3/14/02 My family is fron Suio Castelforte, Prov. Latina Italy My father was born in Castelforte. His name Francesco, His father was Vincenzo son of Don Antonio and Marianna Vecchio. My grandfather Vincenzo had two or three brothers. One was Salvatore who migrated to Herkimer NY. His brother Domenico, I believe stayed in Castelforte. I do not know if he had any sisters. I do know that he died in 1957 at the age of 85. He and my grandmother had been married 64 years. My grandfather was married to Carolina Mastrillo. I understand that Don Antonio was not born in Castelforte but in Ravello. He was born in 1841 reason I know this, is that he died in 1926 at the age of 85. I know that he had a sister Adeline. I believe he had some brothers - named Salvatore, Francesco, Giuseppe probalby Domenico. Somewhere along the line there was a female member of the family named Emma. It is my understanding that Emma was a big spender (purchased items by the dozen) and a gambler. She was supposed to have gambled away the family fortune. I would like to know more about Antonio since he was quite a character from what my parents told me about him. Since he came from an aristocratic family he hardly worked.He loved to play cards and he drank wine. He sang in the church choir but yet when he died, he was not brought to any church, he had a band play in front of every contina and he also had wine, cigars and a deck of cards in his coffin. My mother was there when he died. She was also there when his third wife died. My mother said that he built her coffin about a week before she died. Some character! I hope that someone will e-mail me. Would love to hear from you. My e-mail is laline457@yahoo.com. Thank you for listening or should I say reading about my father's family. Caroline Fusco Miraglia