at the archivio di stato or questura. All of these records are preserved so rarely that sweeping generalities about their availability are extremely misleading.

Having consulted the Vatican Secret Archives, I suggest that the lack of direct access by family historians (page 87) reflects no great loss; only rarely would information useful for a normal genealogy be discovered in the Vatican records, as most relevant records are in fact retained at the provincial archives in the former Papal State. Some information on pages 58 and 59 is inaccurate. The delineation of the provinces of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies should indicate, for example, that there were only three in Sicily proper. Furthermore, certain localities, most notably Benevento, were part of the Papal State, though completely surrounded by the territory of the Two Sicilies.

In Benevento, there are no stato civile records before circa 1860, while in Caserta there are. As I espouse only constructive criticism, my published map of the Two Sicilies accompanies this review.

In Naming Tradition (page 105), Sardinia should be mentioned, as it is the only other island region beside Sicily, and gave its name to the Kingdom of Sardinia which the Savoys ruled from Turin, just as Sicily gave its name to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ruled by the Bourbons from Naples.

Finding Italian Roots is nevel1heless highly recommended. If your interest in your family history is serious,

you should buy this book.

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Costa and Alioto Come to America

George Koleas (#1527)

Giuseppe Costa's Arrival

Giuseppe Costa, born 15 March, 1885, lived in Lucca Sicula, Sicily with his father, Giovanni Costa, his mother, Maria (Giarratano) Costa, and his adopted brother and sisters. The family owned land which was farmed with the help of farm hands they were able to hire.

A sister had immigrated to the United States earlier with her husband, Giuseppe Tannah. They settled m the Baton Rouge, Louisiana area and had two children, Joseph Tannah and Lena Tannah. Giuseppe Tannah died about 1901.

Giuseppe LaRosa, a farm hand who worked for the Costa's, heard about his death and set out for America to marry the new widow. Giuseppe Costa was sent to the United States by his father to prevent the wedding.

He boarded the French steamer SS Nuestria in Palermo, Sicily. The steamer had arrived from Marseilles, France to take on more cargo and passengers .

The ship arrived at the Port of New Orleans on 9 October, 1902 and was met by immigration officials and doctors from the Marine Hospital in New Orleans before passengers were disembarked.

A headline in the Daily Picayune announced Arrival of Nuestria with 545 Immigrants From Italy.

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By the time Giuseppe disembarked and located his sister, she had already married LaRosa.

The new LaRosa's went on to have two children, Rose LaRosa and Stina LaRosa .

In later years, Giuseppe Costa made several trips to Louisiana to visit his sister.

Joseph Tannah, his nephew from his sister's first marriage, would also visit Giuseppe Costa for advice.

Giuseppe traveled to New York, California, Chicago, lIIinois and eventually came to Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 11 September, 1911 where he began working for the Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul Railroad, unloading box cars. He stopped using Giuseppe and began being called by the American version of his name, Joseph (Joe) Costa.

Concetta Alioto's Arrival

Concetta Alioto, born 25 December, 1895 in Palermo, Sicily, was the daughter of Francesco Alioto and Maria (Aiello) Alioto. Her father served in the Italian Merchant Marine. Her mother owned a wholesale house and lent money. Maria's brothers owned tavern as.

In his travels as a merchant seaman, Francesco visited many places, including New York, New York, but thought that it was too crowded.

He also visited Milwaukee, Wisconsin and liked the city. He decided to move his family to America. He was still in the Italian Merchant Marine when he arranged for his wife Maria to come over. He filed his first papers in 1904. Maria arrived sometime prior to 1910 and filed her first papers in 1910. Together, they made plans to have their children join them. The original plan was for all of the children to come over at one time. Francesco sent the correct fare for all four, but an eye infection prevented Concetta from making the trip . Anthony came alone with family from Maria's side of the family.

Immigration records show that Concetta and Nunziatta stayed with their sister in Palermo before they embarked to America. Concetta was issued an Italian passport on 19 August 1911. Concetta and Nunziatta left Palermo aboard the Italian steamer SS Mendoza with an Italian adult, Caterina Pulio. They arrived in the Port of New York on 9 September, 1911.

After they had arrived at Ellis Island and made it through the immigration process, tickets were purchased for them and a note was pinned on each of them by immigration officials, telling railroad officials that they were to be put on the train to Milwaukee.

The bewildered children had no idea where they were going or what would happen next. They relied on the kindness of the conductors, who


had helped countless children, watching out for them during their journey and helping them to safely reach their destination. As the train arrived in the station, the children pressed their faces to the window straining to see their father or mother. Suddenly, they saw their father standing on the platform, smiling and waving. They were jumping up and down in their seats, pounding on the windows and calling out, "Papa, Papa!"

Antonia then made the voyage, arriving at the Port of New York on 21 April, 1913. The family was now complete.

Joe and Concetta Meet

A friend suggested to Joe Costa that it was time for him to settle down and told him about an attractive girl named Concetta Alioto.

Arrangements were made with her parents for him to meet her. The two sat at opposite parts of her father's living room and Concetta would not look at him . After several tries, in desperation, he tossed a roll from a tray on the table to her to make her look at him.

She was appalled and stormed out of the room.

Despite this rocky start, a wedding was arranged and they were married 24 January 1914 at Our Lady of Pompeii in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Joe and Concetta Costa had four children - John (1914), Mary (I916), Frank (1920) and Rose (1924).

Concetta's brother and sisters also . married. Anthony married Mary MiracIa. Nunziatta married Steven Francaviglia. Antonia married Frank Dercole.

Descendants continue to live in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area.

Concetta Alioto Concetta Alioto and Giuseppe Costa on their wedding day.


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In Our Italian Surnames, the late Dr. Fucilla presents the most comprehensive analysis of Italian names ever published. It is also a book which is easy to use and presupposes no knowledge of Italian itself. Our Italian Surnames covers every fact of Italian names and naming practices. It is here we discover, for example, that Bussolari is Italian for compass, Orsini means bear, and Pass(1lacqua stands for butterfly. Besides given names and the evolution ofItalian surnames, the book contains chapters devoted to pet names, botanical names, geographical names, bird names, insect names, occupational names, and more. Written for a popular audience, Our Italian Surnames comes complete with a list of sources and an index to the more than 7,500 names gathered by the late Professor Fucilla. 299 pp., indexed. (1949), repro Balto., 1993. #2082. $28.00 ppd.

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Announcements

In the Spring, 1995 issue of POINTers (V9, N I, P41), we mentioned that POINT had begun receiving copies of The Family Tree, which is primarily concerned with Scottish genealogy.

For those POINTers who may have an interest in the ranches of Hidago County, Texas, we have received a flyer announcing the publication of Ranch Histories of Hidago County.

For more infonnation, contact:

Hidago County Historical Society Box 81

Edinburg, TX 78540 210 - 686 - 3914 210 - 565 - 2842

POINT has also received a flyer announcing the American - French Genealogical Society and their semi-annual publication, Je Me Souviens.

This group has apparently been in existence since 1978.

For those POINTers who have an interest in French genealogy as well as Italian, here is the reference:

American - French Genealogical Society Box 2113

Pawtucket, RI 02861

If you do contact either of these groups, please mention that you learned about them in POINTers.

Map Source Recommended

Tom Alciere (#1506):

POINTers needing maps of Italian regions might try the following :

Globe Corner Bookstore I School Street

Boston, MA 02108 800 - 358 - 6013

Correction

Elaine McElroy (#1751):

I would like to correct an item that appeared in the Winter, 1994 issue of POINTers (V8, N4, P53). I have a telephone directory for the Province of Taranto, Apulia and one for Agrigcnto, Sicily. I am willing to photocopy selected pages. A SASE (self-addressed and stamped envelope) should accompany each request

Boston Records Moved [Editor: A few pennies to cover the cost of photocopying wouldn't hurt either.]

We have been infonned the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics in Boston, Massachusetts has moved.

Their new address :

Registry of Vital Records and Statistics 470 Atlantic Avenue, Second Floor

Boston, MA 02210-2224 617-753-8600

SPRINT, the US company that sells the Italian telephone directories, assures me that the Agrigento directory also includes the province of Caltanissetta, Sicily. However, the only listing I have seen for Caltanissetta is an advertisement for a floor covering company. SPRINT is unable to understand that no other listings for Caltanissetta appear in the directory!

Index of Records For Alessandria del Carretto (1809 - 1865)

Donald Carlson (#839):

I have indexed the complete birth, death and marriage records for the commune of Alessandria del Carretto, Cosenza, Calabria from 1809 to 1865. The surnames in these records should be beneficial to anyone with ancestral ties to this area. Any interested POINTer should send a SASE along with a request for information (please confine requests to the above years only).

I have already made connections with three POINTers.


Responses To Unidentified Object

Marsha Johnson (#180): Bert Carson (#1682):

I am responding to the unidentified object in the Spring, 1995 issue of POINTers (V9, Nl, P37). I believe this is a membership card for the Federation of Italian War Veterans in America (Associazione Nazionale C ombattenti). These were veterans of World War I. During the thirties, the veterans collected and distributed funds for war widows and orphans in Italy.

According to the 1995 Encyclopedia of Associations, this association is defunct.

Some help may be found in a new book (written in English) titled Mussolini's Soldiers by Rex Tyne. It is a study of the Italian soldier during the Fascist years of 1922-1943.

It is available through:

Lancer Militaria Box 886

Mt. Ada, AR 71957

From: Michael Castrilli (#1315)

To: Dit Lassila (#697)

Dear Dorothy:

The last time I was in your part of the country, I was undergoing basic infantry training at Camp Adair, Oregon, in 1943. I have a document similar to yours which was issued to my late father, Gaetano Castrilli, in 1961. The card represents membership in an Italian National Association of War Veterans.

Your card was issued to Hendry Giovannini (Army Rank: Private) by the Provincial Federation of Varese, the village of Sezione in Besano.

Professione - The official completing the form wrote Bisnes men, which could mean that the applicant was a businessman.

Domicilio - the applicant lived in Kellogg, Idaho.

Decorazione e Campagne (Decorations and Campaigns) - American Expeditionary Forces, which was the official term given the Americans serving in Europe during World War I.

Data di scrizione (Date of Membership) - March IS, 1938. Under the date, the Italian words Socio Onorario indicate an Honorary Membership.

The blank line was for the member's signature.

Inside the right page, the frame around the Italian helmet was intended for the member's photograph. One can make out the word fotografia.

In summary, the applicant was a US soldier who served in Europe during World War 1. He was accepted into the Association of Italian Combat Veterans on an honorary basis. When he applied, Mussolini was the Italian Dictator, as indicated by the Fashisti symbol on the back. After World War II, Italian documents no longer carried the fashes. My father's card, issued 23 years after yours, is a simple one, much like modern business cards.

My father was in the US was Austria declared war on Italy. He was determined to defendere la mia Patria (defend my country) and returned to Italy to enlist in the Italian Army. He became a prisoner of the Austrians at Caporetto, an engagement not cherished by Italians. I am thankful that he landed in a prison camp, as miserable as conditions were. Had he continued to fight, I might not now be writing this letter.

You are the fourth POINTer with whom I have corresponded. So you see, OUR ORGANIZATION WORKS!

Michael


More Responses To Spring Issue

Louis S. Alfano (#2114):

Dit LASSILA's (#697) Unidentified Object is a 1938 membership card in the Besano Chapter (Varese Province Federation) of the National Combatants' Association (a Veterans' organization somewhat like the American Legion or the Veterans of Foreign Wars in the US).

As we view the card as printed in POINTers, the upper left quarter contains the fasci with the inscription AIXVI. in the axe; this stands for the sixteenth year of the Era Fascista (Fascist Era), which began with the Fascist March on Rome of 1922. This quarter also contains the membership card (Tessera, abbreviated Tessa.) number and ANNO 1938.

The upper right quarter is the "front cover" of the card. The lower left quarter contains specific information about the member:

Grado, Cognome e Nome means Rank, Family Name, Name. This card belonged to Mr. Hendry Giovannini, Private.

Professione is Bisnes men (Businessman - the party filling out the card asked Mr. Hendry Giovannini what his occupation was and wrote down what he heard).

Domicilio means domicile or residence. Mr. Giovannini lived in Kellogg, Idaho.

Decorazioni e Campagne (Decorations and Campaigns) doesn't fully jibe with American Expeditionary Forces which fills in the blank, but explains Mr. Giovannini's status as a veteran (and, I suppose, his eligibility to join the Associazione).

Data d' inscrizione means Date of enrollment in the Associazione - which is the 15th of March 1938.

The phrase Socio onorario is written beneath this line, indicating that Mr. Giovannini is an honorary member of the Associazione. The bottom of this quarter contains the signature of the Chapter president.

The bottom right quarter contains the chapter's seal (rubber stamp), the apparently rubber stamped signature of the Associazione's Provincial President, and the printed signature of the Associazione's National President.

* * * Regarding my article on Page 45 of the Spring, 1995 issue of POINTers (V9, N1, P45), I received a letter from Madeline Gloret (#358) commiserating with me about the lack of LDS microfilms covering the Province of Salerno. I called the LDS Family History Library (Main Branch) in Salt Lake City to inquire about this. I was advised that they are planning to begin microfilming the Salerno records soon, but not to expect to see them for at least two years. So now we at least have a possible time frame.

On Page 50 of the same issue, Ed Marolda (#2251) asks, "Does Vincent = Jimmy?"

