Comments for familyhistorians.org http://familyhistorians.org a place to connect and share Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:39:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 Comment on Research Caulonia by admin http://familyhistorians.org/geracitano/research-caulonia/#comment-8 admin Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:09:44 +0000 http://familyhistorians.org/geracitano/research-caulonia/#comment-8 So glad to have you here! I didn't get your name, but very glad you've jumped in. Sounds like you have some excellent information. I wish we'd known you when my dad traveled to Caulonia last year. You would have been a valuable translator! ;-) This is just a brief hello, but I'm sure we'll have questions for you in time! Marci :) So glad to have you here! I didn’t get your name, but very glad you’ve jumped in. Sounds like you have some excellent information. I wish we’d known you when my dad traveled to Caulonia last year. You would have been a valuable translator! ;-) This is just a brief hello, but I’m sure we’ll have questions for you in time!
Marci :)

]]> Comment on Totino family in Caulonia by admin http://familyhistorians.org/caulonia-reggio-de-calabria-italy/totino-family-in-caulonia/#comment-7 admin Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:06:54 +0000 http://familyhistorians.org/caulonia-reggio-de-calabria-italy/totino-family-in-caulonia/#comment-7 Emily, this is very interesting. The names are so similar to our family! And yet not quite the same. With the Italian naming traditions which were followed so carefully by our family, I have to think that there is some connection, somehow. Do you have any history of the Totino name? Could it be a misspelling of Taranto, perhaps? This happened frequently as immigrants came to the USA. Another thought, perhaps the Totino line married in to the Taranto line. What are the birth years of the seven children you mentioned? I find it very fascinating that the names include members of TWO lines of my family. Francesco, Giuseppe and Ilario are all brothers in my family history, and Caterina and Maria are sisters in another family line. It would certainly be interesting, even if complicated, to research all this further. Emily, this is very interesting. The names are so similar to our family! And yet not quite the same. With the Italian naming traditions which were followed so carefully by our family, I have to think that there is some connection, somehow. Do you have any history of the Totino name? Could it be a misspelling of Taranto, perhaps? This happened frequently as immigrants came to the USA. Another thought, perhaps the Totino line married in to the Taranto line. What are the birth years of the seven children you mentioned? I find it very fascinating that the names include members of TWO lines of my family. Francesco, Giuseppe and Ilario are all brothers in my family history, and Caterina and Maria are sisters in another family line. It would certainly be interesting, even if complicated, to research all this further.

]]> Comment on Finally….we arrive at Geracitano by gnordlund http://familyhistorians.org/geracitano/finallywe-arrive-at-geracitano/#comment-6 gnordlund Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:18:24 +0000 http://familyhistorians.org/geracitano/finallywe-arrive-at-geracitano/#comment-6 I always assumed the name Geracitano was derived from the word Gerace. Gerace is a town near Caulonia. Gerace was also the name of the region that Caulonia is in and it changed its name to Reggio Calabria about the time the town's named changed from Castelvetere. So the region used to be Gerace and there's a town named Gerace. Doesn't it seem likely that there's a connection? I traveled to Caulonia and Gerace this spring. You can see pictures at http://picasaweb.google.com/gregnordlund Enjoy! Greg I always assumed the name Geracitano was derived from the word Gerace. Gerace is a town near Caulonia. Gerace was also the name of the region that Caulonia is in and it changed its name to Reggio Calabria about the time the town’s named changed from Castelvetere. So the region used to be Gerace and there’s a town named Gerace. Doesn’t it seem likely that there’s a connection?

I traveled to Caulonia and Gerace this spring. You can see pictures at http://picasaweb.google.com/gregnordlund

Enjoy!

