People of Abruzzo Heritage

ABRUZZO and MOLISE COMMUNITIES
- Personal home pages:
  - AB The Vasto Page/La Pagina Vastese by Louis Alfano about the town of Vasto, crest, Alfano family and more.
  - MO Cimorelli.com by Anthony Cimorelli see Cimorelli Roots (first); genealogy
  - MO Frosolone Molise by Mike Notte crest, map, upcoming events, photos
  - MO Riccia Home Page by Bob Fanelli crest, map, upcoming events, photos
  - MO The Silvaroli Descendants Page by Cindy Salvarola surname & family page
  - MO Home Page by Dr. Robert Gardner A page about the town of Larino, Campobasso, Molise with history, photos and nostalgia.
- (BBS) Bulletin Boards/Message Boards/Guestbooks/Surname lists:
  A very good way to post surname queries on Italian regional and province websites.
  - AB and MO (all of Italy) P.I.E.: Member Surname Database
  - AB and MO (all of Italy) Italian Genealogy Page: Surname List
  - AB ItalyWorld Genweb Abruzzo Region [RootsWeb] in English (see the GenConnect Query form)
    There are pages for Chieti, L'Aquila, Pescara and Teramo provinces. Each province has it's own GenConnect query form.
  - Mo ItalyWorld Genweb Molise Region [RootsWeb] in English (see the GenConnect Query form)
    There are pages for Campobasso and Isernia provinces. Each province has it's own GenConnect query form. Many individual communes are listed on these pages.
    (There is a higher level page with a GenConnect form for all of Italy, too.)
  - AB AbruzzoLink Guestbook in Italian and English
  - MO I Molisani su Internet in Italian, some English
  - MO MoliseSincNet: mailing list/Messaggio Archivi
- Regions and Provinces- webpages (see Directory page):
- Communities On Line -informative commercial webpages (no affiliation):
  - Sulmo Mihi Patria Est [Sulmona] (AQ) AB, map, photos
  - Campli (TE) AB
  - Teramo; the town in Italian (TE) AB
    Teramo; the town in English
    Filignano (IS) MO; town crest, photo
  - Oratino (CB) MO; town crest, photo, guestbook
  - Casacalenda (CB) MO
  - Vinchiaturo On Line has a guestbook Cartoline Da Vinchiaturo (MO), in Italian several nice photos and more

[NOTE: When I began to assemble these LFA Abruzzo pages there were very few web pages about Abruzzo genealogy. At that time, most of the pages that were available about the comunes were created mostly for tourism purposes. The LFA Abruzzo focus group (a sub group of members of the P.I.E. mailing list) felt there was a definite need to gather together websites and information about Abruzzo in one central location. However, in the past year Abruzzo and Molise have rushed to create web networks to promote their regions, provinces and comunes. BRAVO! These new sites contain links to all the comunes (towns) that are "on line" so far. I believe there is no longer a need for me to try to collect links to all of the individual comunes.
I invite you to please utilize the links listed on this "People" page and the links of the main regional and province pages that I have listed on the LFA DIRECTORY page where you should be able to find the comune you are searching for within those websites. The comune pages are becoming pretty sophisticated; with town crests, histories and best of all -some photos. In the future, I will try to list only individual comunes that are not found on the major Abruzzo and Molise websites. I am interested in finding more personal home pages containing genealogy, surnames, families, town histories, (pertaining to) Abruzzo and Molise. Please, send me the names and URL's of any personal home pages you find. Thank you - Cindy. ]

ABRUZZO HISTORY resources:
- AB History Websites from Italy
  "The History of the Italian Regions" (Ancient History) in Italian.
  Website location contributed by Louis Alfano.
  Storia e Cultura d' Abruzzo Past and Contemporary History
  (in Italian with some English translations-essays).
  Website location contributed by Louis Alfano and Carol Weston.
- Tribal Groups of Ancient "Abruzzo"
  - Marsi
  - Sannuti,Samnites
  - Peligni, Paeligni
- AB Historical Figures
  - Ovidio of Sulmona
  - Sallustio of Amiterno (AQ)
  - Flaviano
  - Luigi Amadeo, Duke of Abruzzi
  - Gabriele D'Annunzio (poet, author)
  - Croce
  - Titta Rosa
  - Pomilio
  - Flavio (Roman Emperor)
  - Antonini (Roman Emperor)

To learn more about the people listed above please try... my Favorite Reference Sites:

Encyclopedia on Line in English
Encyclopedia on Line in English
Biographies.com; in English
When you reach the sites; type in a name and each "search engine" will find all of the articles available for that person.

Edited by Cindy Salvarola... w/contributions by the LFA Focus group. Last update: August 28, 1998.
Originally constructed by Ed Salvarola.

Cindy

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