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Summer 2010

Planning for Fall Trip !!
As always, my trip (see www.gentracer.com/lastrip.html) to Italy in March was wonderful! I'm looking forward to returning in November 2010 (see www.gentracer.com/nextrip.html).

Previous Adventures (March 2010)
Monday, 1 March
Flew from SLC (Salt Lake City) to Dulles (Washington, DC). Nice that the National Archives in College Park (MD) is near three airports (BWI at Baltimore; IAD and DCA at Washington, DC) so I can pick and choose depending on my schedule and theirs.
Tuesday, 2 March
Archives II is at College Park and contains most of the military records I'm using as a consultant on Red Gold (www.redgoldthemovie.com) and for my current book-in-progress (POW Camps Across America), and for a future book (POW Camps Across Italy).
Wednesday, 3 March
flew from BWI (Baltimore) to JFK to MXP (Milano) so I did email in various corners of various airports.
Thursday, 4 March

Olevano Arrived in Milano, picked up the rental car, checked into the hotel in Vigevano and drove to Olevano where I Visited the priest that evening.
Friday, 5 March
I arrived at the civil records office in Olevano when it opened. They were friendly and helpful, but their records start in 1866.
Drove down to Lucca!
Saturday, 6 March
I arrived at records office when it opened to find the documents we'd requested waiting for me. That afternoon I visited Firenze (Florence) around the Duomo.
Sunday, 7 March
Drove out to visit the Florence American Cemetery. Drove down to Roma and my hotel in the EUR section of the city
Monday, 8 March

Roma Archivio Centrale is in the EUR.
Tuesday, 9 March
Worked in Roma at the Army Archives (Stato Maggiore). Met with Karina for dinner in Campo di Fiore.
Wednesday, 10 March
Drove down to the Diocese Archives in Frosinone. Then I drove over to the Archivio di Stato in Latina.
Thursday, 11 March

Gaeta Drove down to Gaeta to the Diocese Archives. I was able to go to Vallecorsa later that afternoon.
Friday, 12 March
The next morning, I was in Vallecorsa shortly after the office opened.
Saturday, 13 March

Vallecorsa Caught the train into Naples to work in the Archivio di Stato.
Sunday, 14 March
Played tourist at Paestum, wandering over the city and soaking up the museum.
Monday, 15 March

Salerno Took the train into the Archivio di Stato in Salerno.
Tuesday, 16 March
Drove the short distance to the Salerno Commonwealth Cemetery at Montecorvino. I then drove to Mignano Monte Lungo and the Italian Military Cemetery there. I arrived at the Gaeta Stato Civile. They agreed to mail the results to me.
Wednesday, 17 March

San Demetrio Corone Drove out to San Demetrio Corone to work in the Stato Civile. Then drove on down to Sicily, taking the ferry across the Strait of Messina and stayed at Castelvetrano.
Thursday, 18 March
I drove up to Vita and arrived shortly before the offices opened.
Friday, 19 March

Ragusa Drove to Ragusa where I found the Diocese is all under renovation and all the offices are elsewhere. Fortunately, I have a backup plan for research in the rivelli records so I can get the infornmation we need, just not where we expected to find it. Drove over to Racalmuto, and a lovely little B&B off the highway.
Saturday, 20 March
Played in the Museum at Agrigento Archaelogical Park.
Sunday, 21 March
Drove to Motta Sant'Anastasia to find the German Military Cemetery. Went looking for Etnapolis, a shopping area that's huge and anchored by a movie theater, Italian supermarket, and furniture store (Emmelunga, the Italian version of IKEA). It's impressive, attractive, and they claim eco friendliness. That, plus an extraordinary view of Etna since it is halfway up that mountain.
Monday, 22 March

Santo Stefano Quisquina Drove over to Santo Stefano Quisquina. At the Municipio, the folks in the Stato Civile offices were helpful and friendly. A visit to the church yielded a cooperative priest. Stayed at Gelso Bianco, nice hotel at an autostrada rest stop with wireless internet, close to the Catania airport.
Tuesday, 23 March
Flew CTA (Catania) to CDG (Paris). They've expanded this airport and it's really lovely with two floor windows facing Mt. Etna. Of course, she's usually covered in clouds, but if you look very closely... I'd made reservations at a hotel served by a shuttle that stops at all the CDG terminals.
Wednesday, 24 March
I flew CDG to SLC, much easier than changing planes in the US!

I'm offering professional research services in Italy and Sicily on my next trip in November. The completed report includes a log of locations and records searched, an analysis of the information found, and copies or extracts of the documents located. On-site research can also include extracts from local phone books, and/or photos of the area. In some cases, I can accompany a client to view their ancestral town and meet (and translate) with Italian cousins. Please reserve your time soon, since it fills quickly. Future trips are planned for each spring and fall. More details are available at my on-site research page at www.gentracer.com/onsite.html. To see some comments from clients, please see www.gentracer.com/references.html.

So far...I'm planning to research in Caselle Torinese, Pordenone, Florence American Cemetery, Roma, Cassino, Gaeta, and Salerno on the mainland, and Sambuca di Sicilia, Motta Sant'Anastasia, Canicatti, and San Giuseppe Jato in Sicily. I'm looking forward to meeting with both American and Italian friends (old and new), as well as returning to favorite places and visiting towns I haven't seen before!

Looking forward to talking about Italian POWs and Internees at the San Gennaro Festival in Hollywood on September 23-26, part of the promotion for Red Gold.

Descendants of Termini Imerese holding their annual gathering in Salt Lake City this year, sorry I'll be missing them.

My latest book on CD is titled Sicily, Part 1 and Part 2 is now available on 2 CDs. With a file for each town (plus many other files), it relates the history of Sicily as reflected in the photos, records and festivals of its towns. It contains over 2500 text and photo files and can be ordered at CD order.

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