Piscioneri: Where it all began
The best place to start this website is where my contact with cousins began: the Piscioneri family, of Caulonia, Reggio de Calabria, Italy. Through Ancestry.com I hooked up with Nadine, because her tree contained some names that I had gotten from my Aunt. She was the first fellow historian I had contacted, and I hit a home run!
I was looking for a Frank Piscioneri who had married a Rose Puglia. This turned out to be her great aunt and uncle. I wasn’t quite sure how they were related to me, but it was the beginning of a fun relationship.
The story I had on Frank and Rose was that he had died young, they had no children, and she had become close to my Nana, visiting California on a few occasions and sending nice gifts. She was known in family circles as Cugina Rose, and she called my Great Grandmother “Zia” (Aunt). Frank was a Piscioneri, we knew that much, but precisely how he was related to my Great Great Grandmother Teresa Piscioneri was a bit of a mystery.
I don’t intend to tell the whole story here, because there has to be more than one post to read. We’ve come a very long way in our research since that point, and there is much more to relate, but I had to start somewhere. Stay tuned for more soon!