In June of 2022 I discovered 11 more Italian postcards, the majority of them sent in the late 1800s and early 1900s. I scanned them and added them to this website. View the top (11) in the “All Italian Postcards” gallery by clicking HERE. One of the more interesting postcards was one sent by Alessandro […]
As one of many digital projects worked on by Tom during the Corona virus lockdown, Tom installed a new website theme, (restyling), added new content, and reorganized existing content. Tom will reach out to his extended family with an email encouraging them to take a look.
Return to Home Page As part of a renewed 2017 effort to work on the Irish branches of the family tree, I found a third cousin of the Tomans living in Massachusetts. His name is James Leavitt. Here is James photo from his 1967 Boston College yearbook. James’s mother was Margaret (Toman) Leavitt. Margaret was […]
Return to Home Page Tom Marchisa visited Italy from May 24 – June 14 2016. Two weeks were spent on genealogy , mostly in northern Italy with the focus on Fubine, and then 1 week was spent touring with a small group of motorcyclists through central Italy. To view photo galleries, Click Here
Return to Home Page Through my genealogy research I discovered a California branch of Granda Lena’s mother’s family. Granda Lena, (Anna Angela (Peracchio) Marchisa), was brought to the US by her aunt Anna Maria Catterina (Rosasco) Maffei. Her aunt is the great grandmother of Tricia Bryant and her sister Deborah Maffei who currently live in […]
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Return to Home Page Francis Toman recorded his family and in-laws starting in 1940 using either a home version of the technology listed on the Audio Gallery page, or he brought them to a corner store somewhere in Manchester CT and used equipment there. These recordings were stored for many years in a box in […]
Return to Home Page After some serious research by Lorraine Lombardi and myself, we discovered a direct link to a Monsignor who played a very important role in the unification of Italy in the mid 1800’s. Monsignore Valerio Anzino was a first cousin to Ippolita (Gotta) Marchisa, Alessandro Marchisa’s mother. Learn about Monsignore Anzino here
Return to Home Page When I was going through boxes in storage a month ago I discovered an album of postcards created by my paternal grandmother Angela Anna “Lena” (Peracchio) Marchisa. These postcards date back to the late 1890’s. I’ve contracted with someone in Italy to translate the postcards into English and have posted those […]