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Nana Rose: Learning About My Grandmother by Living through a Pandemic by Kathryn Suzanne Krase

(18 10 2020) Jerry Krase

If you met my grandmother, “Nana Rose”, chances are you can share a story about the experience. Chances are, she talked about you, too. My Nana had a “personality”, for...

Part II -- The Unfortunate Pilgrim*: Or You Can’t Get There From Here

(09 08 2015) Jerry Krase

Finding her roots in the almost mythic hometown of my wife's father, Anthony Charles Nicoletti, wasn't as easy as we thought it was, but it was well worth the effort. To...

Part I -- The Unfortunate Pilgrim*: Or You Can’t Get There From Here

(17 07 2015) Jerry Krase

*With apologies to Mario Puzo this essay in three-parts will demonstrate why, as to reconnecting to or even finding my Sicilian/Italian ethnic roots, "you can't get there from...

The Man Who Played Judas

(26 09 2010) Joseph Sciorra

In Search of an Italian-American Actor.

A digital message in a bottle.

(14 08 2008) Joseph Sciorra

A test of the Internet and i-italy.org's power to connect.

Uncovering My Mafia Roots

(10 02 2008) Joseph Sciorra

What do you do when you discover an unsavory fact from your family history?

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