Over 25 million Italians have emigrated between 1861 and 1960 with a migration boom between 1871 and 1915 when over 13,5 million emigrants left the country for European and overseas destinations.
I had found some N. Attleboro Directory, but I don’t have the 1881-1882 and the 1885-1886 where David Badaracco appears. I not even have the one of 1889-1890 in which Boyle Block appears Foppiani surname for the first time (peanut vendor). I would be very grateful if you would attach a scan of these pages.
Italians have a long and deep-rooted tradition of beliefs about luck and things that give either good or bad luck. In Italy there are colloquial names for bad luck. Think of:"sfiga" or "jella" (read it as "yella), but the most scary thing for millions of Italians is "Il Malocchio", which translate ...