oh that's fabulous! i happen to be a historian and have worked on inquisition documents from malta. so i guess i'll have to visit palaermo soon

many many tahnks and happy christmas!

hi! many thanks for your reply! my great grandfather was called archimede salafia and he was born in siracusa.

the guy who told me about the jewish connection stressed the sephardic origin which i guess would mean a spanish jew... have no idea how to check that though.

i greatly appreciate your ...

Hi!

I'm from Malta, an island a few miles south of Sicily.

My mother's surname is Salafia and I always wondered about its history. I have been told it is a Sephardic Jewish surname but the person who told me warned me that he was just making a guess. I would greatly appreciate any information you ...