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Researching Calabria, Campania, Sicily and Puglia

Pat (Bava) Zielinski joins Bob and talks about when and why she started her research, and the meaning of her surname Bava.

Grandfather Francesco Bava – from San Nicola, village outside Caulonia proper Paternal Grandmother  was born Anna Sorriente In Bracigliano, a village In the hills above Salerno/Sorrento

Maternal Grandfather – Angelo DeCarlo, Massafra, in the province of Torano in the Apulia region. He married my Maternal Grandmother – Angela Tuccitto in Palermo, Sicily.

Bob

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