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Irish TV need NOT Apply

2013-11-04T11:03:00.000-07:00

One of the best shows on TV is Copper! It's on BBC America and it's about Irish Immigrants in NYC in the 1850's. As you can imagine, it's not a pleasant sight! It's one of the two shows on TV that have IRISH story lines and culture. Ray Donovan is the other show on Showtime and it's excellent!!! BBC had excellent ratings for Copper and they decided to cancel it!!! I am without speech!! I mean Really??? With millions of people claiming Irish descent and one show left on TV about the Irish??? WHY? When I win the lottery ....IRISH TV NEEDS TO APPLY!!!

Monday Madness

2013-09-24T07:19:00.000-07:00

What are the odds that BOTH my Mom and my great aunts mtdna test from FTDNA are returned for a do over? Huh???? Since May, I have been checking the progress each test was making and waiting quite breathlessly for the results. My mothers was returned and they said hers would go to the top of the list to be done ASAP. How does Nov. 7 sound when I checked her progress??? NOT! First off, it was not easy to find their phone number and when I did they had the nerve of charging for the call! Not even a 800 number. My Mom called and they told her she would go to the top of the ASAP list. Also we would get a 25.00 credit for a future purchase. We also asked about the very slow progress on my Aunt Frances test and were told she was also a do over!!!! They will send it back to the Nursing home and the waiting will start all over again for the family. NOT very happy with Family Tree DNA right now. I mean REALLY???? Both tests? 25.00 will NOT cover my heartbreak and wasted time on 2 bum tests with no results.

Marriage at City Hall NYC 1895

2013-02-24T07:29:00.002-07:00

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November 1895 my g grandparents Raffaele Gelso and Carmella Chiafullo were married at the Justice of the Peace in NYC. She was not with child because the dates of her first born don't add up. Unless of course she miscarried or the child died young. I only add that because 25 years later they were married by the Church formally. My puzzle is the names of the parents. WHY would Raffaele's parents not have the last name Gelso? WHY does Carmella's parents have the last name of Fasano too? It's supposed to be Chiafullo? I have seen mistakes in documents before but this baffles my mind that So many errors were present. Her sister, the Very mysterious Francesca Strollo, was a witness and this is the very last clue we have of her. No one has ever met her and I have many cousins out there that no nothing about our family and visa versa. She was disowned by the family for some reason and this signature is the only proof I have she existed. The brick walls continue...

Amelia's Baby Book 1942

2013-02-09T10:14:00.000-07:00

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Funny Fridays

2013-01-11T06:15:00.000-07:00

SING ALONG Eh Cumpari..

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Angela Trimboli Cheney Obituary: View Angela Cheney's Obituary by Asbury Park Press

2012-11-30T02:55:00.001-07:00

Angela Trimboli Cheney Obituary: View Angela Cheney's Obituary by Asbury Park Press

Sunday's Obituary

2012-11-18T11:43:00.001-07:00

The Red Bank NJ Public Library is a wonderful source of newspapers for free. This is where I found my Great Grandfather Raffaelle Gelso's Obit at 56 years old. Born in 1868 in Italy and died in 1924 leaving behind 9 children and my GGrandmother Carmella Chiafullo Gelso. Little is known about Raffelle. Most non Italians could not pronounce Raffaelle so they called him RUFUS.

FUNERAL CARD FRIDAY

2012-11-09T07:04:00.001-07:00

My G Grandmother Emila Mantavoni's funeral card...way too young to die. I just love the little girl with the dove on her hand. It's one of the few I have seen with a picture like this.

Military Mondays

2012-11-05T05:12:00.000-07:00

This picture from the 40's is my cousin Nichol Chiafullo and Anthony Cammarano. Since most of the men of the family were away fighting in the 1940's these may have been some sort of replica uniform for children. Any ideas or comments?

Thankful Thursday

2012-11-01T05:05:00.000-07:00

I am so thankful for my Cousin Ralph Gelso. We are very much alike and he is my best buddy as well as a cousin. He is from a long line of Gelso confirmed bachelors and the ONLY male to carry on the name. He was handed down all of the family documents and I am so happy he is a hoarder and never throws anything away. Also, he actually is interested in Genealogy and helps me do research. I just wish he would take the DNA test for the females so we could find out more out the mysterious Raffaelle Gelso. HINT HINT RALPH! Hats off to Ralph ...my cousin and friend!

Wedding Wednesday

2012-10-31T06:05:00.000-07:00

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My wonderful grandparents..Late 1930's..Edna Gelso & Louis Grandinetti

Irish Genealogy News: Ancestry to add Boston Pilot's Missing Irish ads

2012-10-31T05:28:00.001-07:00

Irish Genealogy News: Ancestry to add Boston Pilot's Missing Irish ads: Ancestry is going to add the Boston, Missing Irish Immigrants 1831-1920 collection to its database as one of its World Archives Projects ...

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Talented Tuesday

2012-10-30T14:27:00.001-07:00

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This is My Best friend and mother Amelia Grandinetti Sullivan. Her TALENT was being a single parent and giving me the best of everything while working 2 jobs her whole life. My father, God rest his soul, was never around and I was raised by my Mom, my grandparents and elder aunts and uncles who watched me after school till my mom came home from work. I was an only child and my Italian family was very close and was always there for our family. I love oldies music because that is what Mom listened to. I remember every show my aunts, uncles and grandparents watched on TV and listened to on the radio. Mom, you have an amazing TALENT of being a wonderful person and so happy that you have passed your GENES to me.