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Alcoi or Alcoy

I’d never heard of Alcoi, whose name in Arabic means the camp, which lies between Valencia and Murcia in the […]

When you look up at the sky and see a star, you are looking at the past. If, for example,

The statement made by Argentine President Alberto Fernandez when he received a visit from Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in

How I wish my mother were alive to read this story. I remember my great-grandfather vaguely, I met him only

Everything was going really well with wedding ceremony. The bride arrived on time, entered the church, the music began, the

One thing that makes me think, especially today, it’s how people know so little about their grandparents’ lives. Great-grandparents and

You opened this post asking what Bill Gates is doing on this site. Is he be a member of any

When we think of our grandparents, great-grandparents, great-great-grandparents, always come to mind images of elderly people, especially if we don’t

Getting data about ancestors is a task that requires patience, care, accuracy, and can be frustrating. Often the information we

It’s no secret that my wife is called Alzira. It is also no secret that her father’s family immigrated to

My grandfather was a brave, fearless man, strong, manly. He left his homeland at the age of eighteen, went to

Looking for the roots of my wife’s mother’s family in Polignano-a-Mare, I ended up finding the town of Alberobello. See

Eiras is located in the South of Galicia in Spain separated from Portugal by the Miño (Minho) river. It’s not

Finalmente, depois de muitos anos de procura, encontramos o registro de nascimento do Generoso Eiras (Martinez) na Espanha. Agora sabemos

I’m sure you must be puzzled why the count of Conversano (I prefer to call him that than by his

This story is a continuation of “The 1950 Cup helped Find My family.” If you haven’t read it, read that story

When you search for your origins you’re most often surprised. Whatever the surprise is, it is interesting and you will want

If someone ask my wife what country that she liked to live or even what country she’d rather live, the

I’ve always considered myself Brazilian. When someone, outside of Brazil, asks me: “where are you from?”, I always reply, I’m from

Before starting I’m apologizing to all Brazilians for bring to memory the 1950 FIFA World Cup. I know it was

The Carrieri family, as can be seen in this site and its name implies, has its origins in Italy, specifically

Two families, one of Italian origin the other Spanish, lived in the same housing development in São Paulo, Brazil. It

My mother told me this story and it is worth registering here. Work on the coffee plantations has always been

I don’t know exactly the reason why the Castaldelli family immigrated to Brazil, after so many centuries living in the