by Josephine Hardy | Oct 2, 2019 | Those Places Thursday
Over the past year I have been writing a book about the Sulfaro family. A large section is dedicated to Paolo Sulfaro, my great-grandfather, who traveled back-and-forth between Sicily and West Virginia to work in the coal mines before his death in WW1. I have pieced...
by Josephine Hardy | Mar 6, 2014 | Those Places Thursday
While I am of Italian descent, my husband is very much of American descent, and given that the United States is my new home I would be cutting my genealogical research short if I limited myself to the research of my own family. Please don’t be too judgmental in...
by Josephine Hardy | Feb 27, 2014 | Those Places Thursday
When you’re the descendant of Sicilians your ancestors usually came from a town that they didn’t leave for hundreds of years. On my Dad’s side this town is Ramacca. Nestled in the mountainous province of Catania, Ramacca is one of those small town...
