Comments for Amore e Sapore di Famiglia http://valentinoswife.wordpress.com Ramblings of a genealogy fanatic as she undertakes the road back in family. Hints, tricks, successes, and failures of family research. Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:46:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Surnames by michele DeSimone http://valentinoswife.wordpress.com/di-crocco-family-surnames-database/#comment-4646 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:46:59 +0000 http://valentinoswife.wordpress.com/?page_id=101#comment-4646 I traveled to Itri in the 1970′s with my Grandmother, a DeSimone.
Many of my family have gone back to vacation, yet we can not find any DeSimones.

]]> Comment on Surnames by valentinoswife http://valentinoswife.wordpress.com/di-crocco-family-surnames-database/#comment-4159 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:44:29 +0000 http://valentinoswife.wordpress.com/?page_id=101#comment-4159 Most times the a and o were interchanged because of handwriting! A short walk through the cemetery of Campodimello shows almost every variation of Pannozzo, Pannozza, Pannozze, and Pannozzi on the headstones! All inter-related of course! We too have a Saccoccio and Saccoccia in our family – one married the other! Muchof our family still reside in Itri and the town has a place firmly in our hearts! BTW I have a book I wrote for sale on Amazon full of photos both old and new of Itri and quite a bit of the history of the town too! It’s titled “Itri Village of My Heart, Italy of My Dreams” … check it out – it’s available in both Kindle and paperback versions!

]]> Comment on Surnames by Ed Saccoccio http://valentinoswife.wordpress.com/di-crocco-family-surnames-database/#comment-4122 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:15:40 +0000 http://valentinoswife.wordpress.com/?page_id=101#comment-4122 Ciao tutti! I recently stumbled upon you sight and have found this to be a treasure trove of information. I’m a Saccoccio whose father’s parents came from Itri in 1911, settling in the Knightsville section of Cranston. My mother’s family came over around the same time, too. Between the two sides we have a range of Itrani names such as Saccoccio, Saccoccia (yes, O and A, I could never get a straight answer as to why), Palmaccio, DeSimone, DiBiase, Fusco, Zuena, Ruggieri (the famous Ruggieri’s Market and “Italy with Girard” Ruggieri), Bova, and Capotosto. I’m sure there are one or two I might have missed. I grew up in Cranston and most of my family still lives there or very close by. My wife and I made a side trip to Itri during our honeymoon in 2006 and fell in love with the town, as well as neighboring Gaeta. I would love to hear from you, valentino’s wife, as well as anyone else, to share some stories, etc.

]]> Comment on Surname Saturday by Dr. James Pannozzi http://valentinoswife.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/surname-saturday/#comment-4073 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:29:49 +0000 http://valentinoswife.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/surname-saturday-%e2%80%93-pannozzo-family-of-campodimele/#comment-4073 I closed the yahoo email and now am using jimserac at gmail dot com

Am still searching for information on the original farm that they worked and exactly where it was. Would like to have a location to video next time I go there. So far no success. There must be a town hall with records somewhere going back to the Napoleonic era, I would think.

Thanks!
Dr. James Pannozzi DOM
Sarasota, Fl.

]]> Comment on Itri, Italia by nick http://valentinoswife.wordpress.com/itri-italia/#comment-4018 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:49:12 +0000 http://valentinoswife.wordpress.com/?page_id=21#comment-4018 What’s the name of the bar I recently moved to itri

]]> Comment on Day of The Dead – We Remember Il Morti by Giovanni Caffarella http://valentinoswife.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/day-of-the-dead-we-remember-il-morti/#comment-3364 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:13:54 +0000 http://valentinoswife.wordpress.com/?p=846#comment-3364 Thank you for this as well! I have lost my grandparents both this year, both Italian. Well, I plan to never let the traditions die out and I celebrate this time of year in remembrance of them and those I have lost…..

]]> Comment on Day of The Dead – We Remember Il Morti by Jo http://valentinoswife.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/day-of-the-dead-we-remember-il-morti/#comment-3360 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:50:36 +0000 http://valentinoswife.wordpress.com/?p=846#comment-3360 Sadly in America life is barely honored, let alone the dead who have gone before us. I am half Italian on my mama’s side, and family means the world to us. My Grandma Isabella pasted away in 2007, and I honestly can say that I don’t believe a day goes by that we are not thinking about her and wishing she were still here with us.

I think it is a very sad thing that so many who immigrated here to America let the cultures and traditions of the old world be lost to future generations. Well Thank you for posting this interesting information.

]]> Comment on Itri, Italia by NonnaLou http://valentinoswife.wordpress.com/itri-italia/#comment-3072 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 14:58:31 +0000 http://valentinoswife.wordpress.com/?page_id=21#comment-3072 Do take a look at my Blog about our move from the UK to live in Itri and our adventures along the way:
AVANTI SEMPRE AVANTI !!!
http://nonnalou.wordpress.com/

]]> Comment on Itri, Italia by NonnaLou http://valentinoswife.wordpress.com/itri-italia/#comment-3071 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 14:56:30 +0000 http://valentinoswife.wordpress.com/?page_id=21#comment-3071 Ciao !!! I have been updating my English website about Itri -
you can see it at :

http://itri.shapcott-family.com

]]> Comment on Surnames by John LaRocca http://valentinoswife.wordpress.com/di-crocco-family-surnames-database/#comment-2689 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 18:57:39 +0000 http://valentinoswife.wordpress.com/?page_id=101#comment-2689 My fahter’s parents were from Itri. Their surnames are Fidelio and LaRocca. I have never been to Itri but will get there someday!

John LaRocca

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