Vanchella Vagabonds

  Giovanni Impellizzeri and Benedetta Adamo: Cousins! If you follow my genealogy blog posts, you might recall that last year I discovered that John's maternal and paternal grandmothers were distant cousins .  Benedetta Adamo Ciacchella (#6) and Maria Milano Impellizzeri (#19), John's grandmothers, at the engagement party of their children, Peter and Virginia, circa 1949. Photo Key: 1 Salvatore Adragna 2 ? 3 ? 4 ? 5 Vincent Jimmy DePaolo 6 Benedetta Adamo 7 John Impellizzeri 8 Vincenza Jenny Milano Impellizzeri 9 Giuseppe Joseph Impellizzeri 10 Joseph Ponzetti 11 Theresa Ciacchella Ponzetti 12 Virginia Ciacchella Saigh 13 Mary Scavone Ciacchella 14 Frances Impellizzeri Adragna 15 Josephine Impellizzeri Pirrone 16 Tony Impellizzeri  17 Antionette Pirrone Romita 18 Sarah Impellizzeri DePaola 19 Maria Milano Impellizzeri 20 Vita Catanzaro Milano 21 Frank Ponzetti 22 Antonio Milano 23 Tony Impellizzeri (John godfather) 24 Carmella Ciacchella Pace 25 Jennie Mancuso Milano 26 Vi...

  Benedetta Adamo and Giuseppe Ciacchella This blog is a continuation of my project of balancing up John's tree a bit by attempting to get every branch to the level of 5th great-grandparent (in other words, 4 generations back from the 8 people in the top row of the graphic below, or 128 people).  This blog focuses on the 4 ancestors on the left side of the top row. Part 1 covered the Impellizzeri and Milano branches (the 4 ancestors on the right side of the top row), where I identified 60 of 64 5th great-grandparents. Was I as successful in the Ciacchella and Adamo branches? Read on for my discoveries. Sebastiano Ciacchella, father of John's paternal grandfather, Giuseppe Ciacchella For these next two sections, we're moving from Alcamo, in Trapani province, to Augusta, in Siracusa province.  Augusta in relation to Alcamo and our town of Capo D'Orlando (blue dot). Unfortunately, there is a big hurdle with research in Augusta. Only civil records are available for researc...