The first leg of the journey across Brazil was a great success for the Museo del Cognome. Michele Cartusciello, Manager of the Museum and Genealogist, gave a lecture on Genealogy in Italy at the Circolo Italiano in São Paulo, Brazil, last November 5. Read more →
Michele Cartusciello, Founder and Manager of the Museo del Cognome, will leave for Brazil next November 2, 2016.
Un paese ci vuole, non fosse che per il gusto di andarsene via. Un paese vuol dire non essere soli, sapere che nella gente, nelle piante, nella terra c’è qualcosa di tuo, che anche quando non ci sei resta ad aspettarti…
La luna e i falò by Cesare Pavese
The quote taken from Cesare Pavese’s book, La luna e i falò, represents perfectly what we want to tell with the new logo specifically designed for the Museo del Cognome. The main character is an orphan who comes back to his Italian native country in search of his origins and identity after a long time passed in the USA. This is just what the museum does every day, it opens the doors to those people who want to meet their Italian roots.
Here we are with an interview dedicated to the Museo del Cognome by Renato Leproux for Cilentano.it.
Find more at: Cilentano.it presenta: IL MUSEO DEL COGNOME A PADULA
Here we are with a preview of My Ancestry Comic Book: seven panels retracing the stories of my ancestors through words and drawings, plus one describing my job here at the Museo del Cognome. Read more →
Here we are with Padula Genealogy TV Report: Italian Ancestry by Veronica Dudo, the American journalist from the WJLP Television, the tv station that reaches 16 million household on the East Coast and it is viewed in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The reporter was hosted by the Museo del Cognome last September 2015 to film stories, traditions, projects relating our territory through interviews, meetings and reportages.
Enjoy it!
Padula Genealogy TV Report: Italian Ancestry
Here we are with an article dedicated to the Museum’s staff and Padula, the town where one of our Ancestors Tours took place last September. Michael and June DeVito came from Florida to find their Italian roots.
Novemebr 24th, 1970: the daily newspaper “Il Tempo” dedicates an article to Alliegro Cherubina from Padula. Died at the age of 108 due to a sudden illness the day before, she was the oldest woman in Italy.
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April 9, 2016: launch of the Fumetto Genealogico – My ancestry comic book project.
February 29, 2016: the Museo del Cognome will launch the new project Fumetto Genealogico – My ancestry comic book.