This is strictly my theory, and you'll have to read this "with your ears" (try reading it aloud). This appears to be a matter of Italian speech falling on Anglo ears. The Italian word for Vincent is Vincenzo, properly pronounced "Veen - chain - zo," and in some dialects pronounced "Veen - cheen - zo." In common speech, Vincenzo might be called Chainz or Cheenz, which an Anglo might hear as sounding like James or Jeems (Jims) . The Anglo (possibly a foreman on the job) would then start calling Vincenzo by the English name "Jim" or "Jimmy," and so the name would stick.

On Page 56, Gale Stella (#1762) inquires regarding "Lanicano." As far as I can determine, there is no such place, at least not in my Rand McNally Road Atlas of Italy, but I believe that this may be Lanciano in the Province of Chieti, Abruzzi Region. If "Lanicano" was taken from something that was written in longhand, it is quite possible that misplacement of the dot over the "i," so that it looks like it is over the "c," could convert "Lanciann" to "Lanicano." The good news is that if the town in question is really Lanciano, the LDS microfilms cover the Province of Chieti.

[Editor: See Page 37 of this issue]


More On John Basilone

Mike Ingrisano (#905):

Thank you for publishing the article about the Ingrisano family in the Spring, 1995 issue of POINTers (V9, Nl, P9). Before I had received my copy, I received a letter from Bob Rota (#2216), asking me to enlighten him about his mother' s maiden name. I have enclosed a copy of his letter [See Bob's letter below]. I answered Bob immediately and two days later, I received my copy of POINTers.

I read with interest the note by Peter Barrale (#104). The winter 1994/1995 issue of the National Italian American Foundation quarterly, AMBASSADOR, has a tribute to John Basilone. The article notes that Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone remains the ollly soldier in US history to have received both [the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross} , for heroism 'above and beyond the call of duty.' The article also notes that during World War II, eleven other Italian Americans received the Medal of Honor, and 12 received the Navy Cross.

I served with the 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group. We dropped the 504 Parachute Infantry into Ste. Mere Eglise on 6 June 1944 [D-Day]. Despite what has been said, intelligence showed that our unit did give the troopers a successful, on-target drop. I served as a radio operator aircrew member. I was in North Africa and I was also in on the Normandy, Holland, and Wesel, Germany drops. Our sister squadrons, the 36th, 44th, and 45th did the Sicily drops , and got shot up very badly by the US Navy. The 37th was in Egypt at the time. Enough for reminiscing - in two weeks, we 'll be celebrating the 50th anniversary of VE Day. Where has the time gone?

Tom, thanks again, and continuing success in bringing together birds of a fea ther.

From : Robert Rota (#2216)

To: Mike Ingrisano (#905)

Dear Mike,

I read your article in the latest issue of POINTers and found one family name of interest: COZZA.

My mother 's maiden name was Cozza. Her father was from Rogliano, Cosenza, Calabria. His parents were Raffaele and Gaetana (Vizza) Cozza, who lived and died in Rogliano. My rriother's mother, Rosina Cristiano, was from Fegline Vegliaturo. She married my grandfather, Carmine (Charies) Cozza, in her hometown before they eventually moved to Rogliano. In 1906 Carmine arrived in New York City, and Rosina came in 1912. With time, other family members came and settled in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. My mother's birth name was Assunta Maria Cozza, but she used Sue Mary. Do you know anything more abou t the history of the Cozza name?

My father's fam ily name is from also from Rogliano: ROTA. My grandfather, Rosario Rota, came to Canada in 1905 and then to the United States, where he lived in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and then New York City. When my grandmother, Vittoria Capilluto (or Capaluta), reached the age to leave an orphanage, they met and married. My father's name was Luigi Giovanni Rota, but he went by Louis John or Louie. And, he, too, is in heaven with our ancestors!

My grandmother is a puzzle because I cannot get any data on her place of birth, nor can I get anything from the National Archives or the Immigration Service due to the surname variant. I wrote to several comuni in Cosenza province, but got nothing. Nothing was available in Cantanzaro, so I have to scan the region of Calabria and do more searching. Family members are deceased. I was able to get the burial plot of my great grandparents , but the grave stone has another surname, CAPILLUTO, even though her marriage certificate shows CAPALUTA. I'm waiting to hear from the religious order which ran the orphanage and from the Diocese of Brooklyn. By the time I hear from them, I'll be with my grandmother and get things first hand! E' picatta, ma si tire avanti!

I enjoyed reading your work. I'll be anxious to hear from you and see what you can add to the COZZA family. A felice Pasqua alia famiglia e a tutti! Cordiali sa/uti.

Robert


Celebrity Italian Brush

William Costa (#1189):

Does Pope John Paul II count as an Italian celebrity?

(Editor: Actually, Bill, I believe this PAPA is Polish, but we won't split hairs]

Before I moved to Dallas, Texas, in July, 1993, I had lived in Reno, Nevada for almost 21 years. From 1977 until my move to Texas, I was a member of Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church Choir. Shortly after my move to Texas, the choir director wrote to let me know that the choir had been invited to participate in a choir pilgrimage of Italy. And she invited me to join the choir - as a member - to participate in the pilgrimage. Needless to say, I could not refuse such a generous offer.

There were two highlights to our trip:

1. Our choir was invited to sing for the beatification of four religious in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Our choir was permitted to sing three motets for the assembled congregation. We then joined the Sistine Choir and two other choirs in singing a high mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II.

2. The second highlight was an invitation to sing at the weekly papal audience held by Pope John Paul II. After the audience, we were photographed with the Pope. Although I did not get to shake hands with him, he did come within one foot of where I was standing.

Dr. Trafford Cole has continued to be a great help in expanding my knowledge of my Italian ancestors. I cannot praise him highly enough for his patient research in the archives of Lucca, Tuscany. Thanks to Dr. Cole, I now have the names of all of my great-great-great-grandiathers and I now know the names of all my great-great-grandparents . Unfortunately, he was unable to fill in all of the details for me. He worked under rather unfavorable circumstances - the archive is only open two hours a day and the archivist can be rather surly, as I found out when I attempted to do research there in 1992.

Thank you for including the list of E-Mail addresses in the Annual Directory and in POINTers. Mine is enclosed.

Seeking Friend From World War II

George Cipolletti (#2177):

I must say that I NEVER thought I could get as much enjoyment out of genealogy as I have. So far, I have located close to 50 Cipolletti's with various spellings.

My father's family name was actually CIPOLLETT A (with an a, not an i). I have found that there are some relatives who spell their names with one or two t's and/or one or two i's. Some are related and some not.

I found a Cipolletti who was thankful for my inquiry since she and her husband - who is deceased - thought that they were the only Cipolletti family in existence. She and I had many ties that were similar. For instance, she was in the chorus of the Vienna Opera Company when I was in Vienna after World War II.

She met her husband, Ralph Cipollett~ there a couple of years after I left. I had dated the lead star of the opera company and we have compared notes from yesteryear. I asked her to send me the name of the girl that I dated, and she is going to do that. Unfortunately, over the years, I have forgotten her last name, but would love to re-new that friendship. I had spent time in Vienna with the 222nd Infantry Regiment Glee Club. We toured middle Europe, several with the Vienna Boys Choir.

The lady remembered all of this and even was part of our musicale, The Glory Road, which our 42nd Rainbow Division put on in Salzburg.

Would you believe that this woman was also part of the civilian group that was part of our show. Unbelievable. This is just one experience I've had writing to possible family members and POINTers.

One told me that he has a branch going back to 1206, but most of his family migrated to Argentina.


Letters Between POINTers

From: Lewis G. Schmidt (#1983)

To: Marsha L. Johnson (#180)

Marsha,

I did try to get Tracing Your Italian Heritage in Italy by DeWayne J. Lener (#764) on inter-library loan, but was unsuccessful and had just decided to buy it when I got your last letter with the information I needed.

[See POINTers, Winter, 1994 (V8, N4, P34)]

Lew

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THANKS! Three letters are on their way to Italy.

I hope the letters in English are OK, I tried to keep them simple. If not, I'll have to get them translated into Italian on the next try .

I would have been more efficient and accomplished more by now if I hadn't gotten side tracked again with some of my other writing projects. Hard to believe I could be this busy in retirement.

I wasn't even able to motivate myself to leave for our usual winter month or two in Florida. Hope I get over it and back to normal soon.

I'll keep you posted when things develop. Don't know how long it will take for them to respond.

Till next time,

Thanks again,

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From: Donna Casella (#2145)

To: Vincent Friscia (#564)

Dear Vincent,

I was pretty excited to see both our names in the Four Star Surnames list [POINTers, Winter, 1994, V8, N4, P61)]. I just joined POINT and what a great start. My grandfather, Leonardo Casella, was adopted by Antonino Friscia and his wife, Vita Maniscalco, on September 14, 1885, in Sciacca on the day he was born. His natural mother supposedly died while giving birth. Antonino, I believe, was born in Sciacca on May 1, 1854 to Alfonzo and Antonina Billera. I look forward to hearing from you.

Donna

From: Donna Casella (#2145)

To: Joan Napoli (#321)

Dear Joan,

It was so exciting as a new member of POINT to see our names in Four Star Surnames. As I have also written to Vincent Friscia (#564), my grand-father, Leonardo Casella, was adopted by Antonino Friscia and Vita Maniscalco in Sciacca, the day he was born, September 14, 1885 . Vita, I believe, was born in Sciacca on March 3, 1854 to Vincenzo and Benedetta Licata. I hope this is of some help. I look forward to hearing from

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Dear Mary,

In your report of the October meeting of Metro-DC chapter of POINTers In Person [POINTers, Winter, 1994, V8, N4, P60], you mentioned a book, Ships Arriving From Italian Ports to America . I hadn't heard of it, but did try other sources to get ship pictures a few years ago without success.

If it isn't too much of an imposition, if the book does have ship pictures and if you would be able to copy them, I will be happy to pay you for them. My wife and I have passenger lists for direct ancestors and other relatives from 1880 .to about 1910.

Their ships include:

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Please let me know if any of these ships are pictured in the book and the cost to copy them. A self-addressed and stamped envelope is enclosed for your reply .

I read again the story of your visit to your ancestral town of Minori, Salerno, Campania [POINTers, Autumn, 1994, V8, N3, PI4]. My brother and I made a similar visit last summer to our town near Campobasso, about 50 miles east of where you were. It was a great experience and we hope to return soon.

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To: Charles Carome (#930)

Dear Charles:

Ships Arriving From Italian Ports To America was written by Dewayne J. Lener (#764). It is a paperback book listing ships' arrivals from 1820 - 1910. It does not list ships arriving from all ports; therefore, it is missing the arrival of many Italians. Most of the book is dedicated to New York arrivals; there are a few arrivals at Boston (1904 -1910) and Philadelphia (1909). It contains no pictures of ships.

However, if you write to the Mariners' Museum (100 Museum Drive, Newport News, V A 23606-3759) and send $5 for copies and postage (up to eight pages), you will receive copies of these ships' pictures. If you consult the book Passenger Ships of the World Past and Present by Eugene W. Smith (published by George H. Dean Co., Boston, 1978), you will get information on their builders, tonnage, dimensions, masts, maiden voyages, sold & scrapped date and possibly pictures.

A good book is Ships Of Our Ancestors by Michael J. Anuta (Michigan, 1983). It also contains many pictures of ships. The Mariners' Museum will probably copy some of your ships from these books as well as postcard pictures and photographs. Another book is Great Passenger Ships of the World.

Another museum is the Mystic Seaport Museum, (50 Greenmanville Avenue, Mystic. CT 06255). They specialize in sailing ships. There is a Steamship Historical Society Collection at the University of Baltimore Library, the Peabody Museum (East India Square, Salem, MA 01970) and the Oceanic Navigation Research Society (Box 8005, Universal City, CA 91608).

Mary

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I am currently looking at film on Montevago which I ordered from the Family History Library. I have found possible ancestors Sylvestre and Antonina Manciarracina. The film is very difficult to read and the name may be Mangiaroscina.

Is there any POINTer who is researching in this area of Italy who may be familiar with this surname in any of its possible spellings?

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· .. if a family changed their name to PARK when they arrived in the US, any idea of what Italian name it may have come from?

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Dear Mrs. Chichizola,

I have received your letter to my father, Louis S. Hansen, regarding an article of his about Maria Bacigalupi DeFerrari, my great-great-grandmother, which appeared in a recent issue of POINTers. Sadly, I must inform you that my father passed away in November, 1993. If possible, could you send me a copy of the article so that I may add it to his collection. No one in the family has taken an active interest in our family history since my father died. I would like to go through his notes and sort out all the information he has accumulated over the years - perhaps one day soon.

You asked about the Mariposa Museum. I'm sure my father visited there to research family ties. I donated a copy of his completed family tree to the Tuolumne County Genealogical Society in Sonora, California. He was an active member of the Society.

Cheryl H. Terpak

[Editor: We have sent Mrs. Terpak a complimentary copy of the Spring issue for her family.)

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On 14 May 1903, my maternal grandfather, Vito LODATO, arrived at the Port of New Orleans aboard the SS Manilla . Aboard this ship were 41 cabin passengers, 870 steerage passengers and four stowaways. Not wanting to lose his place as a legal immigrant, he was forced to leave my grandmother Josephine Badolato LODATO and their month-old daughter, Christina LODATO (later CARRACI) behind. However, the wait was not long as Josephine and baby were able to sail six months later on the same ship. They arrived at the Port of New Orleans on 10 October 1903. On this trip there were over 1,300 immigrants.

What a sight and what feelings must have gone through my grandmother's mind. What a loss on my part that I didn't ask the many questions I now have of my grandparents concerning their voyages and their reasons for coming to this new world. She was only sixteen and the only knowledge I have of her trip that was passed on to me by my mother, Marie Lodato SERIO, was that she had a great adventure and a lot of fun. When the weather was rough and others were sea-sick she would often laugh and joke and try to cheer up others.

