Frank S. wrote: > When I was growing up My Grandparents would not let us kids learn > Italian. When my Father and his older brother first started grade > school the teachers sent them home because they could not speak > English. Because of that my Grandparents forbade us from learning > the language. > I understand. I would like to emigrate in New Zealand but I'm too lazy to study an english grammar. I've some english friends and they laugh everytime I open my mouth.... :) > We have a rather large family 4th of July picnic (over 100 family > members) and some of the > St. Louis branch of the Family come every year. It will be a good > time to "pick" some brains then :-) > Yep ! A true italian family ^__^ > PS: Terrisini is the town in which they came from. > TerrAsini ! :) near Palermo http://www.sicily-photos.com/citta.cfm?citta=Terrasini and in that document TerrAsini was the family name of your grandmother also. ciao Paolo (cicero)