Pacentro Genealogy

On April 13, 1893, forty-two (42) individuals from the village of Pacentro, Italy dis-embarked from the S.S. Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm...

In December of 2014, a memorial stone erected in Piazza degl'Arringhi states the following: “In this square, Gaetano Cercone was...

The following video was taken by Nicola Galterio (1920 - 2010) while visiting his native Pacentro in 1960. His son, Denis, graciously...

In the spring of 1906, a coal mining camp opened in Koehler, New Mexico, which was named for Henry Koehler, the President of the American...

From the late eighteenth through the nineteenth centuries, the village of Pacentro boasted a population of more than 4000, but today...

In 1837, a world-wide cholera pandemic devastated the village of Pacentro. This story and another from the 19th-century were found within...

Infant abandonment was a common practice for centuries. These unfortunate innocents were frequently left on doorsteps, the steps of...

The S. S. Moravia, a vessel owned and operated by the Hamburg America Line, was built in Glasgow, Scotland on 1883 and launched on its...

Built during the 16th and 17th centuries, the antico lavatoio pubblico (the ancient public washing basin) is still located along the...

Pacentrani frequently referred to each other by their clan or nickname (soprannome) rather than their family surname. At times, official...