hi list, Just returned from the 75th gathering of the Swiss, CEVIO,Ticino family of the FILIPPINI's, down in the Napa/Sonoma area of California. Of the orginal family only 3 - 1st cousin and or spouses remain and 2 came to the reunion....but the 52 2nd cousins ALL CAME..what are the odds on this one. We haven't been together in 27 yrs....and boy did we have a gathering, great visits and the food was delicious, Mediterian style foods<yummy!>...Several bought things, stories and items to share, I brought 2 coats of arms for the family to share and talk about the origins and dates. A special highlght of the gathering, was that my sister and I tracked down the orginal house that g-grandfather built in 1884 and it is now part of a winery and is used to entertain prospective wine buyers and dealers from all over the World. Then a cousin from VIrginia had with her several photo's dating back then 1878-1914 that show the building increases and orchard and vineyards, so I trot down to Fed-ex-Kinko's and they now have a machine that does an execlent repo of your photo's<takes out the sepia tone if wanted and can clean up the photo's blemished if need....< I was impressed > so made 6 copies of each of the 3 photo's and will find the history I found out, to send to the winery, and hope that they will honor our favor of the use and tours of the house for the next reunion in 2006....Doing a VERY Happy dance in my house. ~Linda~ Hawkins Bar, CA.
Congratulations, Linda! It sounds like your reunion was a great success. When you are so far, I'd love to see those 3 old photos and history with them. Could you scan them to me? Greetings from Ft. Bragg, Mendocino County, CA .... home of many Ticinesi, as you well know. Thanks, Hanna Grenny PS. How about an old favorite recipe? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Mock" <lindamock@webtv.net> To: <SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 3:11 PM Subject: Re: SWITZERLAND-D Digest V05 #94 > hi list, > Just returned from the 75th gathering of the Swiss, CEVIO,Ticino family > of the FILIPPINI's, down in the Napa/Sonoma area of California. Of the > orginal family only 3 - 1st cousin and or spouses remain and 2 came to > the reunion....but the 52 2nd cousins ALL CAME..what are the odds on > this one. We haven't been together in 27 yrs....and boy did we have a > gathering, great visits and the food was delicious, Mediterian style > foods<yummy!>...Several bought things, stories and items to share, I > brought 2 coats of arms for the family to share and talk about the > origins and dates. > A special highlght of the gathering, was that my sister and I tracked > down the orginal house that g-grandfather built in 1884 and it is now > part of a winery and is used to entertain prospective wine buyers and > dealers from all over the World. Then a cousin from VIrginia had with > her several photo's dating back then 1878-1914 that show the building > increases and orchard and vineyards, so I trot down to Fed-ex-Kinko's > and they now have a machine that does an execlent repo of your > photo's<takes out the sepia tone if wanted and can clean up the photo's > blemished if need....< I was impressed > so made 6 copies of each of the > 3 photo's and will find the history I found out, to send to the winery, > and hope that they will honor our favor of the use and tours of the > house for the next reunion in 2006....Doing a VERY Happy dance in my > house. > > ~Linda~ > Hawkins Bar, CA. >