Updates:
9/7/08 - Sorry for the lack of updates this summer. I've been busy with teaching ESL, two surgeries and a death in the family. Here's a very interesting update at my other website - Serracapriola Pages. Someone is looking for Silvio Carriero for a very special reunion. Check it out!
Welcome to Chieuti Pages
Most of the Italians who immigrated to the United States and elsewhere did not come from the Italy of the Medicis . . . A Room With a View . . . Under the Tuscan Sun . . . or even Rick Steves. Rather, they left from one of thousands of modest villages across Southern Italy, like the one in these photographs - Chieuti, in the province of Foggia, region of Apuglia. My maternal grandparents - Donato Minello and Maria Arcangela Sforza - were born in Chieuti in 1888 and I took these photos when I first visited in December of 2003.
Why Chieuti Pages?
When my mother died in 2001, I found that I had lost the connection to the culture I had grown up with - the Italian food, the Italian celebrations, the Italian ladies, the Italian relatives, the ITALIAN NOISE! And I missed it terribly. Researching my genealogy and creating Chieuti-Pages has been a way for me to reconnect with that culture, my many memories of Uncle Vance and Aunt Mary, and my mother, Rose Minelli House. Since creating this web site last year, I have heard from many people around the world - Australia, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, United States - whose ancestors came from Chieuti. It has been gratifying in ways that I could never have imagined when I started. Thank you for connecting!
Janet House
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| Rose Minelli House (1924-2001) | Donato Miniello (1888-1967) | Maria Arcangela Sforza (1888-1934) Maria Nicola Miniello (1911-1991) Raffaele Miniello (1912-1985) Vincenzo Miniello (1913-1985) |