The Times-Democrat, in its edition of Friday, October 8, 1903, reported that Captain Anfosso SALVATORE sailed from Genoa, Italy on September 8 to Palermo, Sicily, again sailing on the 17th to Madeira for coal and supplies, sailing on the 24th; encountered strong gales from east to southeast and east to northeast with heavy seas and rain from longitude 50 west to 60 west; thence moderate winds to the Passes below New Orleans.

The SS Manilla was built in 1873 by Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Company of Newcastle, England. Her tonnage was 3,910, her dimensions were 399 feet by 42 feet, she had a single screw, three masts and one funnel. She was originally christened the SS Whampoa. In 1899, she was sold to Navigaziona Generale Italiana and made her first voyage [under that ownership] on April 18, 1899, sailing from Genoa to Naples to New York. She made two trips to New York in 1900 and 1901.

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Louis Mendola (#1698):

Those who consult microfilm records of vital statistics acts for southern Italy between 1809 and 1860 will be familiar with the House of Bourbon of the Two Sicilies. The dynasty ruled most of Italy south of Rome until 1860, and the name of the King of the Two Sicilies appears in the text of many of these old acts.

On Saturday, September 16, 1995, HRH Prince Carlo di Borbone, Duke of Calabria, will officiate at an investiture of several knights of his dynasty's Constantinian Order of Saint George at the Church of Saint Stanislaus Kostka in Chicago, Illinois.

Carlo is the son of Prince Ferdinando, Head of the House of the Two Sicilies.

Ferdinando's mother was Karolina Zamoyska. He was born in Poland in 1926 and now resides in France. Carlo, born in 1963, resides in Rome, where he manages the affairs of the Constantinian Order.

This institution, the only Italian dynastic order of knighthood recognized by the government of the Italian Republic, conducts charitable work and supports Catholic education projects in Europe and the United States.

The September investiture continues an aristocratic tradition begun by the first Bourbon King of Naples, also called Carlo, in 1734.

Those who wish to attend the September mass of investiture should contact:

Church of Saint Stanislaus Kostka Chicago, Illinois

312-278-2470

Praise For One of Our Advertisers

Anthony lantosca (#1027): Louis Pisaniello (#36):

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I dealt with George Ott. I recommend him and found his fees to be reasonable.

I have recently dealt with a company (Heritage Consulting and Services of SaIt Lake City, Utah) that has helped me very much. This company has really enlightened me and has sent me data about the ships that brought my grandparents to the United States.

Seeks Help, Offers Help

Chuck Panico (#1848):

I have my grandmother's death certificate, but have been unable to get a birth certificate. She was born in Contidre, L' Aquila in 1854.

The town no longer exists. Perhaps a POINTer with some knowledge of Contidre could provide some help .

I have telephone directories for Naples and L'Aquila and am willing to provide information from them.

[Editor: Don't forget to include a self-addressed and stamped envelope (SASE) with your request.]


POINTers In Person

Chapter #1 - Chicago

Anthony Lascio (#1051):

The Chicago chapter met for the eleventh time on Wednesday, April 19, 1995 at 7:00 P.M. Nearly thirty PIPsters joined together for dinner and discussion at the usual haunt, Papa Passero's in Westmont, IL.

Included in the gathering were 12 first timers, the :nost ever: JOSEPH PIZZUTO, GENEVA SHAY, CHRIS VISCONTI, RUSSELL CIRCO, EMILY SCHILLER, DANIEL NIEMIEC, ROBERT STLOUKAL, MARY KALFAS, DEANNA SPINGOLA (with husband ROBERT) and two new POINTers ANTONIO MARSALA (#2202) and JOSEPH MARROCCO (#2248).

During dinner, ANTHONY LASCIO (#1051) played a tape of Italian Music entitled "Italian Wedding Party." A new mailing list for the chapter was distributed and, since so many new faces were in attendance, Tony outlined both POINT and PIP for everyone's benefit.

The Italian Genealogy Conference (May 20, 1995), to be presented by Chicago Chapter #1, was the featured topic. Many attendees registered during the course of the evening. Laura DeBartolo Heidekruger (#67) and Tony are co-directing the first-time ever conference. Laura presented many of the highlights the Conference will offer. Tony introduced five of the six conference speakers who were in attendance.

Many other topics discussed.

Linda Messina Holda (#2055) spoke about a movement to abolish the Columbus Day holiday in Illinois.

Cathy Jackson (#38) talked about the Italians To America series.

Rose Ducato (#1812) advised the group about a message from Cav. Louis Mendola (#1698) wherein mail to his Palermo, Italy Institute should be sent "recorded delivery" for letters and "package express" for parcels due to delivery problems with the Italian postal service.

Anthony Lascio (#1051) reminded everyone that April 25th is Festa della Liberazione, (Italian Liberation

Day).

Since first timer Deanna Spignola is a Mormon who works part time at the LDS Family History Library at Naperville, IL, Tony asked her to address the group with an update on microfilming genealogical records in Italy and currently available Italian records PIPsters may access at the branch Family History Centers.

Tony Marsala spoke on the historical information he discovered concerning the hanging of Sicilians in Louisiana during the 1800's. He traces his Italian roots to Louisiana.

All of the new comers introduced themselves by name, residence, surnames pursuing, location in Italy and length of time in genealogy.

Chicago's Italian Genealogy Conference A Big Success

We have received a report from Anthony telling us the Italian. Conference On Genealogy in Chicago on May 20th was a huge success. Some 71 people attended and thoroughly enjoyed the day's activities. The event was too late to include Anthony's full report here, but we will present it in the Autumn issue.

The dinner/meeting was lively, informative and interesting. All of the first-timers were excited about their initial experience with PIP and felt they learned much. One was heard to say he was "overwhelmed" by the wealth of information he accumulated in the three hours of time. After all, that's what POINT and POINTers In Person is all about!

For those who may be interested, a 90-page Conference Syllabus - Routes To Roots - is available from Anthony for $10. A video of the day is also planned. Anthony says they are willing to help any other chapter organize their own conference.

Next gathering: Wednesday, July 19th.


Congratulations are in order to Anthony, Laura and the entire Chicago PIP Chapter for pulling off this historic event'

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Chapter #2 - Los Angeles

Tom Militello (#1): A group of 32 POINTers and guests, including a very large number of new members, enjoyed a wonderful buffet luncheon at La Terrrazza Restaurant in West Los Angeles on Sunday , April 23, 1995. Our co-hosts, Cleo Holmes (#1503) and La Terraza owner Franco Cordone, planned a festive and jovial day,

our tenth .

Following a discussion of a possible change in the format of our gatherings, a nearly unanimous vote clearly decided that we will continue to meet quarterly on Sundays, and that our Show and Tell sessions, which we have had since our very first get-together in January, 1993, will continue. The group showed no interest in having guest speakers, and virtually all present agreed that the attraction to attend our luncheons was a chance to talk with others who have a similar interest.

Tony Ghezzo (#1463) agreed to host our July luncheon and will return the group to Bella Italia in San Gabriel on July 23, 1995.

Chapter #3 - Northern California

June Chichizola (#519):

The Northern California Chapter of PIP met on April 29 at Crivello's Seafood & Italian Restaurant in Novato, north of San Francisco. Rosario Sapienza (#611) hosted our gathering of forty-two .

After noting our ancestors' towns on the map, greeting old friends and welcoming new ones, we sat down to a delicious lunch prepared by Sicillian-born Francesco. Everyone introduced themselves and told of their ancestor's town. It was interesting to note that a number of non-Italian spouses are the researchers.

Alice Tiso Romero had an Italian letter translated on Internet by people in Brazil, Germany and Rome.

Sister Diane Smith (#1375) brought books entitled La Storia and They Came In Ships, which are excellent source materials. The Italian Tourist Office in Los Angeles offers a book entitled La Mia Italia, A Guide to the Discovery of New Itineraries, which has excellent maps.

Sarah Morabito (#1418) showed us the Italian Assistant software that translates letters from English to Italian and vice verse. She also had copies of old photographs made at Kinko's which were close to original.

June Chichizola (#519) noted that the Indian Gulch dedication by E Clampus Vitus took place recently. Great-Grandpa Antonio Chichizola and his father-in-law, G.B. Semorile, lived and owned property there. John Migliavacca, Joan Tomasi, David Semorile and June's husband, Neil Chichizola - all descendants of G.B. - attended.

Steve Jamison (#529) has completed a six-year project of computerizing the microfilm records of Bolognano (1809 -1869). There are two volumes for the 1400 families plus an Index. He has offered them to the LDS, which they will microfilm and make available for research. This work is, in essence, the genealogy of Bolognano. A job well done, Stove! (One person asked, "When can you start on my town?")

A number of folks are traveling to Italy this summer. Alba Jamison suggested that one prepare a note or letter in Italian, so that you can present your request for information in writing, without having to make yourself understood verbally.

Someone asked about a possible National POINT Convention - perhaps in the summer of 1997, the tenth anniversary of POINT.

[Editor: Sounds good. Anyone willing to tackle such a momentous and historical project?)

Our next luncheon: October 14, 1995.


POINTers In Person

Chapter #6 - Metro D.C.

Mary Upton (#1570):

The Metro D.C. Chapter of POINTers In Person (Chapter #6) met at the Dolly Madison Library in McLean, Virginia on Saturday, May 13, 1995. There were 12 members present. Some new faces were Elisa ULINO, John EVANS, and Lou ALFANO (#2114). Lou brought a suitcase full of binders, books, papers, etc. He had much information to share.

Dave NATELLA (#1073) accompanied by his mother, Dorothy NATELLA, is currently trying to obtain dual citizenship with Italy and explained the repetitive and drawn-out process that is necessary. All paperwork must be in by August, 1995.

John EVANS (#1670) is researching the name Vedovelli and we had fun trying to translate what the name means

Mike INGRISANO (#905) was congratulated on his Ingrisano Family article that appeared in the Spring, 1995 issue of POINTers (V9, Nl, P9). He said he received two letters from fellow POINTers and a phone call before he received his copy of the magazine.

Bill MENZA (#1029) gave us information on Bulletin Board services in the area. He received a letter from someone in his ancestral town, inviting him to come visi t. He also told us that a chapter member, Gina MERRIS (#1846) was currently in Chicago attending a POINTers In Person chapter meeting there and we will be hearing abou t that trip.

Vince BONZAGNI (#1893) has someone doing research for him in the Andover, Massachusetts area. The researcher is an advertiser in POINTers, DIANE'S DESK, and he is very happy with her services. He is researching six generations and their descendants.

Anna SMITH (#1482) has been on a trip to Sardinia since our last meeting. She was corresponding with cousins that she fou nd there, and they invited her to come for a visit. She stayed with them a week and toured for a week. She had a great time.

Mary UPTON (#1570) received a letter from a possible relative in Altavilla Silentina, Salerno. He may be a distant cousin of her Di Verniere line. She wrote to some names from the phone book and got lucky. He is going to do some research for her in the town. He invited her to come for a visit also. She also received a photo of her grandfather, Giulio Pagano, and his brothers from a cousin in England.

Judy GARDNER (#2167) has had some luck researching her maternal grandparents in the LDS Family History Center. They have filmed her ancestral town of Cora to, Bari. She needs some more current information since the filming ends in the 1860's.

Paul TRAUNERO(#1541) announced the birth of a new baby daughter. Congratulations!

Out next meeting is on Saturday, September 30, 1995 at 10 AM at the Dolly Madison Library, Oak Ridge Ave., McLean, Virginia, side entrance meeting room. RSVP to Paul Traunero (#1541).

POINTers In Person Active Chapters (Chapter # - Location - Organizer - Date of Last Reported Meeting - Reported Date of Next Meeting)

Chapter # 1 - Chicago - Anthony Lascio (# 1051) - April 19, 1995 - July 19, 1995 Chapter #2 - Los Angeles - Tom Militello (# I) - April 23 , 1995 - July 23, 1995

Chapter #3 - N0I1hern Cal ifornia - June Ch ich izola (#519) - April 29, 1995 - October 14, 1995 Chapter #4 - New Orleans - Jackie Stropolo (# 1140) - October, 1993 -

Chapter #5 - Western New York - Carmela 1ulianello (# 1235) - September, 1994 -Chapter #6 - MetroDC - Pau l Traunero (# 1541) and Mary Upton (# 1570) - May 13 , 1995 - September 30, 1995

Chapter #7 - Mid Florida - Madalyn Greene (# 1289) - December, 1993 -Chapter #8 - Chicago South - Laura DeBartolo Heidekrueger (#67) - NEW -


Four Star Surnames When two or more POINT members enter a su rname into the POINT Italian Surname Data Base that originated from the same Italian city or town, that surname is a four-star surname (four stars - aste ri sks - appear after that surname in the POINT Italian Surname Data Base li sting). For a further explanation of our "star" system, see the lower half of the inside of the front cover. Each issue of POINTers features all of the four star surnames that have been added to the POINT Italian Surname Data Base since the prev ious issue. We have added the following four star surnames to the POINT Italian Surname Data Base since the Winter, 1994 issue of POINTers. We hope all these POINTers are corresponding with, and helping one another and sharing information. Please let POINT know how you are doing!

