I will be in Sicily the first time for business meetings in Catania in a couple of weeks and I plan to drive to Riesi to see the town and wanted to stop by the local cemetery to see if there are any Zuffanti (and DiTavi and Butera) family individuals buried there and put a photo of their tombstone in our listing, but I can find no listing of cemeteries in Riesi and there is no information on the Riesi municipal site and I see no cemeteries on Google Earth. I'll try to explain. Any information or advice would be much appreciated. Can he tell me where in the church the foundling wheel was located, and on what street the wheel was accessed from on the outside?? A man's first
My question is, how can I find where he came from? What's The Difference Between Sicilian and Grandma-Style Pizza? Bedda Sicilia ~
. Catholic church records (Registri Ecclesiastici) may exist at the parish church where they were recorded, or in the main church (Chiesa Matrice) of the town, or at diocesan offices. My cousin told me, with tears in her eyes, that people had come to her office for years looking for relatives. San Cataldo civil records of birth, marriage, and death are available free online at the Italian Antenati site, at http://bit.ly/SanCataldoRecordsOnLine Michele Grifasi and Michela Grifasi were married in San Cataldo on 8 January 1898. Kind regards, The person called by the nickname Giambarresi may have had nothing to do with Bari, but he may have had a unique accent or speech pattern that led him to be called Giovanni from Bari. children, duly named in the Sicilian naming convention. It has the documentation references and copies for births and marriages, etc. Sadly,
But that is just a guess. In addition to microfilm, some the Foggia records are viewable on line. with the same name, or why your grandmother got so upset with your
Nanny. This reveals another practice, that of
There are many themes in our lives, such as (but not limited to); food (thats a big one, any Italian worth their weight in pasta will tell you the same), family, business (for some, not for all; but it is very common for Italians to open their own local businesses, usually family run, and usually in a Little Italy type section of town), storytelling (we love to reminisce). Even my mother, who ate potato chips with a spoon, cast aside her cutlery for these Sicilian delicacies. mothers or grandmothers could not understand why their sons didn't