Adventuring through what still lives on in my Nonna’s childhood hometown, Taponecco.
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Learning about my great-grandfather.
New year, new beginnings
2018 has passed and I now reflect on the year that was in Italian Soul.
One strong woman
A tribute to my 2nd great-grandmother Silvia Mura.
Souls of Lunigiana
An ancestor research site for the villages of Apella and Taponecco.
Nonnina’s birth certificate
One of my first documented findings of my Italian ancestors was the birth certificate of my great-grandmother (Bisnonna) Ines or as we like to call her, Nonnina.
WWII early mornings
A story from the wartime.
The villages, and their hero
Apella, Taponecco, and their unification hero.
From the ages
A bit of history.
Hiding during the war
Some of nonna’s recounts of World War II.