BALDACCI, from Barga, Lucca, Tuscany Martha STRONG (#487) - inactive

Hilda ROHMANN (#2352)

BIANCO, from Naples, Napoli, Campania Roberetta AMUNDSEN (#142)

Lou RONZITTI (#2152)

BUDEL and CONZ, from Cesio Maggiore, Belluno, Venezia

Elizabeth SARTORI (#843) Maureen RAINES (#2275)

CACCIOLA, from Ailana, Caserta, Campania Candace PERAKOVICH (#1623)

Beatrice BANKER (#1894)

De RITIS, from Paglieta, Chieti, Abruzzi John MONZO (#2153)

Russell De RITIS (#2295)

Di DONATO, from Taranta Peligna, Chieti, Abruzzi Evelyn SANTILLI (#234)

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DOINO, from Bella, Potenza, Basilicata Diana MICALE (#1768)

Susan HOLBROOK (#2196)

FANONE and ZEZIMA from Settefrati, Frosinone, Latium

Steven CUNETT A (#724) Ronald ZEZIMA (#2378)

FOCARINO, from Godrano, Palermo, Sicily Toni PERRONE (#662) Paul GALANTI (#2323)

GENOVESE, from Avigliana, Potenza, Basilicata Pamela MANCINI-ANFITEATRO (#1707)

Michael GENOVESE (#2281)

GNISCI, from Falconara Albanese, Cosenza, Calabria Laura HEIDEKRUEGER (#67) Beatrice HEIMBUCH (#1989)

LIO, from Petralia Soprana, Palermo, Sicily Anne CARROLL (#550) Russell CIRCO (#2324)

MESSINA, from Messina, Palermo, Sicily Gwenn SELVAGGIO (#1426)

David GENTILE (#1447)

PERUCCA, from Coassolo, Torino, Piemonte Nancy HAYES (#168)

Laura BRICKEY (#1071)

PILLARELLA, from Pietracatella, Campobasso, Molise Kathleen BILCZ (#1630)

Mary GREEN (#1680)

PRIVITERA, from Valle Dolmo, Palermo, Sicily Anthony Di PASQUALE (#2143)

Dennis CASCIO (#2209)

PROIETTI, from Terni, Perugia, Umbria Frank PROIETTI (#762)

Carol COUGHRAN (#1965)

TELESCA, from A vigliano, Potenza, Basilicata Deborah BLASZCZAK (#1304)

David CORADAZZI (#2000)

TRENTALANGE from Campobasso, Campobasso, Molise

Robert MASSULLO (#1773) Michael GENOVESE (#2281)

VISCARDI, from Godrano, Palermo, Sicily Ron FRANZETTI (#626) Toni PERRONE (#662) Paul GALANTI (#2323)


New E-Mail Addresses

We have asked those POINTers who are "on-line" to send us their E-Mail addresses so that we can make them available to anyone who may wish to correspond in that fashion. The first such list appeared in the Annual Directory #7. Below are those addresses that have arrived here at POINT Central since the Spring, 1995 issue of POINTers.

Please remember to indicate the system along with your address.

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Ronald R. Rawls (#838) - RRRA [email protected] (AMERICA ON LINE) Mary (Pinky) Palladino (#937) - [email protected] (AMERICA ON LINE)

William Costa (#1189) - [email protected] (INTERNET) Barbara Rentenbach (#1416) - [email protected] (AMERICA ON LINE)

Juan Roman (#1884) - DNPW33A (PRODIGY) Lou Ronzitti (#2152) - [email protected] (INTERNET)

Bob Martin (#2215) - 74357,2137 (COMPUSERVE) Bob Martin (#2215) - [email protected] (INTERNET)

Patricia Pesci Johnson (#2217) - [email protected] (INTERNET) Ronald F. Brucato (#2260) - [email protected] (INTERNET) Ronald F. Brucato (#2260) - [email protected] (AMERICA ON LINE)

Michael Boggiatto (#2271) - [email protected] Natalizia Polios (#2278) - [email protected]

Louis Colello (#2279) - 70773,2564 (COMPUSERVE) Kenneth Fiscella (#2285) - [email protected] (COMPUSERVE)

Susan Huntoon (#2289) - KKBQ77 A (PRODIGY) Cheryl Conway (#2297) - [email protected] (INTERNET) Rose-Marie Mast (#2317) - Rose Mast 1:270/415 (FIDONET)

Rose-Marie Mast (#2317) - [email protected] (INTERNET) Ray Nicklas (#2318) - [email protected] (AMERICA ON LINE)

Don Canton (#2319) - 73217,2071 (COMPUSERVE) Don Canton (#2319) - [email protected] (INTERNET)

John Liccardello (#2328) - [email protected] (AMERICA ON LINE) Mary C. Lambruschi (#2342) - HHXU93A (PRODIGY)

Joseph Rodgers (#2344) - [email protected] (AMERICA ON LINE) Janice (Mustacchio) Bedig (#2349) - [email protected] (INTERNET)

Janice (Mustacchio) Bedig (#2349) - [email protected] (UCLA)

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Index To POINTers Volume Eight - 1994

"Every morn ing you wake up and you are not in haly

you got a problem" "I don't tip my cap 10 nobody"

"I let my kids cat all the plums they want" "In America, my daughter is a teacher" "Soldiers don't own anything in It aly" · Starved for want of work in Italy"

"You can call Roosevelt a son-of-n-bitch

and the police don't corne to get you" 1563 - year which records made obligatory by Church 1892 - America opened its gates to immigration 50 years with only moderate success

50th anniversary of liberation from Gennans in WW II A Courageous People of the Dolomites-

book by Father Bonofacio Bolognani A Cousin For Pamela

A Lively Family

A Photo F rom Roseto

A Place for Naples in the Heart of Princess Urraca A Special Remembrance Card Abbottsvi ll e Cemetery About POINT

Abruzzi

Achiro. Renata Achiro. Silvano

Acosta. Marie Act of Congress. 1906

Addresses found in Handy Gu ide to Italian Research by Floren Preece and Phyllis Pastore Preece

Adopted POINTers Adragna, Antonina

Adriatic Sea Adventures of Great Gramma Moroni Advertisers. Thanks After 1563, one must resort to parochial records After 1866. records are abundant Agrigento - Cahanissetta telephone book Agrigento, Sicily

Ahmeek. Michigan Alabama, Binningham

Albanese Albania

Albania natives Albanian families fled rampaging Turks Albanian history Albanian language still survives Albanian leader George Kastriota Skanderbeg Albanian Villages of Italy Alcamo. Sicily ALCiERE, Tom (#1506)

Alessandria dei Carretto. Cosenza. Calabria Alessandria della Rocca, Agrigento, Sicily Alessandria. Piemonte Alfedena. L' Aqulia. Abruzzi

ALGERIA· ship Al iadina (Guidi) Bryant Passes Away at 80 Aliano. Joseph Aliminusa. Palermo, Sic il y Alkamuk - fonress All ard, Ken (II 1341)

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Allentown diocese Allentown, Pennsylvania Al lcsandria

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ALLISON, Don (/1 1972) Alps Altavi lla Si lent ina

Altavilla Silentina tel ephone book

Ahavilla, Five towns in Italy named. Alto lia Amalfi

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AMATO, Claire (/1 1489)

A"'IENDOLA America· ship America-On-Line

America-On-Line Chat time for It alians American Artists of Italian Heritage-

book by Dr. Regina Soria American Assoc iat ion of Teachers of Italian American Committee all Italian Migration American Family Histories

American Genealogical Research Institute American Heritage's Civil War Chronicles American Immigrant Wall of Honor

American Italian Barbers American Ital ian Delegate Club

American Italian Prof. & Busincss Women's Club American Legion. Holy Family Post 540 American Naturalization: Processes 1790-1985 -

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Ancestors from Calabrian villages Ancestors from Crotone or Catanzaro Ancestors in Southern Italy in late 19th century Ancestors of American Presidents -

Ancestors Sta yed Put Ancestors Stowed Away Ancestry in Veneto Ancestry Magazine

Anchiano Ancient Lucania ANCONA, Gloria (11202 5) Andriacchi. Dominic Andrich Angera, Varese. Lombardy Angoli. Catanzaro. Calabria ANGORA, Carlos Ann Arbor. Michigan

book by Gary Doyd Roberts

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Bagni Di Lucca Bahia Blanca, Argenti na BAILEY. Gloria Au letta (# 19)

Baker. Edward L. Baker, Edward M .. head of La Tribuna BALAGNA. from Sparone, Torino. Piemollle Baldi, Eugenio - L'ufficialc della stato civi le Baldinelli. Frank Baltimore. Maryland

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BELCASTRO. Biagio and Rosina Pisa (Fazio)

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BELCASTRO. William (# 1743)

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Boulder, Colorado

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Bourbons in power at Naples

Boxer Lenny Del Genio

Boys Towns of Italy

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Branesani, John

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Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization created by Act of Congress. 1906

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Burlington. New Jersey

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Buy water By The Ionian Sea - book by George Gissing

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Cabot, Uncle John (Capobianco)

Caboto Club Cabolto. Giovanni (John Cabot)

Caccam ise family in Erie

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Chiesa della Transfigurazionc Chieti. Abruzzi

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Mariner's Museulll, Newport News. Virginia

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Marotta. Edna Marotta. Pasquale Marquette Iron area MarCluette, Michigan MARRA

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Me GOVERN, Carmel (#2019)

Mc Guern's Grocery Me LEAN, Lynn (# 1984)

Mc Lean, Vi rginia Mc PHERSON, Lucy (#43)

Mediterranean beaches Mediterranean Sea Med iterranean winter - much like Portland or Seattle

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Meitzler, Mr. Leland K., Managing Editor of HQ Mele. Franco - the owner of La Bella 1talia

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Menlo Park, Ca li fornia

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Metro D.C. Chapter of POINTers In Person Metropolitan Opera Mexico Mezzoiuso, Palermo. Sici ly

Miami Granite and Marble Company Miami, Florida Micale. Diana Ferrone (# 1768)

Michigan

Michigan Genealogical Counci l MICHJGAN'S ITALIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE Michigan, Ahmeek Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan. Atlantic Mines Michigan, Battle Creek Michigan. Bay City Michigan, Calumet

Michigan, Caspian Michigan. Copper County Michigan, Dearborn Michigan, Detroit

Michigan, Flint Michigan, Grand Rapids

Michigan. Hancock Michigan, Houghton Michigan. Houghton County Michigan, Ionia Michigan. Iron River Michigan, Ishpeming Michigan, Keweenaw County Michigan, Lansing Michigan, Laurium

Michigan, Loretto Michigan, Mackinac Island Michigan. Macomb County

Michigan, Marquette Michigan. Monroe Michigan. Muskegon Michigan. Negaunee Michigan. Norway Mi ch igan, Pontiac Michigan. Red Jacket Michigan. Saginaw Michigan. Sault SIC. Marie Michigan. Troy Michigan, Vulcan, Michigan, Warren Michigan. Wayne County

Michigan, Windsor Michigan. Wyandotte Microfilm of records Microfilm records of Essex Coullty. New Jersey Middle Vi llage, Queens. New York Mignola. Mr. & Mrs. Joe MIGRATION. EMIGRATION IMMIGRATION -

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Military and draft records at provincial State Archive Military districts (2 to 4) in each province Military History Libraries & Archives Military records MILITELLO Militello, Tholllas E. (# I)

Militello. Vincenza (Fad.le) MILITELLO MILLER, Mary (# 1936)

Miller, Olga K. - author Mills, Elizabeth Shown MINARDO of Modic. Minardo, Cosima Minatore It aliana (Ita lian Millcr) - newspaper

Minor State Archives Minori, Sa lerno

Minority Archives Miracode MIRI SOLA Mississippi Gu lf Coast Mississippi. Bay St. Louis Missouri, PUlllam County Missouri, St. Louis

Milgang, Hcrbert Miwok Means People - book by Conrotto. E. (# 1864)

Modesto (California) Bec Modica

Modica Alta. Ragusa, Sicily Modica. Sicily Molinara. Italy Molinari. Father J.

