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.
Hi!
I'm new!I'm from Italy and i'm looking for relatives of Paolo Azzarone.
He was from Vico Garganico (Foggia), arrived at Ellis Island maybe in 1905-1906, and was directed to Philadelphia.
I know that his sons, born in U.s.a, were theachers.
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Thank you! Valarie
The name Italia, probably a Graecized form of Italic Vitelia (='calf land'), was originally restricted to the southern half of the 'toe' but was gradually extended. By 450 B.C. It meant the region subsequently inhabited by the Bruttii; by 400 it embraced Lucania as well. Campania was included after ...
