Heritage
Discovering La Famiglia - Getting Started On Your Journey
July 2020 | Roslyn Torella
Nearly three years ago, I started writing this monthly column on how to research your Italian roots. I thought it might be useful to revisit the initial column which provided some tips for those who are just starting out. Learning about your...
The Italian American Dream
June 2020 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Wolfgang Puck, Guy Fieri, Giada de Laurentiis. Just a short list of some of today’s most famous celebrity chefs. But who was one of the first-ever celebrity chefs? In 1897, in the town of Piacenza in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna,...
Discovering La Famiglia: Tracking Down a La Gazzetta Reader’s Calabrian Roots
June 2020 | Roslyn Torella
This month, I share how La Gazzetta reader Terry Park of Cleveland and I tracked down his family roots in Calabria. Terry knew that his paternal grandparents came from Italy, but he did not know where nor was he certain of the family’s Italian...
The Italian American Dream
May 2020 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italian Americans have made their mark on American history since arriving from Italy during the late 1880’s. By 1920, more than four million Italians called the U.S. their home. While the majority suffered prejudice and hardships, many were able to...
Discovering La Famiglia: How Historic Events Shape A Family’s History
May 2020 | Roslyn Torella
Given recent events, I have been thinking a lot about the Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918 and how historic events shape our family history. To be a good genealogist and family historian, you need to know a bit about historical events that...
The Italian American Dream
April 2020 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Quest’articolo tratta dell’origine degli arachidi arrostiti. Amedeo Obici è nato in Veneto. Quando aveva 12 anni, lui è andato in America senza sapere né la lingua né la città giusta. Quando è arrivato, invece di andare a Scranton, Pennsylvania, è...
Discovering La Famiglia: A Passenger Record Holds the Key!
April 2020 | Roslyn Torella
La Gazzetta Italiana vuole aiutare i nostri lettori a trovare e imparare dalle loro famiglie in italia. Oggi, parliamo di Sal DiSimone. Lui aveva bisogno di informarsi dei bisnonni Panfilo D’Eramo e Giovanna Frissora. I bisnonni erano di...
Discovering La Famiglia - La Gazzetta Reader Uncovers Lost Italian Heritage
March 2020 | Roslyn Torella
This year, the “Discovering La Famiglia” column hopes to help La Gazzetta Italiana readers find answers to their Italian genealogy questions. This month’s story is about Nora who contacted me after she received the results of her Ancestry DNA test....
The Italian American Dream
March 2020 | Super User
Italian Americans have made their mark on American history since arriving from Italy during the late 1880’s. By 1920, more than four million Italians called the U.S. their home. While the majority suffered prejudice and hardships, many were able to...
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