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Moliterno. Potenza, Basilicata Monacilioni, Campobasso. Molise Mondig lio family Mondiglio. Giacomo Mondiglio. Josephinc MONGELLUZZO. from Nusco, Avel lino, Campania Monjardino Monroe County. Rochester. NY Monroe Falls, Ohio Monroe. Michigan Monroe, Ohio Monroe. Ohio vs Munroe Falls. Ohio Monte Bruno Monte Casino

Monte Cass ino Ladies MoniC San Quirico Montecastrilli near Rome Montecorvino PugJiano, Salerno Montcrey County, California Monteverde. Florida Montevideo. Uruguay MONTICELLO

Monument Erected MONZO, lohn (#2 153)

MOOREHEAD. Linda Mora, Maric MORALES. from Mczzoiuso. Palermo, Sicily MORALES. Martin (#2162)

More About Mafia More Help For Susan More On Fanconi's & Thalassem La More On Immigration Statistics More On Jerome Dairy MORELLI. Joseph Mormon (LOS) Church

Mormon religious ordi nances in a temple Mormon genealogy library in Sail Lakc City, Utah

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National Archives

National Archives and Records Service

National Archives of Italy

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Denver, Los Angeles. San Francisco and Seatt le

National Archives. Great Lakes Branch

Nat ional Archives. Washington D. C lal ion<l. l Italian American Foundation

National Libraries

National Park Service - Ellis !land

National POINTer Convention

Na tional POINTers In Person conference

Nalives bought their drinking water Natives of Albania Natura l Gorges along Genesee Ri ver

Nalllra lizalion certificate number

Naturalization documents Naturalizat ion papers

Natural ized Americans impressed into Italian military

Naval Records. Italian Nea lis. Virginia (J enny)

Neapol itan dialect

Near Record New Four Star Names

Needs Documents Trans lated

Needs Help With Uncommon Names

Negaunee. Mich!gan

NEGRI NEGRINOlTl found in only one village in Bergamo

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Nelson. Joe NENN I, Carolyn (# 1469)

Neri. Angelo Neri . Argentina Neri, Irma

Neri. Marianna NERUD, Ru th (#2093)

NEUBERT, Alex (# 1770) Nevada

Nevada, Reno

Nevada, Sparks

New England Chapter

New England Genealogical Society Library

New England Journal of Medicine

New form is NA TF Form 81

New Genealogical Sources In Pennsylvania New Jersey

New Jersey Depanment of Heahh in Jersey City. NJ

New Jersey POINTer New Jersey, Burl ington

Ncw Jersey, Cli ffs ide

New Jersey, Clifton

New Jcrsey, Essex CoullIy

New Jersey, Hoboken

New Jersey, Jersey City

New Jersey, Newark

New Jersey. Plainview

New Jersey. Trenton New Jersey. Union City

New Jersey-New York Met ropoli tan area New Orleans chapter seeking new members New Orleans, Louisiana

New POINT member New POTNTers' questions New second COUslO New secti on will li st E-Mail add resses

New Techlllques for the Advanced User or PAF New town doctor

New York

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New York, Urooklyn

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New York. Cas til e

New York. City Line

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New York. Le Roy New York. Middle Village, Queens

New York, Monroe Coullty

New York. Rochester

New York, Sands Point

New York. Springville

New York. Webster

New York, Wi lliamsville

Newark. Delaware

Newark. New Jersey

Newman. John J - author Newpon Ncws. Virginia

Newsletter of hal inn American Heritnge Associa ti on

Newspnper· L'ltalo Americnno Newspaper · La Tribuna ltali ,lIlo del Michigan

Newspaper - Minatore Italiana (Italian Miner)

Newspaper in Onona

Newspaper Roma

NGS Conference in the States In San Diego

Nicosians In Chicago

No coronary deaths for lTlany years No Link Yet

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No rcpons of POI NTers suO'cr ing major damage

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Nocco, Robel10 Norc ia before World War II

Norcia. Pergula

Nonnan-era castl e

Northern Adria tic coast

Nonhern Californ ia Chapter (113) of PIP

NO l1hcrn Italy Research

Northern lip of Italy, borderi ng Germany and Austria

Norway. Michigan

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Notaria l Arc hi ves

Notaria l records (atti notarili)

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Nusco. Avellino. Campania NUZZle, An toinette O'Dell. Rose(#1915)

Oakland Army Base in the San Francisco Bay area OnkJand. Calirornla

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Ontario. Canada Operation Oesen Slorm

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Orciallo de Pesaro, Marche

Order orCavalliere from Italian Government

Order of the Sons of Italy in America

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Original POINTers In Person chapter

Orlando. Andrea Orlando. Jim

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Orleans Parish (primarily New Orleans)

Ornamented shoulder

Ornithologist from Dalmatia

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Ortucchio, L'Aqu il a. Abruzzi

Orviello

OS IA Archives Our Italian Surnames - book by Joseph G. Fucilla

Our lady of Grace parish, Hoboken. NJ

Our Lady of Grace Society

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PALADINO. An (1145) Palazzo de lla Prefettura on the Piazza Napoleone

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PANDOLFO. Phyllis (#856)

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Papa Passero's in Westmont, Illinois

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Pappalardo. Placido

Paradiso township north of Mess ina, Sic il y PARADISO. John (# 1493)

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Parish census records - (status animanlln) Parish of Saint Joseph's Parish records

Parish registers in Moliterno Park inson's Disease Parma

Parma, Emilia-Romagna Parochial archives

Partinico, Palermo, Sicily Pasadena Civic Center Pasadena, California

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Pasqua Ii no. Norma (#1205)

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Perasso. Han. Claude

PERILLO, from l\'luro Lucano. Potenza. Basi li cata Perino. Leo Permission paper PERNICIARO

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Perrone. Annette (Toni) (#662)

PERSONAL ANCESTRAL FILE 2 2 USERS GU IDE

book by Joan Lowrey Personal Ancestry File - gencalogy computer program

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Peseara, Abnlzzi Pescetta, Santa

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Polish cemetery adjacent to Monastery

Polish Embassy in Ihe USA Polish Genealogical Society of Calirornia

Polish genealogists

Polish roots

Polish settlement in Canada: WILNO POLITO. John (#2128)

Polizzi GencTOsa Society

Pollach. Florence Valente Pompeii

Pont Canavcse In Torino. No t Cuneo

Pont Canavcse 15 JI1 the Province orTonno. jli emonte

Pont Canavcse listed in Province of Cunco. Piemonte Pont Canavesc. Tormo. Piemonte

Ponte GHICOI110. Genoa Pontiac. Michigan

Pan of New York

Port of New York. passcnger lists Portici. Naples. Campania

Portland, Oregon

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Post card collector Post card show

POST. Angie (# 1921)

Posta l codes for Italian cities

Posti lion. Michael H. (#610)

Potenza. Basillcata

Poner. Mane (#1147)

Powell Genealogical Services

Powell. Eli ssa Scal ise (#277) POZZUOLI Praises Researchcr

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Prescott. Arizona Prickett's Fort of West Virgi nia

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Priest at Callrano church no help Prieur Street Ncw Orleans. Louisiflna

Prigioni. Hon. Giulio

Primary Education COllncil. Montcvideo. Umguay

PRINt\. Frank (# 1288)

Prince Alfonso. COli 111 of Caserta

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Princeton (NJ) Historical Society

Princeton Thcological Sem inary

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PROCE. Robert (# I 534)

PROCESSETTI PROD IGY

Professional Italian genealogis ts

Promoting awarencss and pride in It alian heritage

Proof of nobil ity

Proud of my Sicilian and Italian heritage

PROV IDENCE - ship ProvinCIal cap ital of Chieti Provincial History Librarics

Provincial State Archive

Provo, Utah

PRUDOEN. Mary Ann (#1694)

Psych ic Roots - book by Hank Jones

Publication of the surname Pilgrim

Publicity campaign around Chicago area

Pulcinella's Rcstaurant (formerl y It alian Oven) Putnam County, Missouri

Quakers

Quality Publication

Quandal. Ludovico. an olTicer of Mount di Procida Queen Marghcnta

Qllcen Maria Sofia of Naples. Consort or rrancesco II Queirolo, Florence &. Dina

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Raggio. Raymond A . Esq. RAGLA ND. Barbara (#2076)

RAGUSA Ragusa lines. Pedigrec Chart Ragusa Province

Ragusa. Ragusa. Sicily

Ragusa. Sicil y

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Raill. Richard Rath. Taffy (;; 12041

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Redondo Beach. CA

Rcfl:rence tool for It alian genealogical research Reggio Calabria

Regimental of the 47th Pl:nnsylvania

Region of Basilicata

Regional te lephone book I Relationship chan

Rela ti onship of ancestors to Mazzini RENDFREY. John (# 1070)

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Rcquicscat In Pace Research i1l Italy

Rcsearch in Northern Italy

Research Like A Jigsaw Puzzle

Researcher in Palermo

Researching For Her Children

Resistri degli urnC! Leva (Conscription Records)

Res taurant in Sacramento named Espanol

Reslauralll service like one would find in the US

Retracing Her Resea rch Steps

Reunion for Windows - computer gencalogy program

RCllnion of descendants of Falconara Albanese

Reunion of descenda nts of Falconara Albanese

Revercnd S.,11luele Carolo Mazzllchelli of Milan

Rhode Island. Westerly

Rhode's Scholars

RICCA Ricca. Ignatius ~Eddic" (#23)

Riccard i. Ammo

Riccardi, Paola Riccardi

Riccardi , Romano

RIC'CIARDO. William (#6 17)

RICOTTA. David (#1873)

Ricsi . CaitanisseHa. Sicily

Rille in a gun cabi net Rifle Model 1870/87115 Vette rli

RINA LDI RIOLO Rionero in Vulturc. Potenza. Basilicata

RillS . Veronica

Ripacandido. Potenza. Basi licata

Risorgimento (fight for Ital ian independence) Ritter, Dolores D' lppolito (#93)

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Roberts. Rick

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Rock Springs. Wyoming

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ROSETO COOK BOOK - book Roseto Va lfortore, Foggia, Apulia

Roseto. Pennsylvania Roseville. California Rossello. Cecilia ROSSI

ROSSMAN. Antonio (# 1510)

ROTH. Marie (#766)

ROTONDO. Nicholas (#339)

ROUNSAVILL. Brian E. (#1490)

ROURKE. Henrietta (11 \ 5 \ \) Rousseau from France Royal Academy in Rome

Royal ci ties of Sicily

ROZWADOWSKI. Marcella (#1986)

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Rudin. Anne (NOlO) - Former Sacramento mayor Rumania

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Russian sai lor. Edoardo Rosit Russo in the Campania Region

Russo line from Salerno

Russo. Angelo

Russo. Antonio

RUSSO. Frank L. (# 1713)

Russo, from Castel San Lorenzo, Salerno (originally Rousseau from France)

Russo. Gi ulia

Russo, Giuseppe

Russo. Luigi

Russo-Turkish Warof 1878 RUTKOWSK I. Nicki (#2066)

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Salemme. Antiol1cttc (Cnpobianco) Salerno

Salerno after World War II Sa lerno telephone book

Salerno tourist department Salerno. Bingia Salerno. Campania

Snlino, Edward

Saloon in Chicago Saloon in Lima, Peru Salt Lake Ci ty, Utah

Saito, UnJguay SAM ITA Sampictro. Frank Samplc letter San Diego Genealogical Society San Fili. Ca labri'l San Francesco 80th Anniversary commemorati ve book San Francesco Church

SAN FRANCESCO CHURCH. DETROIT. MICHIGAN San Francesco School

San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco PIJblic Library

San Francisco. California

San Gabriel, California

San Giuseppe Ja to, Palermo, Sicily San Jose, California

San Mango sui Calorc. Avellino San Marino Social Club San Mateo County, California San Mateo. Ca li fo mia San Pancrazio Martiri Society San Pedro. California

San Pietro di Frascali ncar Castiglione Chi3varese San Pietro in Voila, one of islands of Laguna Sandel, Edward - editor Sande l. EW - ed itor Sandel. rvlarv . editor

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SCHMIDT. Lew (# 1983)

Schoener, Allan - author

Scholarships Available School Sisters of Nom' Dame SCHROEDER. Gloria (#2016)

SCHU LTZ. Margaret (#2149) Sciacca, Agrigento, Sicily

SCICLI Sci ndia - ship Scognamiglio. Leonardo SCOTT. Mary (#271)

Scotli, Antonio Scaled source documents issued by the

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Searching For Deeper Roots SEARCHI NG FOR YOUR ANCESTORS-

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Seeking Lost Relatives

Seeking Military Records

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Seeks Wedding Speech

Segale. Joseph

Seminary's library

Sempione ~ ship

Send letters to Unlguay by certi fi ed or registered mail

Sending money to Italy

Seneca. Angela Maria (Pillo)

Seneca. Biaggio

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Series or disasters Serio. Sal (# 1547)

Serrastreua. Catanzaro. Calabri a

Seton Hall University Library

Settlers rrom Latin countr ies of Europe

Seven illegi timate sons from a housekeeper SFORZA, Adrienne (#2134)

SGAMATO

SGAMMATO

SGANGA

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Ship - ALGERIA

Ship ~ America Ship ~ Borcondia

Ship - CASERTA

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Ship - Scindia Ship - Sempione

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Ship - Wisconsin

Ship arri va l at Port or New York

Ship passenger lists

Ship Passenger Lists and Record Group 6S Ship photos

Ships Arriving From Italian Pons to Ameri ca - book Shoemaker

Shoemaker named Polito

Shopping Center Show and Tell

SHOW and TELL night

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(we know where we were born .

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Sicily and Trentino - records fOlLnd early as 1520

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Sigonella (near Catania. Sicily)

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SIf\'ION. Erminia (#265)

Simonelli . Mario

Sin iscola (Nuoro-Sardina)

Sinopli. Father

Siracusa. Sicily

Sirica. Louis

Sirica. RarTae lla Au letta

Sisco. Robert (II 1712)

Sisler Joins POINT

Sisters of Charity Skanderbeg. George Kasl riola - Albanian leader

Slovenia Smerk, Ri ta (Del Genio)

Smith. Anna (#1482)

SM ITH. Gail (# 1124)

SM ITH. Lo is (#2089)

Smith. named changed 10 ..

Sm ith. Sister Diane (#1375)

Snowmobil ing in Yellowstone

So-ca ll ed Italian expert nevcr heard or POINTers

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SOCCODATO. Joscph (#2 125)

Social Security Administration. Letter Forwardi ng Unit

Social Security Death Index

Societa Abruzzi e Molise Femm ini le

Sociela Bruzzi e Molise Maschi le Societa di Mutio Soccorso Lombarda

Societa Di San Rocco

Societa Maria SS Madonna del Miracoli

Socicta Maschi le Maria SS die Pompei

Socicla Nat ivi Oi Potenza

Societa Pro Augusta

Sociela San Giovanni di Battista

Socicla Santa Fara

Socicta Sorana Maschilc

Socicla SS Crocili sso di Nicosia in Chicago. Illinois Societa Trapani Femmini le

Society Monte San Giulano Fcm.

