I am sooooo jealous! I have wanted to jump on a plane ever since I discovered the town name! I'm really fascinated to know the history of the "Scalise exodus". Do you speak Italian? I wonder if the townspeople speak much standard Italian... Actually, I wonder many things about life there. ...

I just fiddled with this web address... the link has a . after net which throws it off. It should be www.onciari.net without the period. Then it works! Good luck, Jim! (four years later... )

Hi everyone, My great grandfather, Francesco Scalise (born to Giuseppe Scalise and Maria Mazzei in Angoli ~1850) moved to Warren, PA in ~1880. His wife was Rosa Mascaro of Angoli b. ~1853, but I don't know her parents' names. Mclaue, I am very interested in your daughter's trip to Angoli because I a...

Thanks to both of you for checking on the proper mailing address. Do you think I could email the Serrastretta office to clarify? Would they respond?

Thank you so much Valerie. I will do that tomorrow, first thing!

Let me give some more details: Frank Scalise born Francesco? 1/13/1850 and married in 1874 in Italy, died 7/5/1930 in Warren, PA Rose Mascaro Scalise born 4/12/1853 in Italy, died 1/19/1940 in Warren, PA Their son, Joseph was born in Angoli on 9/4/1873. He died in Warren also, but had changed his la...

Hi, I am trying to track down my great grandfather's family. His name was Frank Scalise and his son, Joseph was born in Angoli. Frank's parents were Giuseppe Scalise and Maria Mazzei, presumably from the same region of Calabria. Frank came to America through Canada in around 1880. Rose (Mascaro) Sca...