Love your breakdown of the Italian sense of identity-- municipal, regional, and then national. You see it also during things like the palio--- suddenly there is the fierce loyalty to neighborhood that takes precedence over the town as a whole.
Hi dear, it was great to be in the archive with you, and your picture of Lea is beautiful, it makes her look like a lovely, sweet cat, while the truth is that GOSH she munched pages!!! Not the old ones, luckily (too smelly for her, perhaps). I was so scared that she would damage the old registers! Or even that she would throw my camera down the table, as she attempted to, but I luckily stopped her. Don Adolfo and Silvana were really amazing and typical Italian, I think :) I will organize the photos and send them to you very soon, I promise. Have a nice weekend!
I love following your genealogy journey, Cheryl! Keep the accounts coming... I've been enjoying the insights into your neck of the woods in Italy as well.
Cheryl--Brava for your genealogical research, and I do want to hear more. This is what I do now too, for my family and to help others. One mystery in my family is about my paternal great grandfather who was allegedly a brigand in southern Calabria during the War for unification. He supposedly fought against Garibaldi in favor of the Borboni monarchy, but this is difficult to prove, only family stories. The one interesting tidbit that lends more evidence to the story is a film made by the noted Italian director Mario Camerini called I Briganti Italiani (English title: The Seduction of the South). The main role of my grandfather was played by none other than Ernest Borgnine. Whether it is fact or fiction still remains to sort out, so more documentation is needed. Wish me luck..
Love your breakdown of the Italian sense of identity-- municipal, regional, and then national. You see it also during things like the palio--- suddenly there is the fierce loyalty to neighborhood that takes precedence over the town as a whole.
Hi dear, it was great to be in the archive with you, and your picture of Lea is beautiful, it makes her look like a lovely, sweet cat, while the truth is that GOSH she munched pages!!! Not the old ones, luckily (too smelly for her, perhaps). I was so scared that she would damage the old registers! Or even that she would throw my camera down the table, as she attempted to, but I luckily stopped her. Don Adolfo and Silvana were really amazing and typical Italian, I think :) I will organize the photos and send them to you very soon, I promise. Have a nice weekend!
I love following your genealogy journey, Cheryl! Keep the accounts coming... I've been enjoying the insights into your neck of the woods in Italy as well.
Cheryl--Brava for your genealogical research, and I do want to hear more. This is what I do now too, for my family and to help others. One mystery in my family is about my paternal great grandfather who was allegedly a brigand in southern Calabria during the War for unification. He supposedly fought against Garibaldi in favor of the Borboni monarchy, but this is difficult to prove, only family stories. The one interesting tidbit that lends more evidence to the story is a film made by the noted Italian director Mario Camerini called I Briganti Italiani (English title: The Seduction of the South). The main role of my grandfather was played by none other than Ernest Borgnine. Whether it is fact or fiction still remains to sort out, so more documentation is needed. Wish me luck..
How wonderful! Of course your head is spinning! And the book, what a gift, what a treasure! 💚🤍❤️
Six years! Goodness me, how time flies. But how at home, and happy, you sound.
Long shots truly always are worth the effort ❤️🐈!
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