Updates:
2/24/10 - See the new page "Marketplace."
1/22/10 - Okay, people, listen up. This is the coolest thing ever! I love Google Earth. Satellite photos give incredible detail of every place on Earth. The photos here are from Google Earth. It's just the best free download ever. Now even better news: "Street View" is now available for Chieuti and Serracapriola. After you've downloaded Google Earth, turn on Street View and click on a camera. Suddenly, you are on the street! Meander down the streets like you are taking a passeggiata with the paesani by clicking on the cameras. It's like a quick visit to the old country!
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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 Miniello 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 in 2006, 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) |