Like the Bonjour's from Switzerland, those from Italy likewise suffered from religious
persecution during the Reformation. The Bonjour's from Italy are primarily from the Waldensian Church. They were forced from their homes to the valleys of the Piedmont.
Both the Swiss and Italian Bonjours trace their roots, and religious beliefs, originally to one man, Pierre Waldo/Valdes/Vaudes of Lyon France.
Checkout the story of The Waldenses
Globalink, the
Translation Page is a site that will translate text. English,
Spanish, French, Italian and German are the languages that can be
translated to/from.
Italian E-mail addresses and Web sites- (Ragno = Italian, Spider = WebCrawler) extremely incomplete -- even on the Italian Internet, US search engines are usually much more thorough
Dictionary (I)and Dictionary (II)- "experimental" translation dictionaries already linked into hundreds of Web sites, but still woefully primitive -- TJones did not know brother=Fratello; Logos did not know Sister=Sorella! so forget these for a while; invest a few lire in a paperback dictionary
"Barcelona" translation software- E-mail version, 500-word documents currently processed free within 24 hours excellent idea, but could not get it to work properly
Italian Civic Networks - links to information on dozens of cities in Italy, US, and elsewhere -- history, culture, shields/flags, local news, directories, photos, etc. various mixtures of Italian, English, and other languages
Cities of the World/ - similar information on 2000 cities around the world can be extremely slow
Italian Embassy Homepage - (Washington DC) bulletin board for posting messages or queries not clear how productive this will be
Italians in the World (I)and Italians in the World (II) - names and brief messages submitted by users, sorted by region of Italy, edited and updated haphazardly by site managers -- not even alphabetized(in other words, authentic Italian disorganization!)
Center for Italian Studies - State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, New York 11794-3358 - Phone: (516) 632-7444
Fred Bonjour
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