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Proof that I have always loved a bold palette. Just discovered this masterpiece, from first grade, I think, saved by my mom.

A rare find - some very old photos from my father's side of the family. They must have belonged to my grandmother, as she made notations on one, and another was inscribed to her.

Family archaeology. Just discovered: Evidence to refute an old claim that there are no photos of my brother. Ain't he cute?

While you are cleaning up old family photos do you get excited at uncovering unexpected details? I just got so happy discovering my grandfather is holding a piece of watermelon in this photo (he's also holding my father in this photo )

 

I haven't been on Ancestry in a while, so thought I'd check it out today. Usually anything new is on my mom's side, which I can trace very far back, many, many generations. But a lot of new records and databases are added every day, and to my surprise, there was a lot of new information, or "hints," as Ancestry calls it, on my dad's side, the Italian side. Today's find is the wife of my 1st cousin, 4x removed (thanks, Ancestry, for sorting that out): Francesca Maisano. She was married at 14 (!) to Giorgio Quartuccio, who was 25 at the time. Hmmm. They had 11 children in 24 years. She died in 1918 in her hometown, Piana Dei Greci, in Palermo, Sicily, at the age of 79. Amazingly, another tree on Ancestry had posted a photo of her. Connections ...

Fun find on Ancestry: 3rd cousin 2x removed, Giorgio Salerno, with his "Palermitano" (friend from Palermo, Sicily). Two cool dudes.