Laura,

I think you are on to something. I took another look at my charts and the info I have on this family from here. His oldest child was JULIA born here in CT in 1902.

Using the census birth date of 1866 for Guiseppe Papa, that would make him 42 when the first child was born, which seems like ...

Hello Everyone

You guys have helped me a great deal and now I wonder if you have any suggestions for this dilema...........

Usually when I am lucky enough to find an ancestor’s ship manifest, it lists either town of birth or last town of residence.

I have an ancestor where neither of those is ...

I have TARTAGLIONE in my tree but haven't done enough yet to know if we'd connect.

My ancestor is Guiseppe Tartaglione born 1875 Caserta, Italy. He was a coal dealer. He came over in 1908 and settled in the New Haven CT area.

My website I am working on is below if you want to check it out and sign ...

Oh my God, you people are amazing! The info that you provided led to leads to other related lines that I am following. And I was able to solve a mystery that has been bugging me for months.

Thank you thank you!

That is probably the americanized spelling. I have seen variant spellings used among the family.

I visited the cemetery today and Vito's headstone spells it CAGGIANELLO.

He came over here from Castelfranco in 1899. many of them settled in Bridgeport, CT but I don't understand yet how they are all ...

I have CAGGANELLOs who settled around Bridgeport CT n the early 1900's. Anyone here researching that name?

Wow--Thank you everyone! I am overwhelmed.

I wasted a couple of days at the library looking at the census and found the family in 1930 but not 1920 or 1910, I was very confused by this, because I KNOW that they lived in NEw Haven -- two of their children are still alive and assured me that they ...

Hello

I just ordered family tree maker software to help me organize this family history project.

Has anyone used this? Also I have been told that it interacts with online resources and I wonder if anyone has had any success with that, especially in terms of Italian genealogy.

Your opinions ...

WOW! Thank you Deb! You have spared me a few grey hairs.

I am looking for both US and italian records, but mainly Italian.

I was recently told that the LDS church has a lot of info on Facchio and the people there, but I just heard this yesterday and haven't followed up on it yet.

Then I stumbled ...

Greetings,

I am new to this board and have undertaken a family history project for my uncle.

His mother was Raffaela Onofrio who was born in Faicchio/Benevento around 1894. Her parents were Giovanni Onofrio and Anna Gianotti.

Raffaela came to the USA at some point and married Antonio Perillo in ...