Let me know if you need help. I don't have any relatives on Sao Miguel, but I may be able to point you in the right direction. Also there is an Azores facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/azoresgenealogy/ and an Azores forum https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/azores which can provide ...

I am assuming you are looking for info on Sao Miguel, Azores Islands, Portugal. To find your family you need to know the "Concelho"/municipality ( Sao Miguel has 6) and then the freguesia/parish where your family lived. There are several freguesia in each Concelho.

Here are a couple sites to visit ...

Thanks, however, the mystery has been solved. This was the Portuguese version of an Italian recipe for this type of pastry. It was called rosquilha--so not an Italian name.

I am posting this for a member of a Portuguese forum . Need help identifying this Italian pastry.

Thanks,
Marie

"My Portuguese grandmother made an Italian pastry (sort of anisette
biscotti). I remember watching as she shaped the dough into intricate
baskets, bunnies, etc. My question is re what ...

Thanks, for that post. I just wish I could have known this branch of my mother's family. I did not know of their existence until quite recently, so any info is of great interest to me. Also, I don't know any other Priscillas in the family, so that is a new one.

Marie

Through Ancestry I have discovered the name of a cousin named Priscilla Paolella born in Pennsylvania in about 1909 (not a typical Italian name?) to Vincenzo Paolella, (my great-grandfather's brother) and Luisa Ragozzino. The family lived on Morris Ave. in the Bronx in the 1930 census. This is all I ...

Yes, I have a many times great grandfather and other family born in Santa Maria Maggiore , but little else is known. My curiosity is peaked and I just want to know more!! Thanks for responding.

Where can I find a comprehensive history of Santa Maria Capua Vetere and surrounding cities.(Without going there) Wikipedia has some info but I am really looking specifically for the tiny hamlets of Santa Maria la Fossa, Grazzanise, Casagiove/Casanova. Suggestions please?

I am looking for the recipes for a type of calzone made by the people of Campania called "canashone" sp???. One was made with carmalized onions, black olives and anchovies, another was made with eggs, parmesan cheese and ham, a third was made with some kind of greens.

We ate these for Easter when ...

Thank you, that answers my question.

Yes, his mother's name was listed as Lucia d' Orta on his atti di nascita , and I thought pehaps Gaspare's father had married sisters, as Gaspare's brother's mother's name was Rosa d' Orta.

I found the atti di matrimonio so that is not a problem.

Your quick ...

I can't understand the notation listed on Gaspare's birth record. I sure would appreciate a translation.

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Thanks so much!!

Marie

Please e-mail them to me so I can save them for future reference.

Thank you so much!!

Marie

Researching Valentino, Paolella, Aveta, in Santa Maria La Fossa, and Grazzanise, in Caserta

Good Morning Jim:

At this point I don't know anyone in my g-grandmother's ancestry. In searching for my g-grandfather Paolella, I also looked for Valentinos (his wife's family) I have found a few in SMCV but none so far, in SMLF. So, I just don't know about Donato and Maria Assunta, they just may ...

I appreciate that Jim.

I too am having an interesting time discovering records for ancestors who I never thought I would discover.

Marie

Thanks for the reply, Jim.

I too hope that someday we can find a connection. There are so few people researching SM La Fossa and Grazzanise. They were and still are a very small communities.. I have written to the commune twice but have not received a reply as of December and March.

I think I ...