Biff - thank you so much! That's perfect, and I'm going to explore those websites as well! Very much appreciated!

Thanks for the pointers ... as for Ken Burns' series, it's on my Christmas list!

I would like to track down some information regarding the Piedimonte d'Alife (Piedimonte Matese) area during WWII. I know it's near Monte Cassino - near enough, I expect, for there to have been some heavy fighting. I was wondering if anyone might know of anything specific to Piedimonte d'Alife ...

Susan - this is fantastic! Thanks! I see several other names who married into the family on this list as well! This may help on several fronts!

I was told that Piedimonte d'Alife changed it's name back in the 1970s or so to Piedimonte Matese. My question is this: on a current roadmap of Italy, there is a smaller town/village of Alife near Piedimonte Matese .... does anyone know if perhaps this town is the same as Piedimonte d'Alife or has a ...

Thanks for the suggestions... I know there is an LDS center somewhere around here, I just need to locate it, I guess.

Not ever having used one of their centers before, let me ask this ... will they have all of these films in their library, or will they have to "send out" for them? Should I call ...

Thanks - I am having trouble opening the links. Can you tell me where you found them and I'll go look them up?


Oh, okay ... I found them on Ancestry.com ... yes, those are the brothers. I know they must have other relations - Ellis Island has other Iannascolis and variations headed to NY, PA, and ...

I am researching my ggrandfather's family in the Pescara area. I believe they were all from the Penne and Loreto Aprutino area.

My great grandfather was Biagio Iannascoli, and his brother was Rocco. When they both immigrated to the US, their names were changed at Ellis Island - Biagio became ...

I am trying to locate a side-branch of my family. Most of the descendents of my gggrandfather's side of the family who left Italy came to Rochester, New York. My gggrandfather (Raffaele Gaudio) stayed in Italy. I know he had at least three brothers: Guiseppe (died in Rochester, NY), Gaetano (died in ...