With recent comments on the list about the current fires, members
outside Corsica may like to know that they can keep up with Corsican
news by watching the FR3 Corse nightly news via the web at
http://www.corse.france3.fr/videojt/.  It comes on line shortly after
transmission each day (7-8pm CET) and the video remains available
until the following day's transmission.

Bonsoir/Bonjour
Good day/good night

La raison principale de ma presence sur le site de Corsicalista est
directement liee a l'histoire de ma famille.
En effet en 1943 mon grand pere a la tete du 1er regiment de
Tirailleurs Marocains participait a la liberation de la Corse,
premier departement Francais libere le 4 octobre 1943.

My main reason for posting and contributing to this Corsicalista
group is directly connected to my family history.
As a matter of fact in 1943 my grand father was the commander in
chief of the 1rst Moroccan Skirmisher.This regiment participated to
the liberation of Corsica, the first French "departement" to be
liberated on October 4th, 1943.

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Museum/4597/liberationcorse.html

Avèdeci,

Ralph de Butler

Hi---Mrs. Will here...Nice to meet you all!

It might be helpful to note that the phone number for the pompiers in
Corsica is 18. If you come to Corsica a lot, put it in your mobile phone,
and if you see a fire anywhere, please call them. It won't hurt them to be
notified more than once.

Jori Lynn

Hi everyone just joined the group visiting Corsica for the first time
on Sunday for two weeks really looking forward to it. If it is half as
good as it sounds my wife and I are in for a great time. Will's site
was great in getting lots of info for a Corsican newcomer

Paul ( West Sussex England)

Many thanks for the invitation.
Elisa Arráiz Lucca from Caracas, Venezuela

Thanks for setting up Corsica Lista. Though I speak French (and
Italian), I have felt the need for a site where English speakers who
love Corsica can come together.  I particularly look forward to
connecting with folks of Corsican ancestry like myself. I was raised
in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, a town with many Corsican descendants,
and
I knew as a child that my ancestors had migrated from Corsica. I
finally visited Corsica with my daughter in 1990, and the owner of a
souvenir shop in Ajaccio who shared our last name told us the
Agostinis came from Cap Corse. However, I didn't start doing
serious
genealogical research on my ancestry until recently. I have been
able to go back four generations to my great-great-grandfather, who
was born in Puerto Rico, and I'm now pursuing various avenues to
find out who his Corsica-born father was, after which I'll focus
my
research on this ancestor and his Corsican family. I'm
reading "L'Emigration Corse a Porto Rico," by Marie-Jean
Casablanca
(which I got from Ajaccio thanks to William Keyser of Corsica
Isula), and am waiting for delivery of "Les Corses-Americains,
essais sur leur architecture, leur vie et leur fortune au XIXème
siècle" from the University of Puerto Rico. I'll report on
these
books at the appropriate time. After living in New York for a long
time, I now reside in West Palm Beach. I hope to visit Corsica
again.  Thanks again.

Hi everyone, as I'm writting this email hectares are burning in one of
Corsica most beautiful area, the Balagne region. It makes me really
sad and angry. If you visit our beautiful island and witness the start
of a forest/bush fire please alert anyone you can find here and there.
Cheers.

Thank You for inviting me to your new site.
   My Grandfather was born in Corsica in 1884.  His name was Antione E.
Toti, he was a Cook on a Merchant Marine Ship that came to America in
the 1920's where he jumped ship in New Orleans,La.
  I know that he still has Family in Corsica, they are Bakers and still
bake bread in a stone oven.  Some day I hope to meet them and eat some
of that bread.

Just a quick note to say many thanks for the invite. Fell in love with Corsica
several years
ago...

Baz Gorman

Thanks for the invitation. I will be taking  French students to
Corsica
for a couple of days (from Nice) in April. We are from an isolated
area
in the mountains of West Virginia, so the terrain is appealing. The
theme of the tour is "In the footsteps of Napoleon" and we will also
be
staying in Cannes and Paris. Any suggestions of where we should go
will
be welcome. I have never been to the island, nor has my tour adviser,
so I really need to know where to take them, including a little
hiking,
cliffs, beaches and views of the coastline, traditions and history
etc.

Usually we have a group of hardcore soccer players (boys and girls)so
the opportunity to see a game would be grand. Also advice on weather,
appropriate clothing etc. for the end of April would be appreciated.

Denise

thank -you for the invite  ....I love the website.