Greg

]]> Comment on Geracitano Family Research Begins by Cauloniesa http://familyhistorians.org/geracitano/geracitano-family-research-begins/#comment-5 Cauloniesa Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:24:45 +0000 http://familyhistorians.org/geracitano/geracitano-family-research-begins/#comment-5 Hi RRiggi: you are correct. Caulonia Superiore is the ancient town - located on a fortress like hill and then there is Caulonia Marina - right near the sea - they are part of the same town/city - caulonia. Caulonia is the name of the town and then there are fractions that belong to that town; i.e. Ursini, Foca, San Nicola (Fractions are like suburbs, mini villages) They all go under Caulonia. It can be difficult getting around the set up. Caulonia is located in the province of Reggio Calabria. All birth certificates will show Castelvetere pre 1862 or caulonia - since that is where everyone had to go to register. But you will find that they probably came from nearby villages. Ursini is a farming community about 9km out of Caulonia - names from that area: Maiolo, finis, panetta, Foca is located closer to Caulonia Marina and some names from that community were, Ritorto, salerno, Fazzolari, deblasio..... When researching Gericitano also consider Iericitano - my tree shows both names and they came from the same family. There was an antonio that went to the US with his mother he was separated from his wife....not sure if he remarried in the US - this is a skeleton in the closet and I am interested in more research - he was born around 1701? Descendants in Italy still have written correspondance from the US Hi

RRiggi: you are correct. Caulonia Superiore is the ancient town - located on a fortress like hill and then there is Caulonia Marina - right near the sea - they are part of the same town/city - caulonia. Caulonia is the name of the town and then there are fractions that belong to that town; i.e. Ursini, Foca, San Nicola (Fractions are like suburbs, mini villages) They all go under Caulonia. It can be difficult getting around the set up. Caulonia is located in the province of Reggio Calabria.
All birth certificates will show Castelvetere pre 1862 or caulonia - since that is where everyone had to go to register. But you will find that they probably came from nearby villages. Ursini is a farming community about 9km out of Caulonia - names from that area: Maiolo, finis, panetta,
Foca is located closer to Caulonia Marina and some names from that community were, Ritorto, salerno, Fazzolari, deblasio…..
When researching Gericitano also consider Iericitano - my tree shows both names and they came from the same family.

There was an antonio that went to the US with his mother he was separated from his wife….not sure if he remarried in the US - this is a skeleton in the closet and I am interested in more research - he was born around 1701? Descendants in Italy still have written correspondance from the US

]]> Comment on Geracitano Family Research Begins by rriggi http://familyhistorians.org/geracitano/geracitano-family-research-begins/#comment-2 rriggi Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:52:59 +0000 http://familyhistorians.org/geracitano/geracitano-family-research-begins/#comment-2 Quite by accident I came across your information on Geracitano while searching online. I am a Geracitano descendant. My grandfather was Frank Geracitano from Caulonia, Reggio Calabria. My grandmother was Maria Mittica Geracitano, also of Caulonia. Both immigrated to the US in the early 1900s. I visited the village of Caulonia two years ago and met my cousin, a Mittica, and toured the village. The only limitation to my learning volumes of my family history was that I do not speak Italian, and everyone in the village spoke no English. There are actually two Caulonia's. One is Caulonia by the sea, and the other is simply Caulonia. The village is not far from the sea, and on the side of a small mountain with the remains of a castle just above the village. It was a wonderful trip, and the hospitality of the locals was wonderful. For years I have tried to construct my family tree on my mothers side and this is a far as I get, again, limited by my of Italian language skills. Quite by accident I came across your information on Geracitano while searching online. I am a Geracitano descendant. My grandfather was Frank Geracitano from Caulonia, Reggio Calabria. My grandmother was Maria Mittica Geracitano, also of Caulonia. Both immigrated to the US in the early 1900s. I visited the village of Caulonia two years ago and met my cousin, a Mittica, and toured the village. The only limitation to my learning volumes of my family history was that I do not speak Italian, and everyone in the village spoke no English. There are actually two Caulonia’s. One is Caulonia by the sea, and the other is simply Caulonia. The village is not far from the sea, and on the side of a small mountain with the remains of a castle just above the village. It was a wonderful trip, and the hospitality of the locals was wonderful. For years I have tried to construct my family tree on my mothers side and this is a far as I get, again, limited by my of Italian language skills.

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