Society MI Casalvcrana

Sodo. Eve Sofia. Francesco and Maria

Soglio d'Asti. Asti. Piemonte

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Son involved in soccer Sand rio. Lombardy

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Sonoma County. Calirornia Sons of Columbus, Counci l No 9 1

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Soria. Dr. Regina

Sorona Society I Sorrento

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Soundex Immigrant Passenger List SOURCE. The - A Guidebook or American Genealogy - b South America

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Southern Ca li rorn ia Genealogical Library

Southern Calirornia Gcnealogical Society

Southern California PO INTers

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SOllthern Italy Inp

Southern Paci fic

SOUlhern Tier Genealogy Society

Southwestern Italy

Southwestern Michigan

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Spain. Barcelona

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Spanish Basques

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Sparks. Nevada

Sparcne. Torino, Piemonte Special guests - Giancarlo and Emma PAGNI

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SPEZZANO. Christy (#280)

Spigno Satllrnia. Lat ina. Latium

SPINA

Spokane. Washington

Spollsor Spolo rno famil y plot in Bay S1. Louis. Mississippi

Spolorno lTlunicipal trash can Spotorno. Louis Natal Clement

Spotorno, Lu is Ac hi ll e

Spotorno. west or Genoa

Springrield , Massachusells

Springfield, Pennsylvania

Springville. NY

Squillace

Squi ll ante

Squillante, Aunt Sophie Aulella

Squi llante. Caroline

St. Anthony or Padova

S1. Cecilia's parish. Caspian. Michigan

St. Francis parish. Hoboken. NJ

S1. Georgio's Church in Modica Aha. Ragusa. Sic il y

S1. John 's Cemetery in Middle Vi llage. Queens. NY

St Joseph The Worker or Cinisi St. Joseph's Altar

S1. Louis. Missouri

SI. Mary's parish. At lantic Mines. Michigan

S1. Mary's parish. Calumet. Michigan

St. Paul Italian Lutheran Church SI. Petersburg, Florida

St. Timothy'S Catholic Cemetery. Pawcatuck. CT St. Vincent's College - la te r Loyola Univers ity

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Standard genealogy software format ca ll ed GEDCOM (GEnealogical Data COMmunicat ion)

Stanford Uni vers ity

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STtiAY. A. L. (#200 1)

Stockton. California

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Stone mason

Slone Park. Illinois

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Strea tor. Illinois

STROPOLO. Jacqueline (11 11 40)

Struggle and Success - book

Study by the Universi ty of Oklahoma Medical Center Success Story

Success With LDS Films

Success with match ing surnames

Success with my PRICKETT famil y research

SUGGESTION

Sull ivan. Mary Louise - author

Sumnlonte

Sun Valley. California

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Sutter's Creek. California

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Sweet Promised Land - book by Robert La.xa!!

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Sympathy

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Talamona

Tales of Falconara

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Tampa. Florida

Tangipahoa Parish. Louisiana near New Orleans

TAORMINA - ship Taranto. Apul ia

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Tastes Of Tuscany • book by Cav Liana Figone

Taylor Stephen TAYLOR, Rose Marie (#709)

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THOM PSON. Elton (11 11 64)

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TITT I. Joseph (11829)

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Torre del Greco. Naples Torre. Joseph

TORTORELLA Falllily of Molitcrno

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Box 85 Card iff MD 2 1024-1959 Patric ia T. Arv idson 800 Victori a Drive Woodstock IL 60098-2394 1965 Carol A. (Boni ni)Coughran 1515 Northaven Dri ve Jeffersonvill e IN 47 130-6128 1983 Lewis G.Schmidt 1464 North 39th Street Allentown PA 18 104-2126 1989 Beatrice S. Heimbuch 3433 Washi ngton Street Lansing IL 60438-23 17 1992 James B. (Jim) Grili o 12 Monitor Street North Babylon NY 11 703 -3706 2000 Dav id AugustineCoradazzi 824 Mohawk Drive Lynchburg VA 24502-2055 Linda Messina I-Io lda 1514 South Highl and Avenue Berwyn IL 60402-1426 2056 Frank J. Verducci 188 Goldfin ch Court Hackettstown NJ 07840-3047 2057 BonnieB ianchi 9336 Clipnock Road Stanard NY 14 143-9544 211 4 Louis S. Alfano 303 South Kennedy Road Sterling VA 20 164-2012 2122 Grace E. Deasy 12 Dolphin Drivc Latham NY 12 11 0-13 14 2143 Anthony Joseph Di Pasqualc 1003 Baqucra Court Rosev ill c CA 95678-7543 2145 DonnaCaseli a 250 West 57th Street. #230 I New York NY 10107-2152 Louis R. Ronz itti Box 1253 Port Ewen NY 12466-1253 2153 John W. Monzo 111 9 Mercy Street Phi ladelphi a PA 19 148-2157 Christi ne & Brian Eli a Box 478 Lakewood CA 907 14-0478 2167 Jud ith TavanoGardner 99 15 Ashburton Lane Bethesda MD 20817-2177 George B. Cipoll etti 4220 Hemlock Lane Titusv ill e FL 32780-2196 Susan D' Angelo Holbrook 2 14 Sunll ower Lane Islandia NY 11 722-1 635 2202 Tony Marsal a 205 New House Lane Ro und Lake Park IL 60073-2209 Dennis & GwendaleeCascio 232 North 500 West Logan UT 8432 1-22 15 Robert Martin Box 58 1 Forked Ri ver NJ 0873 1-2216 Robert Joseph Rota 26 1 East Chester St ree t Ki ngston NY 1240 1-22 17 Patricia Pesci Johnson 52 Evergreen Drive Streamwood IL 60 107-2879 2235 Pau l Frank Lenzi 19 Stu rg is Road Ke nda ll Park NJ 08824-1245 2244 EI izabeth Novelo Puzar 3362 Mira Vista Circle San Jose CA 95 132-2248 Joseph Marrocco 19 16 North Governors Lane Hollinan Estates IL 60195-2251 Edward F. Marolda 2 1 Stephanie Lanc Poughkeeps ie NY 12603-6029 2260 Rona ld Brucato 11 0 1 Collier Road, NW. #E3 Atlanta GA 303 18-227 1 Michae l E. Boggiatto 222 East Acacia Street Salinas CA 9390 1-2275 Maureen M. Raines 15064 Barkwood Drive Woodbridge VA 22193 -1 847 2276 Mary M.Anderson 248 Daugherty Run Road Warrcn PA 16365-2277 Robert C. (Iodice)M itroff 545 Maureen Lane Pleasant I-lill CA 94523-2278 Nata li zia A. (Natalie) Polios 2 Laurc l Court Hamilton Square NJ 08690-3354 2279 LouisColeli o 48 Meadowbrook Drive Lackawann a NY 142 18-2280 GloriaA lbamonte 11 955 Manor Drive Hawthorne CA 90250-2281 Michael S.Genovese 50 Daisy Avenue Floral Park NY 11 00 1-2282 David K. Falconi Box 359 Southborough MA 0 1772-2283 Jeffry P. La Marca 1147 1 Holl yva le Avcnue Victorv ill e CA 92392-9062 2284 Peter Meo 4 108 Ferran Dri ve Metairie LA 70002-2285 Kenneth R. Fiscell a 5904 Shore Acres Drive i3radenton FL 34209-1 454 2286 Anthony T. (Tony)Molin aro 2447 Peter Road Des Pl aines IL 60018-3912 2287 Robert B.Caldwe ll 3424 Craig Road Ann Arbor MI 48 103-2288 Christine LevetGerbel 3 143 Deer Meadow Dri ve Danville CA 94506-2289 Susan Huntoon 166 18 Brenton Oaks Drive Spring TX 77379-2290 Anthony B. Tontodonato 105 10 Edg~ l1lo lli Dri ve Adelphi MD 20783 -11 12 2291 Albert V. Pacchio li 51 Church Road Malvern PA 19355-1539 2292 Thomas S. Fusco 603 Li ncoln Street Rockville MD 20850-2293 Marie Fe licia (Pagan i)Meursinge 440 Foothill Avenue Sierra Madre CA 9 1024-2294 Scott L. Varcadipane 224 1 Sil ve rl eaf Drive, #2 Memph is TN 38 134-2295 Russe ll G. De Ritis 9436 Onion Patch Drive Burke VA 220 15-4509 2296 John Prave Box 139 - Spri ngport Cove Un ion Springs NY 13 160-0139 2297 Cheryl A. (Ventura) Conway 112 South 5th Aven ue Highl and Park NJ 08904-2607 2298 A. G.Satariano 1269 Redondo Drive San Jose CA 95 125-3533 2299 Michele Picozzi Box 4972 1 Co lorado Springs CO 80949-2300 Gildo E. Fato 515 Ash Street Liben yv ill e IL 60048-2706 2301 Elisa A. Ulino 6 100 Wes tchester Park Drive, # 1807 Co llege Park MD 20740-2302 Louise M. Juliani 3 103 South Street Canon City CO 812 12-9 137 2303 Rose M. Colombo 22 19 Sublclle Avenue St. Lo uis MO 63 11 0-2924 2304 Dan iel E. Niemiec 57 Washington Blvd. , #2 12 Munde lein IL 60060-2305 Jill A. Hahn 1429 Hawks Landing Drive Knoxv ille TN 3793 1-2306 Marie Mattera 202 - 8th Street North Brigantine NJ 08203 -3123 2307 Donald E. Vocca 23 Kauai Coun SW Pataskala OH 43062-2308 Robert Lee Alvey 236 17 Archibald Aven ue Carson CA 90745 -2309 Joseph D. Macri 827 Fisher Road Grosse Pointe MI 48230-23 10 Pamela R. Mi lani 160 1 South 16th Street Centerv ille IA 52544-23 11 Philli p J. Spackman 120 1 North 9th Street. # 15 Mt. Vcrnon WA 98273 -23 12 Frank S. Vac irca 32 Fair St reet Newburypon MA 01950-

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Scoglio 5171 Trevor St reet Eugene OR 97402-2327 Lenarda Ferraro De Mania 14047 Bobwh ite Court Cincinn at i 0 1-1 45242-63 19 2328 John J. Liccardello 25067 Mari lyn Warren MI 48089-2329 George D. Lusardi 225 16 Butl er Drive Saucier MS 39574-9407 2330 Donald A. Na ples 307 Chann ing Way Alameda CA 94502-233 1 Philip F. Ventresca 40 Swanson Terrace Stoughton MA 02072-2332 Maryann Caliri 132 East 35 th Street. # I OC New York NY 100 16-2333 Grace Basham II 01 Cen tre Parkway. #1340 Lex ington KY 40517 -2334 Darl a L. (Casertano) Blevins 31 Deer Hi ll Road Hamden CT 065 18-2335 Joseph P. Napoleon 16437 Canberra Court Hacienda Heights CA 9 1745-2336 James A. (J im) Di Donato 6 Laurel Road Haydenv ille MA 01039-9732 2337 Francis C. Dattolico 708 Chickory Drive Mt. Laurel NJ 08054-4926 2338 James Lawson Stevens 1013 Deodara Coun Dav is CA 956 16-2339 John R. Erario 125 South Harri son Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15202-3740 2340 Leonard A. Rizzolo 1282 Capstan Drive Forked River NJ 0873 1-20 16 234 1 Dav id Michae l Latini Box 99 11 Stanford CA 94309-169 1 2342 Mary A. Lambruschi 15 Arlington Drive Croton-on-Hudson NY 10520-300 1 2343 Girard M.Anni no 26 16 North Highl and Avenue Arlington Heights IL 60004-2344 Joseph A. Rodgers 11 9 Ridge Road Branchville NJ 07826-2345 Andrea J. West 6947 Drywood Way Orangevale CA 95662-2346 Lawrence J. Rasero 33 Belmont Drive Hockessi n DE 19707-2347 Marion C. (Simmons) Wh ittenburg 27 Upper Moun ta in Avenue. #3 Montclair NJ 07042-2348 Carl os D. Marapod i 354 North 280 Wes t Orem UT 84057-2349 Janice (M ustacchio) I3edig 13454 Moorpark Street. #2 Sherman Oaks CA 91423 -2350 Larry S. Fermi 36 Carmel Way Eatontown NJ 07724-235 1 Betty Dreitl ein 938 Love ll Avenue Campbell CA 95008-59 16 2352 Hilda Baldacci Rohmann 382 1 Arthur Avenue Brookfield IL 605 13-2353 Anthony La Bell a 703 Palmer Cou rt, # I A Mamaroneck NY 10543 -2354 Saverio G. Mortati 215 Manhattan Avenue Tuckahoe NY 10707-2355 Peggy H. Montano 1234 Monte Sano Blvd., Huntsvi lle AL 3580 1-2356 Patr iciaTherkelson 4828 Parry Avenue Rac ine WI 53402-2428 2357 Michelle R. Giuliano 200 North Arl ington Heights Road, #203 Arlington Heights IL 60004-2358 Thomas A. R. (Tom)A lbano 1305 1 SW 17 Court Miramar FL 33027-2359 Mary E. (Bucci) Bush 1007 Palm Terrace Pasadena CA 91104-2360 Pau l All an Vodola 10708 Midsummer Dri ve Res ton VA 2209 1-236 1 Cecilia Glorious 10620 We ll wo rth Avenue Los Angeles CA 90024-2362 Robert 1. Citare ll a 48 Wes t Pine Road Staatsburg NY 12580-2363 Sam laqui nta 11322 Meridian Avenue North, #13 Seattl e WA 98 133-8543 2364 Rose Y. (Fusano) Butler 104 14 NE 197th Stree t Bothell WA 980 11-2365 Edward P. Barranco 4 18 South 11th Street Phi ladelphia PA 19147-1 244 2366 Sharon L. Adams 394 Burton Avenue Washington PA 15301 -2367 Antoinette M. 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Benoi t 995 Mountain Creek Trail NW Atlanta GA 30328-2397 Eva MarieChiro 11 43 Ch urchill Road Lyndhurs t 0 1-1 44124-

POINT Surname Data Base 1995 - Part Two

IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ THIS !

