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Retracing Paolo Sulfaro’s Footsteps in Bramwell, West Virginia

Retracing Paolo Sulfaro’s Footsteps in Bramwell, West Virginia

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...

Those Places Thursday: Helena, Arkansas

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...

Those Places Thursday: Ramacca, A Beautiful Small Town

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...

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