Updates:
4/12/09 - Carlo Orlando fans can email him directly here.
4/12/09 - Organized surnames differently.
3/27/09 - Another poignant story by Carlo Orlando.
3/22/09 - Updates galore! Yes, I've had lots of time off. New Update to Looking for Information page. Pictures added to Chieuti-Albania page. A new page! Marco Venditti's Travelogue which describes his first trip to Chieuti. Also, updates to my other website - Serracapriola Pages.
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) |