Heritage

Con questa narrazione ho voluto ripercorrere la storia della mia famiglia per portare un esempio di come potrebbe essere la vita di una seconda e di una terza generazione di immigrati, di profughi, di stranieri che hanno scelto per un …

For most immigrant groups the idea of upward mobility is an inevitable byproduct that is caused by the blood, sweat and tears of past generations.  In most cases immigrants from the past and present, arrive in the US and yearn …

L’esodo istriano, conosciuto anche come esodo giuliano-dalmata, è un evento storico consistito nella diaspora forzata della maggioranza dei cittadini di etnia e di lingua italiana, che si verificò a partire dalla Seconda Guerra Mondiale e negli anni successivi dai territori …

Famous Italian aviator Italo Balbo played an integral part in influencing Italy’s progress in aeronautics. During Fascism, he became an air marshal in the Italian air force, and his efforts to improve the air force are still recognized today. Proponent …

In 1924 the L.U.C.E. Institute (Educational and Cinemato-graphic Union) was founded to narrate Italian history through images, stories and movies. One year later, the name was changed to Luce National Institute (Istituto Nazionale Luce) and taken over by Benito Mussolini, …

When I last saw Garibaldi, he was a broken old man. White streaked his beard. Cataracts clouded and rheum encrusted his eyes. Arthritis crippled his limbs. Propped on crutches in the lobby of the Hotel Costanzi, he was a rust-eaten …

Questo 70° anniversario della Liberazione dell’Aquila cade in un momento particolare della nostra storia civile, con una città che dopo cinque anni è pienamente impegnata nella propria ricostruzione.   Una ricostruzione – mi si perdoni il paragone irriverente – che …

On a hot Summer day in 1972 Stefano Mariottini, close to the end of his vacation in Monasterace, decided to go snorkeling before returning to his regular life as a chemist in Rome. While diving 200 meters from the coast …

If you still live where your immigrant ancestors settled, your local public library should have hard copies of the US Census covering the region.  However, if your ancestors lived elsewhere, you must search on-line censuses (or travel to the other …

While perusing individual census listings, note the township, county and state where the census was taken.  You can contact churches, courthouses or public offices in those localities for other records: naturalization, birth, death or marriage records, etc.   Questions varied …