If the surnames that you have submitted to the POINT Italian Surname Data Base do not appear in this list of surnames,

- or -

If you are looking for a particular surname and cannot find it in this list of surnames,

and you don't know why,

please be sure to read 1.) and 2.) below very carefully

and also, see How To Use The POINT Lists on the inside of the Front Cover.

This list of surnames includes:

1.) All new surnames added to the POINT Italian Surname Data Base since the last issue of POINTers.

2.) All surnames in the POINT Italian Surname Data Base that have had area of origin data changed since the last issue of POINTers.

Every surname in the POINT Italian Surname Data Base appears in each Annual Directory, which is published every February.

We remind all POINT members that surnames entered into the POINT Italian Surname Data Base must fulfill each of the following requirements:

1 - Only Italian surnames

2 - Only surnames with some re lationship to the POINT member

3 - Only surnames actively being researched by the POINT member

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2313 Ambrosini LO 1965 Capell azza Gotera PR ER 2337 D' Atto li co Binetto BA AI' 2235 Ambrosio Balvano PZ BA 22 16 Capeluto CS CL 2320 D' Elia *** Teggiano SA CP 1955 Angelastro Grav ina <Ii Pu BA AI' 22 16 Cap illuto CS CL 2327 D' Onofrio '*' Castel Franco BN CP 1189 Ange li ni Lucca LU TU 22 16 Capil uta CS CL 11 89 DalPino Lucca LU TU 2343 Annino SR SI 22 16 Capiluto CS CL 306 Darin Davego BL VE 1965 Antognett i Pieve di Cam PR ER 2366 Capo *** Aquara SA CP 808 De Barbieni Moconice GE Ll 2314 Antol ino * AB 2122 Capra PA SI 9 15 De Carlini 1965 Antoniett i *** Pieve di Cam PR ER 2347 Capuano NA CP 2306 De Carlo AB 2383 Anzalone ** Ventimiglia PA SI 23 18 Capurro *** GE LI 2371 De Cesare Casal in contra PE AB 2287 Arata *** Montepegli GE LI 850 Cardarelli Fontegreca CE CP 2 11 4 De Cristofaro ** Vasto CH AB 2287 Ardito Montepegli GE LI 2365 Cardell ino Castel di San AQ AB 2 122 De John PA SI 2057 Ardizzone S. Maria di Li CT SI 2332 Cardone S. Fele PZ BA 306 De Lorenzo Lorenzago BL VE 2275 Argenta *** Pedavena I3L VE 2383 Carioli Sorrento NA CP 1885 De Martini Lorisca GE LI 2216 Aronne Fegline Vegla CS CL 1286 Carlino ** Castronl ippo AG SI 2289 De Napol i Mod ugno BA AI' 9 15 Aversano 2362 Casaburo Nocera Inferi SA CP 2 11 4 De Natale * Palermo PA SI

2271 Azzol ini VI VE 2334 Casertano NA CP 2 152 De Rienzo Agnone CB MO 1965 Baduini PR ER 2122 Cassalllano Cerda PA SI 2295 De Ritis **** Paglieta CH AB 2352 Baldacci **** Barga LU TU 9 15 Castagnola 2383 De Rosa ** CP 2397 Balzano , Galli cchio PZ BA 2275 Caste ll as Vi ll a Bruno BL VE 2338 De Rudi o BL VE 2321 Band iera 2275 Castell az Vill a Bruno BL VE 2329 De Santis 2387 Barbero *** TO PI 2342 Castriana Isernia IS MO 2365 De Stefano ** Ariano Irpino AV CP 2307 Barbiero S. Croce TN TR 911 Castro *** Palermo PA SI 2358 Del Gen io PZ BA 2339 Barbone Acerra CE CP 911 Castro *** Ragusa RG SI 2392 Delaquil a 23 18 Baroni 23 18 Cataldo 2350 Dell a Valli PC ER 2365 Barranco Caltanisse tta CL SI 1955 Catalino Palo del Colle BA AI' 227 1 Dell amaria TR 1688 Bartella Marano Marc CS CL 23 19 Catuogno S. Rocco NA CP 9 11 Denaro Modica RG SI 1950 Basile ** Casabona CZ CL 1025 Cauli Casalanguida CH AB 2288 Derosa 2289 Benedetto *** Toritto BA AI' 235 1 Cauz Sacil e PN FR 2288 Derose 22 17 Berghinetti So lignano PR ER 2352 Cecchini Barga LU TU 2235 Desa Balvano PZ BA

39 1 Bertogli Boccassuo lo MO ER 1955 Ccci Palo del Coll e BA AI' 23 18 Devoti 39 1 Bertoletti Fonteno BG LO 1848 Cervone Caste ll o di Ci CE CP 2288 Devuono Ap rigliano CS CL

2342 Bertoli *** MS TU 2342 Chiarella Ti riolo CZ CL 2306 Di Blasio 915 Besenval 1885 Chi gliso la Cicagna GE L1 1680 Di Carlo * Pietracate ll a CB MO

2315 Beltoli Azzano Deci UD FR 2271 Chinchele VI VE 2289 Di Ceglie Modugno BA AI' 2152 Bevilacqua ** Vasto CH AB 23 15 Chi ozzotto Azzano Deci UD FR 1025 Di Crescenzo *** Lama dei Pel i CH AB 2057 Bianchi *** Vill avalle lon AQ AB 2397 Chiro Rocca lumera ME SI 1025 Di Donato **** Taranta Pelig CH AB 23 18 Bianchi Ebol i SA CP 2390 Cianferri PA SI 21 14 Di Foglio Vasto CH AB 2152 Bianco **** Naples NA CP 23 18 Ciani Ebo li SA CP 2397 Di Francesco ** Montenerdom AB 23 18 Bianco 2 152 Cieri Vasto CH AB 2397 Di Franco Rionero Sann CB MO 2315 Biancolin Azzano Deci UD FR 2 152 Cimmino Acerra CE CP 2291 Di Giampietro Citta S. Angel PE AB 1965 Bicocch i Gotera PR ER 233 1 Cipriani SI 2114 Di Guglielmo Vasto CH AB 1965 Bicocchi S. Vincenzo PR ER 2324 Circo S. Biagio Plat AG SI 1680 Di Ielsi Pietracatella CB MO 2235 Bifulco Ottaviano NA CP 2362 Citarell a Nocera In feri SA CP 1680 Di Iorio *** Pietracatell a CB MO 232 1 Bignoli 228 1 Claps Av igli ano PZ BA 2285 Di Iorio '** Marrone del CB MO 23 18 Bisso 2348 Clemente Rocell a RC CL 2345 Di Lauro 2348 Boba Rocell a RC CL 2339 Coco ** SR SI 2291 Di Lorenzo ** Contigliano RJ LA 227 1 Boche All ain AO AV 2057 Cocuzzi Vil lava ll elon AQ AB 2327 Di Maina Ariano AV CP 2293 Bogani Fenegro CO LO 1965 Coffr ini S. Vincenzo PH. ER 2 122 Di Maria *** Cerda PA SI

306 Bomben Zoppola UD FR 2057 Coia Vill ava llelon AQ AB 2368 Di Mice li Contessa Ente PA SI 227 1 Bonato ** Tresche Conc VI VE 2397 Colangelo Busso CB MO 2 11 4 Di Natale ** Palermo PA SI 2157 Bonura *** Con tess a Ente PA SI 1680 Colasessano f'rosolone CB MO 2235 Di Pasca Balvano PZ BA 232 1 Bordin TV VE 2285 Colasurda Marrone de l CB MO 2324 Di Prima *** Bompietro PA SI 1965 Borelli Pi eve di Cam PR ER 2327 Colombo Bivona AG SI 2 152 Di Prospero Vasto CH AB 23 18 Borosco 9 15 Columbo 1540 Di Stefano ** Ciorlano CE CP 2057 Borzi Nico losi CT SI 2342 Conca Gagli ano CZ CL 2365 Di Stefano ** Ariano Irpino AV CP 232 1 Bottarelli AN MA 22 17 Con ligl i Solignano PR ER 2 196 Do ino **** Bella PZ BA 2289 Bozzi Modugno BA AI' 2286 Conforti 1540 Do lce Marzano App CE CP 1540 Brancaccio Marzano App CE CP 2366 Consolillagno Aquara SA CP 2379 Do lcimascolo Licata AG SI 1540 Brancaccio Baia e Latina CE CP 2325 Conti NA CP 227 1 Dovighi VI VE 1965 Branderisi Pieve di Cam PR ER 238 1 Conti Morciano FO ER 227 1 Ducley Etroubl es AO AV 1965 Bratesani S. Vincenzo PR ER 2275 Conz **** Ces io Maggio BL VE 1540 Episcopo S. Arsenio SA CP 2314 Brescia 2333 Coppini PT TU 2339 Erario Acerra CE CP 2351 Brieda Sac il e PN FR 2000 Coradazzi Udinc VR VE 2315 Fabri s Azzano Deci UD FR 2000 Broggi ** CO LO 1680 Cordone Pietracate ll a CB MO 1992 Failla ** Aicaillo TP SI 2362 Bruno *** Nocera In feri SA CP 2366 Cornello Aquara SA CP 2282 Falcioni CB MO 1965 Brusch i *** Pi eve di Cam PR ER 205 7 Corona Vi ll ava llelon AQ AB 211 4 Falvio Vasto CH AB 1680 Buccella *** Frosolone CB MO 2297 Coscarell a S Marco Arg CS CL 2378 Fanone **** Settefrati FR LA 2359 BUCCI ** Call1pochiaro CB MO 1688 Coselllino *** Marano Marc CS CL 23 14 Fasciano 2275 Bude! **** Cesio Maggio BL VE 2348 Coslare lli Lore tto AN MA 2307 Fasu la NA CP 23 15 Buroll a Azzano Deci UD FR 2275 Costell o Vi lla Bruno BL VE 2300 Fata S Fili CS CL 1623 Cacciola "** Ail ano CE CP 2000 Cov iello *** Av igliano PZ BA 2300 Fato Marano Marc CS CL

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2379 Favata Campo franco CL SI 2385 lezza S. Polomatese CB MO 1532 Massaro ••• Capodrise CE CP 2388 Federi co •• SI 1623 Imbroglia Ai lano CE CP 9 15 Massaro 2351 Fedrigo Sacile PN FR 2394 Imbronone Balestrate PA SI 2057 Mastrell a Villaval lelon AQ AB 2350 Fermi Roncaglia PC ER 1623 Imundi Pratella CE CP 2306 Mattera Ischia NA CP 2235 Fernicola Buccino SA CP 2345 Izzo 2337 Mattiace Binelto BA AP 2350 Ferrari •• PC ER 2353 La Bel la CZ CL 2348 Mazzaferro Roce ll a RC CL 2057 Ferrari • Villavallelon AQ AB 2349 La Cava S. Nicola de ll' CZ CL 2057 Mazzagli a Nicolosi CT SI 2327 Ferraro •• Cianciana AG SI 2289 La Forg ia Toritto BA AI' 39 1 Mazzuchelli Solto Collina BG LO 1506 Ferri •• Castelciv ita SA CP 2057 La Piana Biancav ill a CT SI 1810 Meli ••• Mcssoujuso PA SI 2287 Figari S. Quilico GE Ll 915 La Rosa 2284 Meo Castel Vetran TP SI 23 19 Filangieri Palermo PA SI 2383 La Spisa Ventimig lia PA SI 1426 Mess ina •••• Mess ina ME SI 2319 Filingeri Palermo PA SI 2364 Lacasella Adel fa - Cann BA AI' 2285 Miele Sassano SA CI' 2285 Fiscella Nicosia EN SI 2318 Lagamorsini 23 10 Mil ani 2323 Focarino •••• Godrano I'A SI 2318 Lagomarsino GE Ll 1992 Milito Alcamo TP SI 2332 Fonzeca S. Fele PZ BA 2342 Lambruschi Fivizzano MS TU 2379 Minardi Campo franco CL SI 1885 Foppiano Cicagna GE Ll 1540 Landolfi Baia e La tina CE CP 2057 Mirabell a • Catani a CT SI 1071 Fornel la Del laca Coassolo TO PI 1965 Lanza S. Vi ncenzo I'R ER 2344 Misiano Casabona CZ CL 1506 Forziati Castelci vita SA CI' 2196 Lanzetta Bell a PZ BA 2364 Modugno Adel fa - Cann BA AI' 2310 Franchi Gal li cano LU TU 2348 Lasana Rocel la RC CL 2297 Mogavero •• SI 2291 Francia • Greccio Rl LA 2289 Lasquadro Toritto BA AI' 2286 Molinaro • 1965 Franza Campi di Alb I'R ER 2341 Latin i •• LA 2152 Moline Vasto CH AB 1965 Franza Barbigarezza PR ER 2320 Latino Naples NA CI' 2305 Mondin 2332 Franzese S. Fele PZ BA 2341 Latino LA 2356 Montanaro 2397 Franzese • S. Giuli ano d CB MO 237 1 Lattanzio Tocco Casaur PE AB 2355 Montano I'erticara PZ BA 2359 Fratini Montemarcia AN MA 2289 Laudo Modugno BA AI' 2344 Morelli ••• Casabona CZ CL 915 Fricia 2056 Legato Boval ino RC CL 1532 Morie llo Capodrise CE CP

