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I am in possession of a photo of my grandfather's uncle in Italy. I have the back of the photo which shows the name and location of the studio in the city of Cosenza in Calabria. How can I find out more about this studio and if they have photograhic archives somewhere? Here is a link to the back of the photo: http://www.calabriangenealogy.googlepag ... ar0001.jpg
That is a wonderful find!!! Thank you so much. The property was probably passed down through the generations. Thank you very much. I will see if they know if the old photographs still exist there.
I am not getting my hopes up too much. They could have tossed all the photographs...then again, they might have them. I am lucky enough to have a friend in Italy who will call them. She called them already but they were closed for the weekend. I will find out on Moinday. Keep your fingers crossed for me. My dad needs some good news now.
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 ...