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The 'new' Surname Database |
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“Gente di Mare” Genealogy (gentedimaregenealogy.com) today moved into a new phase with the addition of a new version of our Surname Database. This can be instantly accessed from the Surname Database logo found at the foot of all of our pages.
This version allows you to reference check surnames against towns and provinces that are being researched by others. Sources of this kind can often save many hours of tedious searching of manifests, archives, immigration records etc. Often researching is not complete on these surnames, and such ongoing searches can be posted on our forum where help and guidance will be willingly offered to anyone by other members.
We aim to help our members (membership is free) to undertake research themselves by offering guidance on where and how to find what they are looking for. Though at times the path does become very difficult and that is the point where many members – both experienced researchers (like Nuccia) and others who are still very new to the game (like me) - are willing to offer a helping hand. So don’t forget to get your own ‘names’ posted on the database – who knows, there may be others who know of your family!
For us the ideal situation would be that “Gente di Mare” becomes a place where becoming a member is not just a case of finding answers to personal questions, never to be seen again, but hanging out with us and helping others who arrive and find themselves overwhelmed by the task they have undertaken. I fear that many fall at the first hurdle when that becomes a reality. Learn, find, absorb the knowledge and then use it to guide others along the same path you have taken to discover your family history.
This new phase will not be the last. We have several ideas that we are mulling over and looking at how they could be best achieved. But they do take time – and so best be on the look-out for news, and requests for help, on these as and when they are being built.
So all that remains to say is…
We wish you many hours of happy researching here with us on “Gente di Mare”
Carole
Posted by Carole Saturday, October 27, 2007 (16:06:03)
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Is This The Start Of Something Big? |
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FORZA "GENTE DI MARE"
Well folks the day has come that finally sees us on our all new, singing and dancing Gente di Mare website.
Despite the laughter - and not a few tears - on the road to this moment, I can honestly say that getting to this point has been a mixture of things.....things like the adventure of learning (or trying to) a new 'techie' language. Of watching people like Bob and Liz create bits and solve problems that we saw plaguing us on the first version of the new site. Then the enormous pleasure of working with Nuccia, who for me will always be "The Boss" to my "Dork Vader" (aka 'Dorky Babe'). She has held my, often shaking, hand throughout this traumatic few weeks. And you know I reckon she is just one of those people who just loves to tuck people under her wing and look after 'em.
But now - thanks to a bit of a rebuild, competently carried out by 'our' Devon (the designer) at Treasure Coast Designs - here we are up and running with the site as it should have been on the 9th July. And it can tell the time now too....But what's a month between friends - eh?
Nuccia and I are now looking at a one or two new and exciting projects for "Gente", so keep your eyes and ears open for news on those as they develop. We are looking to create a site for you all that you will be proud of.
So it just remains for me to wish "Gente di Mare"
Un buon viaggio e tanti, tanti giorni di felicità e fortuna nel' avenire!
Posted by Carole Saturday, August 04, 2007 (15:09:34)
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Researching Montalto Uffugo, Cosenza, Calabria |
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I am currently researching the state civil records of Montalto Uffugo. Montalto Uffugo is located in Cosenza Province in the northern portion of Calabria. Surrounded by mountains, Montalto Uffugo is fairly large by village standards. It is the second largest city in Cosenza Province. The largest is the city of Cosenza. The community seems very proud of it's long history and heritage. It is an old city even by Italian standards and the oldest Church in Montalto Uffugo - Madonna Della Serra was built in the 1600's. It's baroque architecture and beauty are the pride of the comune. Montalto Uffugo's most famous citizen was Ruggerio Leoncavello who wrote the great opera Pagliacci. It is said that he based that opera on an actual occurence in the town when he was a child involving a clown and a murder. Today, the town is still very proud of Leoncavello and hosts an annual opera competition in his name. Unlike much of Calabria, Montalto Uffugo enjoys a steadily rising population rather than a declining population. In 2001 the population boasted 17,382 residents. In 1901 the population was 6,991. Besides the state civil records I am also attempting to trace the immigrants who left this comune for The United States, Canada and South America. Address for State Cival Records
Comune
Ufficio di Stato Civile
Via Municipio
CAP 87046
Montalto Uffugo (Cosenza)
Italy
phone: +39 984 931853
person in charge: Giuseppina ABATE
 
Posted by Cathy Thursday, July 19, 2007 (14:14:51)
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The new "Gente di Mare" web site! |
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Well after much laughter, one or two moments which bordered on almost 'total despair' and not a few 'curse' words - the long awaited website is here for all to see.
We hope you like it. It is not 'quite' finished, but sooner than make you wait any longer (and realizing that if she couldn't show it to you SOON, then Nuccia was likely to suffer an apoplectic fit), we relented and said something like "Oh for heavens sake - go on then!!!"
The team that has worked so VERY hard to arrive at this point was lead by 'the one' - 'the only'...NUCCIA! She was joined by our own Liz (Chanchis), Lori out there in Oregon and 'last but definitely NOT least' Bob Fornal who managed to correct not only the one ore two errors made by the (expensive) 'web designer' but also the ravages caused by our Nuccia's bouts of 'keyboard finger' (LOL). I have sat here in my distant eyrie unable to help for the simple reason that a professional dork like me could have caused CHAOS!
You should have been a fly on the wall (like I was) and heard the 'techie' conversations (interspersed with the odd anglo saxon expletive) that went on. Especially when the 'Boss Lady' realized that she had 'locked herself out of her own forum! That friends, was a priceless memory.....
But those moments of laughter were really needed to enable the tense moments to be defused and your 'New Gente di Mare" to be completed.
I have been a proud, though small, contributor to this moment, and I do hope that you will explore the new site, and all it has to offer, over the coming months. The final touches to the images should be completed shortly and then you will, we hope, be satisfied with the home that has been provided as a showcase for your skills and your research results!
Posted by Carole Wednesday, July 11, 2007 (08:03:21)
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