What's New At SicilianFamilyTree.com?
City of Palermo Marriage and Birth Indexes ONLINE!
If your family hails from the City of Palermo, you are in luck! You can now find the city of Palermo marriage index (1820-1895) and the city of Palermo birth index (1896-1905) ONLINE! This online index is courtesy of the wonderful Hugh Tornabene, who has used his skills and a bunch of high tech gadgets to bring this valuable genealogy resource to the web. Thanks Hugh!
New Documentary Available!
If your family hails from Salaparuta, Partanna, Gibellina, Poggioreale,
or Santa Ninfa, be sure to check out
the newest video documentary from Giovanni Montanti which showcases these
towns in the Valle di Belice and the culture, traditions and history of this
beautiful area of Sicily. This video is available through Giovanni's
website at www.sicilyvideo.it. All
of Giovanni's documentaries have beautiful footage of the landscapes,
important places and buildings, churches, art, architecture (and more!) of
each town, all with an English language narration detailing the traditions,
culture, origins and history of the town. They are beautifully done and are
worth every cent! Go to Giovanni's
website to learn more about the Valle de Belice video or to see if there
is a documentary for your ancestral town!
Search All of SicilianFamilyTree.com
I've built this search engine that will allow you to search all of the pages on SicilianFamilyTree.com. Have fun exploring the site--search your surnames, your town names, or quickly find information on what you want to learn about such as Italian postal codes, naturalizations or ship manifests. Just use the search box below!
Genealogy Searches on Google
By now, most people have used GOOGLE to search the Web for all types of things. But did you know all the cool genealogy stuff you can find using GOOGLE? If you go to the Google homepage and look at the very top, you will see choices such as Images, Maps, Videos and More. You can use the Images section to search for pictures on the Internet. For instance, try typing your surname with the word headstone or tombstone and see what you get. Or, from the Google home page, click More from the top toolbar, then Books. Search the name of your town and you will find all sorts of online books about your town. A search of Misilmeri turned up one book called Rebels and Mafiosi: Death in a Sicilian Landscape. Very Interesting and you just never know what you might find! Give it a try!
Fantastic Videos
I recently came upon some fantastic videos from this company, Alidmar Video Productions. They make videos for travel agencies to use, but anyone can purchase them and they have one called A Slice of Sicily and another called Insieme in Italy. Just love them! View some short videos that they have made of these great towns in Sicily:
Travel up Mount Etna, Sicily
Carriage ride in Ortygia Island, Sicily
Castlebuono, Sicily
Sights and sounds of Taormina, Sicily
The medieval district, Cefalu', Sicily
Stairway of Saint Maria, Caltagirone, Sicily
Greek/Roman Theater, Taormina, Sicily
Nature park in the Madionie mountains, Sicily
Roman Villa of the Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily
Thank you to Maddalena Cassata DeLorenzo, Tom Russo and Caroline Ilardo Jaworski for the pictures they have contributed for use on this site!