--- William Keyser <will@...> wrote:

> --- In corsicalista@yahoogroups.com, "Pete Sumner"
> <pete@e...> wrote:
> > We have stayed in Calvi >
>
> Hi Pete
>
> My reccommendation is Les Aloes -
> http://www.hotel-les-aloes.com - it
> is high above Calvi in a calm spot and magnificent
> views over the bay.
>  What's most special about it is the young owner,
> Catherine
> Montilliet; her welcome is impeccable and she is
> always ready with
> information and help.  If you decide to go feel free
> to say William
> recommended her!
>
> best
>
> Will
>
>
>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "William Keyser" <will@...>
To: <corsicalista@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 2:53 PM
Subject: [corsicalista] Re: Hotels


> --- In corsicalista@yahoogroups.com, "Pete Sumner" <pete@e...> wrote:
>> We have stayed in Calvi >
>
> Hi Pete
>
> My reccommendation is Les Aloes - http://www.hotel-les-aloes.com - it
> is high above Calvi in a calm spot and magnificent views over the bay.
> What's most special about it is the young owner, Catherine
> Montilliet; her welcome is impeccable and she is always ready with
> information and help.  If you decide to go feel free to say William
> recommended her!
>
> best
>
> Will
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
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--- In corsicalista@yahoogroups.com, "Pete Sumner" <pete@e...> wrote:
> We have stayed in Calvi >

Hi Pete

My reccommendation is Les Aloes - http://www.hotel-les-aloes.com - it
is high above Calvi in a calm spot and magnificent views over the bay.
  What's most special about it is the young owner, Catherine
Montilliet; her welcome is impeccable and she is always ready with
information and help.  If you decide to go feel free to say William
recommended her!

best

Will

looking foward too make corsican friends, from rochester, ny original
from Puerto Rico.Maybe a corsican desender?

Just want to thank you Will for this invitation. It may prove to be
interesting. I hope and look forward to spend a little exploratory time
here. Bet we all have a lot to learn. Here's a quick introduction ...I
am part Corsican (my Mom - who lives there) and part Greek (my Dad was
born in Athens). My wife is from Puerto Rico and learned first from my
mother about the Corsican/Puerto Rican connection no more than two
years ago. We live in NY and travel to the Island almost twice a year.
It's amazing, Corsicans are everywhere! We even ran into one on our
honeymoon three years ago in Tahiti. Be well everyone and until next
time...John

Thanks very much for the invite and the work put into developing this group.  I
visited
Corsica in May and love the island, its people and its spirit.  Hope to return
in the spring
to seek out a small corner for my "retirement".  Any recommendations and advice
will be
very much  appreciated.

Those of you in sunny Corsica can take pleasure in knowing that you live in a
wonderful
location.  As I write this, it is another cold and rainy summer day here. 
Though not
typical, we are having a very strange summer.

Richard Mueller
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada

Hi:  It is not SC Batista, it is SC Bastia, that is the name of the footbal
team  of the city of Bastia, SC Bastia stands for Sporting Club Bastia.
Batia is the capital city of Haute Corse (North Corse), it is the bussines
capital for the whole Island, while Ajaccio is the political capital.  The
island is divided in two Departments Haute Corse in the northern part of the
island and Corse du Sud, in the southern part of the island.  A department
for France is somewhat like what a state is for the USA.  Lali
Vincenti-Berlingeri

>From: "jose rivera" <jrivera@...>
>Reply-To: corsicalista@yahoogroups.com
>To: <corsicalista@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: RE: [corsicalista] La Corse
>Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:27:57 -0400
>
>Andy
>
>What is a "S C Batista"?
>
>jose
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: corsicalista@yahoogroups.com [mailto:corsicalista@yahoogroups.com] On
>Behalf Of andypsansom
>Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:18 AM
>To: corsicalista@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [corsicalista] La Corse
>
>Good.
>
>  Having spent some time in the Cap I am, of course, a lifelong devotee.
>An
>Englishman in Western Canada, I must be one of the few people, if indeed
>there are any, wearing an S C Bastia top in Vancouver. I get comments.
>
>Andy
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Thanks for the invitation & good luck with  new group!
Kosta

Andy

What is a "S C Batista"?

jose


-----Original Message-----
From: corsicalista@yahoogroups.com [mailto:corsicalista@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of andypsansom
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:18 AM
To: corsicalista@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [corsicalista] La Corse

Good.

  Having spent some time in the Cap I am, of course, a lifelong devotee.  An
Englishman in Western Canada, I must be one of the few people, if indeed
there are any, wearing an S C Bastia top in Vancouver. I get comments.

Andy







Yahoo! Groups Links

My roots are from Corsica and well since i just really found out i'mm
very interested in everything about the the people how they live?/What
they eat?/and everything my father is from their and settled in Puerto
Rico.

--- In corsicalista@yahoogroups.com, "jose rivera" <jrivera@p...> wrote:
> My Congratulations to this new group also. My father's family came
from a
> place called Tomino.

