Best of Sicily Podcasts. Great if you are searching for family!
Best of Sicily Blog Posts. A lot of great information here.
History of Sicily Italy
My connection to Sicily is interesting. While not really Sicilian, many of my ancestors had some hand in ruling there, either directly of indirectly. For example, the Hauteville, Hohenstaufen, Angevin French, the Argagonese and Spanish Hapsburgs are all part of my family tree going back almost 1000 years. Also, my wife’s mom is from Sciaccia, and her family is Proietto, Baldasanno, DeMino, Gelardi and some Cusumano. Reading through the history, it’s not surprising that when
Joe Profaci aka Charlie Chan — Italian American Stories
Aunt Mary in the 1940’s Aunt Mary I think almost every Italian family has an Aunt Mary. She was always the life of the party and the first to start singing a chorus of “Che La Luna” or “Mama” when eating stopped and the fun began. She always had something to fun to say and everyone was “frigoli” and the girl cousins were “trampolines” when they dressed, how teens dressed in the 1960’s. Not to
Little Italy New Orleans
Click here to join Italian Genealogy Group on Facebook I went to NOLA several times in the 1970’s, but never new the rich history of Italian, specifically Sicilians in the French Quarter. This is the third Little Italy highlighted in our series. Little Italy New Orleans, or more accurately “Little Palermo” was the first major population center for Sicilians in America. Economics in Louisiana and Sicily combined to bring about what became known as
My Mom’s maiden nane is Costa. My maternal grandparents were Nicolo & Francesca Costa and were from Borgetto, Sicily