I know that Borgo Nuovo means "New Road", and humorously this means nothing in terms of Monteleone being a medieval hill town to a North American Canadian. I remain curious if anyone has any idea when this particular Borgo Nuovo was established. I am curious because it might yield some clue as to ...

Hello. Just stumbling about here as I found the site just today. Searched, of course, for Ruggerio and Puglia and this thread came up.

I am Canadian. My grandfather came from Italy as a boy, a young man, I guess, in 1912. He was born in Puglia as a Ruggiero around 1895. I don't know his fathers ...