Greetings Lady Allessandre, I noted in your message that you said your ancestors are from Italy. Do you know where abouts they're from? My ancestors hail from Sicily and severel cousins are still there. Also, what's your maiden name or the family name of your Italian side? Robert Vespuci (MKA Rob Macchietto) <<< "Karie Mitchell" 4/24 3:32p >>> >Thanks for letting me share this with you. Its not every day you >finally get to meet someone like this, esp since I never knew my >grandparents, nor hardly any cousins. I know something of how you feel. My family was military and we never lived in the same region, let alone the same state, as my relatives. We visited in the summers, which was incredible. We have cousins galore, but most still reside on the East Coast in the New England area. Once I attended a family reunion and it was incredible to see the "family resemblance" in so many people! My family history stops though with the crossing of the Atlantic, (at least that is all I know of.) Supposedly though, my family still has distant cousins still living in Italy. My sister Kelly tracked down some of them I think. I am glad that you got to learn more about who your ancestors were. I think some of us in the SCA are also looking for a link with our past that we never found in our families. Congratulations! > >Vivaine Taarnfalk >Barony of Elfsea Allessandre, Happy citizen of Elfsea ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ============================================================================ Go to http://www.ansteorra.org/lists.html to perform mailing list tasks. ============================================================================ Go to http://www.ansteorra.org/lists.html to perform mailing list tasks.