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Bob Sorrentino and Ben Lariccia discuss their common roots in the town of Capracotta Molise
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The Journey Home — Day 9 — Montebello/Fossato Calabria
Click here to join out Facebook group The drive from Scilla to Montebello is about an hour and on the way we stopped to view the mountain “ghost town” Pentedattilo, which is derived from the Greek language and means five fingers. You can read the interesting story of two barons here. Our day in Montebello and Fossato turned out to be one of the more special days. Mostly due to my cousin Cinzia Piromallo (
The Journey Home — Day 4 — Capracotta
Click here to join out Facebook group Capracotta is a small but beautiful town in the mountains of Molise and was the ancestral home of my third great grandmother Duchess Capece Piscicelli. The town is about two hours from Naples, and one has to wonder on how long the trip took in a carriage from Naples in the 1800’s. On the way to Capracotta we had an interesting stop where Gianfranco showed us where Garibaldi
Italian Migration To America
There were several reasons for Italian Migration To America. Poverty, natural disasters, unification and political corruption to name a few. After unification, the Northern Italians dominated the government. The Southern Italians were considered lower class and were highly taxed and exploited. While there are many many articles and books written about Italian Migration to America, this a a brief encapsulation. However, I do provide some links for those who want to pursue further. From Digital
Nobili Napoletani – Naples Nobility
Torre Piromallo – Once the summer home of my 3rd Great Grand Parents Click here to join Italian Genealogy Group on Facebook Nobili Napoletani Nobili Napoletani is a great website that is dedicated to the Noble Families of Naples. In addition, it provides some links to other good websites for Neapolitan and Italian research in general. To be fair, finding your name on this site does not guarantee that you descend from that family or
History of Molise Italy
The history of Molise Italy is important to me, as my 3rd great grandmother Beatrice Capece Piscicelli was the Duchess of Capracotta ( Cooked Sheep ), which lies in Molise. Towards the end of the seventeenth century, the family acquired the fief of Capracotta and King Charles of Bourbon, in October 1674, conferred on Andrea Capece Piscicelli, the title of Duke of Capracotta, a title that several years later, following the inevitable feudal events that
Researching Molise and Abruzzo
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