2352 Funai Barga LU TU 1965 Leonardi ••• Barbigarezza PR ER 2354 Mortati Civ ita CS CL 2348 Furfaro Rocella RC CL 1965 Leonard i ••• Caffaraccia PR ER 229 1 Moscon i • Contigliano RI LA 2321 Furiase AN MA 2299 Leonardo Marzano App CE CP 2343 Muratori • ME SI 2364 Fusano Adelfa - Cann BA AI' 808 Levaronne Serra GE Ll 238 1 Muratori • Morciano FO ER 2292 Fusco • CL 2348 Lia •• Rocella RC CL 2276 Musante ••• GE Ll 2216 Gabriele Rogli ano CS CL 2328 Liccardello Catani a CT SI 23 10 Musantc • 2323 Galanti Balestrate PA SI 2328 Licciardello Catan ia CT SI 23 18 Muscio Lent ini SR SI 2359 Galavotti Montemarcia AN MA 2324 Lio •••• Petral ia Sopra PA SI 2348 Muscolo Roce ll a RC CL

91 1 Galfo Modica RG SI 2244 Lo Dico •• S. Flav ia PA SI 2057 Musolino Nicolosi CT SI 2321 Ga lleran i VE 1992 Lo Porto Alcamo TP SI 2349 Mustacchio ••• S. Nicola dell' CZ CL 1965 Gandi Pieve di Cam PR ER 23 19 Lo Primo Palermo PA SI 2285 Mustil lo Marrone del CB MO 2318 Garbarini 2298 Lo Prizzi Trabia PA SI 2306 Nave

915 Gardella 1965 Lombard i Pieve di Cam PR ER 1989 Nessci Falconara Alb CS CL 2196 Garfi Buccheri SR SI 2348 Lombardo ••• Rocella RC CL 107 1 Niclotto Coassolo TO PI 2286 Garifo • 2378 Lombardo •• Trapani TP SI 1965 Noberini Pieve di Cam PR ER 2285 Garigliano Nicos ia EN SI 2298 Loprinzi Trab ia PA SI 2362 Nobi le Lauro SA CP 2315 Gasparet Azzano Deci UD FR 2289 Losacomo Modugno BA AI' 2362 Nobil e • Nocera In feri SA CP 2315 Gasparotto Azzano Deci UD FR 2347 Lubrano Procida NA CP 1848 Nocerino Castello di Ci CE CP 2382 Gatto ••• Lago CS CL 1810 Lucania Lercari Fridd i PA SI 2352 Notini Barga LU TU 228 1 Genovese •••• Av igl iano PZ BA 2333 Luci PT TU 1950 Nove llo Casabona CZ CL 2329 George 2000 Lucia ••• Av igliano PZ BA 2324 Nugara S. Biagio Plat AG SI 2244 Geraci ••• PA SI 2122 Luggiano SI 2352 Nut ini ••• Barga LU TU 2333 Gherardeschi S. Piero in Vi PT TU 2329 Lusardi 9 15 Olivari • 2321 Giacanni 1025 Macario Lama de i Pe li CH AB 22 16 Olive ti Rogliano CS CL 2288 Giacoletto ••• Cintano TO PI 2303 Macch i ••• Castellanza VA LO 1965 Ortenzi • Todi PU UM 2313 Giacomina LO 2303 Macch i •• MI LO 1540 Ottav iano Ciorlano CE CP 2397 Giammaria Rionero San n CB MO 9 15 Macchi 229 1 Pacchioli Citta S. Angel PE AB 1680 Giancarla Frosolone CB MO 2288 Machione Belsito CS CL 9 11 Pacetti Naples NA CI' 2383 Giancola Ventimiglia PA SI 2318 Maci Lentini SR SI 873 Pac ini ••• Bientina LU TU 1723 Giardi Talamello PS MA 2358 Maettn •• SA CP 1965 Paganardo Tarsogno PR ER 1506 Giardi ni Castelcivita SA CP 2235 Magaldi Buccino SA CP 2293 Pagani Fenegro CO LO 2114 Gioja Vasto CH AB 1224 Maggi Monopo li BA AI' 2275 Pagnussat Pedavena BL VE 2289 Giorgia Toritto BA AI' 1224 Maggio Monopo li BA AI' 9 15 Paill et 2394 Giorlando Alcamo TP SI 2371 Malandra Casal incontra PE AB 2057 Palermo •• S. Maria di Li CT SI 2302 Giorno ••• Marano Marc CS CL 2387 Malluquin Gignod AO AV 1965 Pallato Campi di Alb PR ER 2288 Giovando Ci ntano TO PI 2339 Mancarella 2348 Palmeri Roce ll a RC CL 1965 Giovannazzi Pieve di Cam PR ER 1623 Mancino ••• Pratella CE CP 23 19 Palmi eri ••• Termini I'A SI 2356 Girardi 2342 Manelli CZ CL 2362 Palumbo •• Nocera Inferi SA CP 2302 Giulian i Monte Fortin AI' MA 2286 Mangiacavall o 1680 Pandi ll a Frosolone CB MO 2373 Giurbino Piazza Ameri EN SI 2285 Mangialomini Castel Vet ran TP SI 306 Panegai Zoppola UD FR 2057 Gizzi ••• Vill avallelon AQ AB 2276 Mangi ni ••• Torr iglia GE Ll 2342 Pansini CZ CL 2302 Gizzi 2390 Maraldo 2289 Pantaleo Modugno BA AI' 2361 Glorioso ... Campofel ice PA SI 2318 Marano •• Ebo li SA CP 2342 Paone Tiriolo CZ CL 1989 Gnisci •••• Falconara Alb CS CL 2348 Marcc llino Rocella RC CL 21 14 Paratore Palermo PA SI 2291 Go nnell a Greccio RI LA 2 11 4 Marche ri sio Vasto CH AB 1680 Pasquale ••• Pietracatell a CB MO 2318 Granata • Lentini SR SI 2326 Marchese •• S. Lucia del ME SI 227 1 Paste PI 2318 Granato 2352 Marcucci Barga LU TU 227 1 Pasti PI 2350 Gromigni PC ER 2380 Marenghi 1680 Paulucci Frosolone CB MO 2350 Grossi PC ER 2380 Marengo 2285 Pavia Castel Vetran TI' SI 2216 Gual tieri ••• Fegl ine Vegla CS CL 2284 Maretta Palazzo Adria PA SI 23 16 Pedroli Switz 2348 Guarneri Rocella RC CL 2384 Marinelli Lucera FG AI' 22 16 Pellegrino ••• Fegline Vegla CS CL 2388 Guccione 2368 Marino •• SI 2327 Pensato Bivona AG SI

915 Gudelicato 2315 Mariuz •• Azzano Deci UD FR 2318 Perazzo GE Ll 1723 Guidi Penabill i PS MA 2348 Marrapod i Rocella RC CL 2 11 4 Perrozzi Vasto CH AB 2292 Gulli CL 2368 Marrone •• Palazzo Adria PA SI 168 Perucca •••• Coassolo TO PI 2349 Guzzo ••• S. Nico la dell' CZ CL 2000 Martinclli •• Avigliano PZ BA 235 1 Pcruch Sacil e PN FR 185 1 Iannotti S. Agata dei BN CP 2323 Martini cco Balestra te PA SI 238 1 Petitti PI 1848 lan uale •• Castello di Ci CE CP 1680 Maselli ••• Pietracatell a CB MO 1965 Pctroloti Fabriano AN MA 2374 Iarocci Bonefro CB MO 2318 Masi ll o Eboli SA CP 2362 Pctros ino Nocera Inferi SA CP

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2327 Petruccel l i Cas lei Franco BN CP 23 19 Sotia Pal crmo PA SI 2299 Picozzi Marzano App CE CP 1506 Soldan i Caslelcivila SA CP 2327 Pieliapoco Senigallia AN MA 2347 Somma *** Bacoli NA CP 1680 Pi ll arella **** Pietracate ll a CB MO 2347 Somma *** Cappe ll a NA CP 2397 Pinto * Busso CB MO 23 18 Soracio 2244 Pitti PA SI 915 Sorrenti no 1680 Pondetti Pietracatella CI3 MO 2348 Spa l~lI · i Rocel la RC CL 1532 Pontillo Capodrise CE CP 2334 Spicacci CL 1848 Porcaro * Pomigliano D NA CP 1532 Sporaso Capod ri se CE CP 2319 Potenzano Termi ni PA SI 1848 Spos ito Pomigli ano D NA CP 2348 Pregno Isola D'Asti AT PI 1532 Stallato Capodrise CE CP 2291 Presutti *** Cilla S. Angel PE AB 2348 Stefano Rocella RC CL 1950 Principe Dipignano CS CL 2286 Storino 2289 Priore Modugno BA AI' 2301 Taddeo 2143 Privitera **** Valle Dolmo PA SI 2271 Tafller Trcnto TN TR 1965 Proietti **** Terni PU UM 105 1 Tambone Vaglio Basi li PZ SA 1955 Quartodipalo l3itonto BA AI' 23 16 Tampico li Swi 1955 Quartodipalo Grav ina di Pu SA AI' 2289 Tarantino Modugno BA AI' 1955 Quartodipalo Palo del Colle SA AI' 1532 Tartagl ione Capodrise CE CP 2384 Ragone SA CP 2000 Telesca **** Av igliano PZ BA 2302 Ranaldi Cornucanza AI' MA 2284 Ticona Castel Vetran TP SI 915 Real 2383 Timpone PZ BA

2380 Renaldi 1848 Tonelli Avezzano AQ AB 1965 Restani Campi di Alb PR ER 2350 Tortelotti PC ER 2057 Ricci *** Vill ava ll elon AQ AB 2348 Toscano ** Rocella RC CL 1810 Riggio ** Palazzo Adria PA SI 2348 Tred ici Rocella RC CL 2340 Rizzolo Calabritto AV CP 306 Trel110nti Lorenzago BL VE 1885 Romaggi Romaggi GE LI 2281 Trentalange **** Campobasso CB MO 2285 Romano -* Castel Vetran TP SI 1965 Truffe ll i Tarsogno PR ER 2397 Ross i ** Montenerdom AB 2301 Ulino 2355 Rossi Perticara PZ BA 2348 Ur lino Roce ll a RC CL 2315 Rotelli Azzano Deci UD FR 2390 Urgo *** PZ BA 2385 Rotundo Guardia Regi CB MO 2299 Urs ill o Marzano App CE CP 915 Roveyaz 2307 Vacca **- IS MO

1965 Rugalli Gotera PR ER 2152 Valenti ni ** Vasto CH AB 2303 Ruggeri Cuggiono MI LO 2152 Valenti ni ** Pianogrande TE AB 2348 Ruschioni Camerano AN MA 227 1 Valliero TR 2235 Russ ill o Baraggiano 1532 Vasanola Capodrise CE CP 2302 Russo * 915 Vasconi 2275 Sacchet SL VE 2331 Ventresca *- AB 2295 Sacchetti Roseto Val fo r FG AI' 2297 Ventura ** S. Marco Arg CS CL 2157 Sacco ** Contessa Ente PA SI 1965 Venturini S. Vincenzo PR ER 2288 Sacco ** Belsito CS CL 2350 Vernasca Carponetto PC ER 2291 Sagazio Ci tta S. Angel PE AB 2000 Verrastro *** Avigliano PZ BA 2235 Salbitani Tolve PZ BA 227 1 Vescovi *** Campo Rever VI VE 2379 Salvaggio 2384 Vesnaver 2397 Salvatore * S. Giuli ano d CB MO 2365 Vinc iquerra *** Ariano Irpi no AV CP 915 Samuch 2323 Viscardi * * * * Godrano PA SI

1921 Sandraciere Avig li ano PZ BA 2348 Vita le ** Rocella RC CL 2334 Sanfilippo ** PA SI 915 Vizioli 2235 Santaluce l3a lvano PZ BA 2235 Volpe ** Buccino SA CP 2325 San tan iello *** NA CP 2286 Volpentes ta 2288 Santo 41 Vottero Foresto di Su TO PI 1680 Santopolo Pietracatella CS MO 23 I 5 Zaghis Azzano Deci UD FR 2281 Santoro * Campobasso CB MO 2321 Zanell a *** TV VE 2114 Santulli Monteforte Ir AV CP 306 Zanell a Domegge 2143 Saquasta Montemaggio PA SI 1965 Zanelli Tarsogno PR ER 2358 Sarano PZ BA 2329 Zazzali 2390 Sarli CL 2378 Zezima * * * * Sellefrati FR LA 2152 Sarno ** Acerra CE CP 2292 Zovagli a CL 2386 Sartori * Asiago VI VE 1723 Zucchi Penab illi PS MA 1955 Savino .** Palo del Co lle SA AI' 2350 Zude Lel11 0se PC ER 1955 Sav ino *** Gravina di Pu BA AP 185 1 Scafi S. Padre FR LA 2348 Scali Roce ll a RC CL 1025 Scalino Palena CI-I AB 2361 Scandola Erbezzo VR VE 2378 Scarmato Palli ME SI 915 Schiaffino

2284 Schiro *'* Palazzo Ad ria PA SI 2342 Sciumbata Tiriolo CZ CL 2326 Scoglio S. Lucia del ME SI 2276 Scrivani Rondan1l1a GE Ll 2349 Scrivano S. Nicola dell' CZ CL 1810 Sen no S. Nicola la S CE CP 2217 Serventi Solignano PI ER 238 1 Severino CP 2122 Sharrino PA SI 2319 Simiole S. Rocco NA CP 2348 Simone ** RocelJa RC CL 2348 Simonell i Camerano AN MA 2310 Si monini Ga lJi cano LU TLJ 2386 Sl llIgagl la 2244 Siragusa I'A SI 2288 Socco '** Bel sito CS CL

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