Here, José; I took some of the relevant sections from Corsica Isula:

There is an great deal to say about the 'American' emigrants from
Corsica.  I have an active correspondence with many of them, in the
US, Puerto Rico (it's said that there are 500 thousand people of
Corsican origin there – double the actual population of Corsica!) and
Venezuela.
So far, 486 Corsican surnames have been traced in Puerto Rico. Many of
these 'Americans' made their fortunes in their adoptive countries.
When they returned, especially those from Cap Corse, they built
imposing new houses, known now as American houses. If you'd like to
know more then you could contact Jose Luis Rivera Tollinche who is the
President of the Associassioni di Corsos di Puerto Rico and his email
address is rivto@....
For example, there was the family Benigni-Molini who left Rogliano in
Cap Corse in 1863 and ended up in Yauco, where they became very
successful the the production of a coffee named after the Cap Corse
village of Luri - on a plantation of 1 200 hectares. Yauco is a place
that was almost a Corsican village and many mayors have been of
Corsican origin. There's a memorial in Yauco with the inscription, "To
the memory of our citizens of Corsican origin, France, who in the C19
became rooted in our village, who have enriched our culture with their
traditions and helped our progress with their dedicated work - the
municipality of Yauco pays them homage."
Yauco Selecto is the latest expression of Puerto Rico's well developed
coffee tradition. The history of coffee is closely tied to the history
of this Caribbean island. First brought in 1736, the Spanish
immigrants who settled on the island relegated coffee to a secondary
role for the most part of the 18th century. At the time, the fertile
valleys were their main concern and sugar and the crops were the order
of the day. During the early part of the 19th century, events in
Europe forced a migration of residents from Corsica. They arrived to
Puerto Rico and were quickly told that if they wanted to farm, they
would have to go to the highlands for all the valleys were taken by
the Spanish immigrants. They settled in the Southwestern Mountains of
the island, mostly around a town called Yauco. Hard work and
determination was rewarded when they brought forth the idea of growing
coffee in these high mountains. By the 1860s they dominated the coffee
industry on the island and then made two important decisions that
would affect the course of their history. Puertorrican coffee,
particularly from the Yauco region, received a premium price all over
Europe and by the 1890s represented a standard of excellence in
production that many other countries sought to imitate. The island's
production was the sixth largest in the world, and the fruit of those
high lands that the Corsicans brought to life, was the pick of the
crop. Yauco Selecto's owners trace their origin to this period.
There's an interesting new book out that is based on historical
research into the Corso-Americans of Puerto Rico - their architecture,
lives and fortunes. For Puerto Ricans looking for genealogical links,
it could be a good place to start. Los Corsos Americanos - Les
Corses-Americains, essais sur leur architecture, leur vie et leur
fortune au XIXe siécle. It's published by the Archivo de Arquitectura
de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, which you can contact by email:
aacupr@....
For people looking for their Corsican ancestry, take a look at the
list of websites and email addresses at
http://www.corsica-isula.com/hotlist#Genealogy.  At least this may set
you on a useful track.

Good.

  Having spent some time in the Cap I am, of course, a lifelong devotee.  An
Englishman in Western Canada, I must be one of the few people, if indeed
there are any, wearing an S C Bastia top in Vancouver. I get comments.

Andy

My Congratulations to this new group also. My father's family came from a
place called Tomino. They settled in Puerto Rico, as did many other
families. My family name is Olivieri. I hope to be able to communicate with
some one in Corsica that can help me with my search for relatives that may
still be living there.

Thank you.

-----Original Message-----
From: corsicalista@yahoogroups.com [mailto:corsicalista@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of drmdeng
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 11:04 AM
To: corsicalista@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [corsicalista] Corsica

Thank you for inviting me to this group.
I am really interested in getting to know everything of Corsica, its
history, people,music, customs, arts, etc..
I have been tracing my roots and know that my Great great ...
Grandfather (8 generations back)came to America from the beatiful
island of Corsica. There are many descendants of Antonio Feliberti,
as we got to know of him. I really do not know for sure how he spelled
the last name, Filiberti, Felibert, Feliberti since we have found it
in different documents written in several ways.
I do not know for sure from what part of Corsica he came from, but
suspect he was from Cape Corse as the mayority of corsicans that
emigrated to America.

Congratulations and good luck with the new group







Yahoo! Groups Links

Thank you for inviting me to this group.
I am really interested in getting to know everything of Corsica, its
history, people,music, customs, arts, etc..
I have been tracing my roots and know that my Great great ...
Grandfather (8 generations back)came to America from the beatiful
island of Corsica. There are many descendants of Antonio Feliberti,
as we got to know of him. I really do not know for sure how he spelled
the last name, Filiberti, Felibert, Feliberti since we have found it
in different documents written in several ways.
I do not know for sure from what part of Corsica he came from, but
suspect he was from Cape Corse as the mayority of corsicans that
emigrated to America.

Congratulations and good luck with the new group

Day One of Corsica Lista.  Welcome!