Hello

I have been researching this area for a very long time - I happened to be web browsing this morning and came across this site.  Some of the names are very familiar - firstly “Gericitano”  there is also another spelling “Iericitano” (My family research displays Gericitano and Iericitano - I suppose the ancestors chose their preference since they came from the same branch)   My research goes as far back as the 1700’s and my sources come from Caulonia not LDS….I suppose I am fortunate since I speak the dialect fluently (it was my first language)  both my maternal and paternal sides come from Caulonia.

Caulonia also spelt Kaulonia derives its name from the Greeks -  it was colonised by the ancient Archeans.  There is alot of history surrounding my ancestral town - one of them is that they sided with Hannibal.  Later the Romans conquered the town and named it Castelvetere.  Around the time of the unification of italy 1862 - Castelvetere changed its name back to Caulonia.  Caulonia also had its own coinage (trivia)  - Where do I begin with its history! - this post would be very very long.

I would love to communicate with descendants whose roots come from the area.  Our dialect is rich and romantic since it carries greek, latin and roman words.  The traditions and customs are amazing also.  I was lucky enough to grow up with my grandmother born in 1890 - who passed on all traditions to me - verbally.  (They could not read or  write - but their minds were very sharp!)  She passed away aged 100 and I was 21 at the time.

Some of my ancestors remained in Caulonia whilst the others migrated to America and Australia.

I’ll be brief here and invite people researching Caulonia to contact me - Caulonia is my passion.  Also Louis loccisano - remember me?  many years ago we made contact when researching “Ritorto”  - I am from Australia.

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