There are DeSimones in Itri, the next town over Sent from my iPhone...
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Frank
fhdesimone
May 21, 2013 3:29 pm
My grandfather John DeSimone was from Formia. Two years ago my wife and I went to Formia to trace the past. We could not find any signs of any DeSimone's or...
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Bill Capotosto
kcmocap
Dec 7, 2012 3:04 pm
Paul, What I’ve sent is as far back as I know. I do have some (possibly inaccurate) notes about a first cousin of Maria Rosaria Capotosto Paparello, my...
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Paul Capotosto
paul.capotosto
Nov 30, 2012 9:05 pm
Bill, Pleased to meet you. I hope you can excuse me, I have not been on this site in awhile, and am now trying to catch up myself. As to the Paolo you have...
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Bill Capotosto
kcmocap
Nov 28, 2012 4:16 pm
Linda, The name I have for the person who did the research is Mr. Saccoccio Felice, Via Toscanini, 10 04020 - ITRI (LT) Italy. ...
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Linda Peloquin
miyukichan0987
Nov 28, 2012 2:48 pm
Well, since most of our ancestors were peasants, they were probably looked down on, so I doubt too much care or time was taken in recording thier data much...
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marie elena saccoccio
saccocciom
Nov 28, 2012 2:11 pm
My grandmother and her sisters (Amalia, Vincenza, Allesandrina, Lydia, ??) emigrated to Boston from Terracina. They came about 1904.  Their surname was...
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marie elena saccoccio
saccocciom
Nov 28, 2012 2:04 pm
Oh, OK, funny. I once was contacted by an attorney in Florida who asked me why my grandfather left his grandmother in Italy and came to Boston and married...
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Linda Peloquin
miyukichan0987
Nov 28, 2012 2:01 pm
No, they're Fornaro's. Maria Civita Saccoccio was Giuseppe Fornaro's mother-in-law.  Linda ... From: marie elena saccoccio <saccocciom@...> Subject:...
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marie elena saccoccio
saccocciom
Nov 28, 2012 4:32 am
Are Guiseppe and Benedetto both Saccoccio's? Jeez, those names got around. My grandfather was Guiseppe Saccoccio and his sponsor here in Cambridge, MA, was...
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Linda Peloquin
miyukichan0987
Nov 28, 2012 12:58 am
Good to know I wasn't the only confused kid out there.  I still have trouble wraping my mind around the Italian grandparents, neither of whom I ever...
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Linda Peloquin
miyukichan0987
Nov 28, 2012 12:46 am
Bill,  If you find that contact info for the researcher in Itri, please do post.  I think many of us here are probably never going to get to Itri & would...
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Domenic Livoli
domenic803
Nov 28, 2012 12:16 am
Linda, Same with me. My mom had me at 43 and my brother at 44. She would have been 86 this year. Her oldest brother would have been 95 this year. She still...
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Linda Peloquin
miyukichan0987
Nov 28, 2012 12:13 am
I wish some of the stories of family remaining behind in Itri had passed down to me. You're fortunate to have that infomation to breathe life into the cut &...
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Linda Peloquin
miyukichan0987
Nov 28, 2012 12:08 am
You've got the right DiSegna - Pescosolido! I met her for the first time down in Wakefield, RI while doing some work in the state bldg. there on Tower Hill...
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Linda Peloquin
miyukichan0987
Nov 27, 2012 11:51 pm
Actually, given all the intermarriages between Itrani families I've seen while rooting through the FHL Itrani films, we're probably ALL related to each other...
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marie elena saccoccio
saccocciom
Nov 27, 2012 10:48 pm
That is awful. Most of the early records really were church records though, correct?? I can see how municipal records can be destroyed since there would...
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marie elena saccoccio
saccocciom
Nov 27, 2012 10:37 pm
Itri, Gaeta, Fondi and Terracine all touch, don't they?? Extrememly close so I can even envision someone from Itri saying he/she was from Gaeta since it is...
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Bill Capotosto
kcmocap
Nov 27, 2012 10:15 pm
Paul, I've seen a few of your posts here and there over the years and wondered if there might be a connection somewhere. But I don't have enough to keep up...
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J Soscia
jsoscia3
Nov 27, 2012 9:05 pm
The Itrani used to go down to Gaeta to sell their goods to the townspeople. My great grandmother used to go to Gaeta from Itri to sell cheese. ...
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Domenic Livoli
domenic803
Nov 27, 2012 8:47 pm
Tom DiSegna's sister Debra is married to Dr. Frank Pescosolido. She is a judge in Rhode Island. Tom's uncle Augie DiSegna had Augie's Lunch on A St. You...
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Linda Peloquin
miyukichan0987
Nov 27, 2012 8:37 pm
I have a Pescosolido (married on of my Dad's sisters)Â cousin married to a DiSegna here in RI. Â I know Pescosolido isn't Itrani but haven't dug into...
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Linda Peloquin
miyukichan0987
Nov 27, 2012 8:33 pm
The LDS dosen't seem to have gotten around to the Itrani records yet. I can't even find the IGI from Itrani records/FHL film that listed the Marriage of...
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Domenic Livoli
domenic803
Nov 27, 2012 8:09 pm
One of my cousins from Cranston is married to Thomas DiSegna. DiSegna is an Itrani name, but he said somehow he has Gaetani relatives in Cambridge and used to...
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J Soscia
jsoscia3
Nov 27, 2012 7:35 pm
The earliest church records from Itri dating back to the 14th century were destroyed by Allied bombings in WW2. ________________________________ From: marie...
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Linda Peloquin
miyukichan0987
Nov 27, 2012 7:24 pm
Now that you mention it, I had read that Maria Civita was a popular name in another town close to Itri. Â I wonder if that's because they also have Madonna...
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Domenic Livoli
domenic803
Nov 27, 2012 6:56 pm
No, my mom's family was from Itri and my dad from Monte San Biagio, also Provincia di Latina about 6 km from Itri. So, Maria is not related. Has the black...
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marie elena saccoccio
saccocciom
Nov 27, 2012 6:42 pm
I think we need Prof. Louis Gates to get on this pronto. LOL Woundn't that be nice though? Ironically I could trace mother's family back so much further...
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marie elena saccoccio
saccocciom
Nov 27, 2012 6:29 pm
Funniest thing, she is probably related to you. ... Funniest thing, she is probably related to you. From: Linda Peloquin <miyukichan0987@...> To:...
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marie elena saccoccio
saccocciom
Nov 27, 2012 6:28 pm
Funny, I went to law school with Maria Curtatone. I thought they were Itani. ... a friend in Somerville , MA (gemellaggio with Gaeta ) whose name is Maria...
