chambri- share! i know that my side of the family lived in new orleans mainly until the 30s then they moved to MS. i'm going home this weekend (i live in dc) so i'll get info from my grandfather and post it

also, some in south louisiana changed the spelling to chefalu/cefalu when my great-grandfather changed it to shifalo

wow... it's amazing to learn this stuff- sazzlynn we pronouce it the same way as your friend... my grandfather has thought of changing the name back to the original spelling

Hi... I'm Stephanie Shifalo (Chiffaleau) and I was wondering if some people can help me out- how would you pronounce my family's original last name? Also- sazzlynn please contact me- my family all lives on the Mississippi Gulf Coast/New Orleans area