Capracotta and the Transhumanza

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

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

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