The link below is for the Tacoma WA Public Library -- Obituary Index link. There are many Italian names to be found. The ordering & actual review of an obituary will be $5.00 to cover overhead, but the Index of names might be helpful for those looking for relatives in Pacific NW.

Rita May

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Hi may I add -- I am no longer receiving E-mail notifications either!
Crazy "cyberspace" or just my personal computer

RM

Hey you nice people -- thank you for the responses to my post. I have since read the previous thread on this topic -- most interesting information.

Ah..the many possibilities to explore! Now I will delightfully retrieve into a history book or two:...

Rita May

If a surname -- this case RAGUSA -- is also a name of a particular region, et. al, is it implied that family lineage would have a connection to this region?

Thanks in advance to whomever can answer my question

Rita

Wonderful tip for the day, V.J. I was able to view & save advertisements from the 1930's - 1970 on my unlces' REDA HARDWARE store -- it will be a great surprise for some 1st cousins; and my best friend will truly be surprised with articles found about his Honor Roll achievements (Jr. High!) & his ...

Hi Laura - Thank you for the information on Victor; it is especially helpful to know that he was born in Pennsylvania & that his mother's name was Louise.

Rita

Thank you Cathy -- I look forward to reviewing the site (my grandparents came from Carolei & Domanico, respectively - however, their parents/grprts., et al may have lived in other parts of the region.)

Rita

Hello -- regarding the above persons (my mother's 1st cousins), I only have the following information:

GEORGE REDA - b Nov. 27, 1900 (Brooklyn?); d Nov. 1986 in Suffolk Co. - Deer Park NY - parents Names? Father was brother to my maternal Grandfather (John Reda); mother was sister to my mat ...

Thank you for your reply Jackie. It will be an interesting project to peruse the Domanico/Carolei films.

Rita

Thank you for your reply Jackie. It will be an interesting project to peruse the Domanico/Carolei films.

Rita

Hi Deborah --Your kind gesture prompts me to inquire about the following name: REDA.

Thank you.

Rita May

Indeed! Of course, it was rather obvious, was it not, what they were usually discussing?

Rita May

Dear Wldspirit & Livio,

Both translations sing like troubadors to my heart...I wished I had learned to speak Italian. When viewing an Italain or Spanish film, I usually become enrapt in the cadence of the speech and the musical resonance of the language (ingnoring all subtitles) -- sometimes, I ...

Oh my -- thank you for such a quick response! Yes, it is very helpful information to receive. :D

So in Carolei - St. Lukes the Evangelist & St Peters
Domanico - St. John the Baptist

Could you explain what the number 87030 applies to? Also, the quote on the bottom of the post beginning "Cambiano ...

If possible, I would like to obtain the baptismal certificates for my maternal grandparents.

born: Giovanni Antonio REDA - b Jan. 25, 1876, Domanico
(parents: Gaetano & Maria Antonia Reda (nee Greco)

born: Filomena REDA - b Jan. 29, 1883 - Carolei
(parents: Antonio Maria & Innocenza REDA (nee ...