by Josephine Hardy | Mar 12, 2014 | Wedding Wednesday
If they had lived, my grandparents Giuseppe Sulfaro and Maria Stagno would have celebrated their 71st wedding anniversary this Friday on the 14th of March. They only reached their 27th wedding anniversary before Maria died in 1970. Unfortunately we don’t have...
by Josephine Hardy | Mar 11, 2014 | Travel Tuesday
Yesterday I wrote about Paolo Sulfaro who was born in a town called Curcuraci, a village of the city of Messina. Today I want to share my experience in visiting the city of Messina. This is particularly important to me because Messina is actually the home city of my...
by Josephine Hardy | Mar 11, 2014 | Matrilineal Monday
DNA, genetics, whatever you want to call it, is a really complicated scientific field. About a year ago I was genetically tested by 23andMe. The wonderful thing about getting this done is that it’s easy and it tells you a lot more information about where your...
by Josephine Hardy | Mar 10, 2014 | Military Monday
I am very excited to present my research on Paolo Sulfaro, my great-grandfather, who was born on the 25th of October, 1882 in Curcuraci, Messina, Sicily, Italy. He is very obviously the star of my family tree. Just take a look and see what I have found about his life!...
by Josephine Hardy | Mar 9, 2014 | Census Sunday
Genealogists researching their ancestors in the United States have very few records at their disposal in comparison to Italian records. Their greatest source is the census. I freely admit that I am a novice genealogist when it comes to American genealogy. But I would...
