From Marilyn L. Geary, United States

I came across a document on the web that may be useful for researchers who are looking for their roots in Ticino. It’s called the “Annuario della Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino: per l’anno 1859-1860″ and it lists all kinds of information about the Canton, the political organization and leaders, the churches and hospitals and professions.

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Di Marilyn L. Geary, Stati Uniti

Ho trovato per caso un documento su Internet che potrebbe essere utile a coloro che stanno ricercando le proprie radici in Ticino. Si chiama “Annuario della Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino: anno 1859-186o” e riporta ogni tipo di informazione sul cantone, l’organizzazione e i dirigenti politici, le chiese, gli ospedali e i mestieri.

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Di Lee Chiappalone, Australia

Membri delle famiglie Moretti e Filippini sono emigrati da Cevio e Croglio verso l’Australia alla fine dell’800. Le due famiglie erano imparentate, anche se non ci sono stati matrimoni durante il soggiorno in Australia.

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From Lee Chiappalone, Australia

Moretti and Filippini: Both families emigrated from Cevio and Coglio Ticino to Australia in the late 1800’s. Family folklore has it they were related but there were no marriages between the families in this country.
Were there marriages back in Ticino? My GG grandfather was Ferdinand Moretti son of Johannes Moretti and Ivania Maria Mautero (not sure if those names are spelt right). Any information most welcome.

From Natasha De Bernardi, Ticino

Between 1880 and 1914, 27,000 young people from Ticino emigrated to California. Silvio Debernardi (14.1.1873 -13.7.1954) was one of them. This book (http://www.ndb-agency.ch/blog/?p=1991) contains 61 letters written and received by my great grandfather Silvio during his years in California, from 1891 to 1901.

The book is in English with the original Italian transcription printed at the end of each letter. Sixty-one images are included in the publication.

di Natasha De Bernardi

Fra il 1880 e il 1914, 27 mila giovani ticinesi emigrarono in California. Silvio Debernardi (14.1.1873 - 13.7.1954) era uno di loro. Questo libro contiene 61 lettere scritte e ricevute da mio bisnonno Silvio durante gli anni di emigrazione in California, dal 1891 al 1901.

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by Barb Mullen, Australia

In 1922, Peter, Elsie and Kenneth moved to Creswick to run the British Hotel. It was at this grand hotel some hundreds of miles from where most of the family were living, that fractures in the relationship between Peter and Elsie were visible.

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Di Marilyn Longinotti Geary, Stati Uniti

Sto cercando informazioni sulla famiglia Rotanzi di Peccia. Tre figli di Luigi Rotanzi sono emigrati a metà Ottocento. Francesco è andato in Australia nel 1855 ed è diventato il manager di una miniera d’oro. Virgilio nel 1861 e Alessandro nel 1862 sono invece emigrati verso la regione della baia di San Francisco.

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From Marilyn Longinotti Geary, United States

I am searching for information on the Rotanzi Family of Peccia. Three sons of father Luigi Rotanzi left in the mid-19th century. Francesco went to Australia in 1855 and became a manager of a gold mining operation.

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by Barb Mullen, Australia

When Peter Mattei was about 5 years old, the family fortunes changed for the better. What was to become the family home, ‘Rovanna’ was a house on many acres of land where the family had fruit trees such as apple, pear, plum, peach and cherry trees. The chestnut so important as a food source in Cevio, especially in times of hunger, was also grown here and two trees stand today on the property in Green Hills, near Blackwood.

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