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This page comes as a recommendation by Rosalind, one of our readers - if you're hoping to trace a relative or your family tree then why not post a message on our board below who knows who may see it !!
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Try this site - Family Tree On Line - though like many it's Americanised it is nevertheless free and a good starting off point. Otherwise check out our Links page.
Here's my story.....
My grandmothers' father emigrated from Albiano (near Barga) to Boston in 1926. Sadly, Angelo Corrieri died abruptly - just weeks before his family was due to go out and join him. At the time my great grandmother was looking after their only child Lalita (my grandmother) and as you can imagine was devastated by the news. (My great grandmother later remarried, had another three children and lived until the ripe old age of 90.)
However my grandmother (who will turn 80 this year) really knew very little on what her father did or how he died - she didn't even know where he was buried. She tells me that at that time it was almost impossible to communicate over those distances.
So I thought I'd try and see what I could do if anything at all to gain a
clearer picture after all those years.
Using the internet I accessed many of the sites detailed in the genealogy
section of the USEFUL LINKS page.
However
it was only after a posting to the Barganews
guestbook that things began to take shape. This was in the most part down to Jim
Brunini an American Italian
who replied. Jim's family was also originally from Barga and he lived not too
far from Boston. Luckily for me Jim was a bit of a hot shot genealogist and knew
where to start looking for Angelo.
In the space of three short weeks Jim discovered that my great grandfather had died aged just 31 at Boston City Hospital, had been a cook, lived in 138 Main Street, and was buried at Mt. Benedict Cemetary. Jim kindly took the time to take photographs of his home and plot before sending them along with a copy of his death certificate.
Hopefully in October I'll be taking my mother over to Boston to show her where her grandfather rests.
There you have it - the power of the internet - well it worked for me.