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    MWS reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread Italians in Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think Bedford and also Scotland might reveal some more results , I was made aware in the 70's by a rep from an electrical company that...
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    MWS reacted to A Sparks's post in the thread Italians in Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Interesting! There was a Cerrone in my class at Junior school. I don't know what her father did for a living but I do remember him, they...
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    MWS reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Italians in Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    As an aside, came across this. Italian ice cream sellers used to cry “Gelatiecco un poco” a little ice cream. It was the origin of the...
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    MWS reacted to Astolat's post in the thread Ackrills Bakers & Confectioners with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Apologies for resurrecting a very old thread, but this is my grandmother and grandfather! As is probably obvious from only a slight...
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    MWS replied to the thread Italians in Birmingham.
    A third of them appear to be ice cream sellers. Names include - D'Ambrosio, Castellucci, Cerrone, Faccini, Lombardi, Musticone...
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    MWS reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread Italians in Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A very interesting, ancient town with tumultuous long history! I wonder what caused the exodus to Birmingham and were there other places...
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    MWS posted the thread Italians in Birmingham in Genealogy News & Discussion.
    Having recently been looking into 3 family trees with Italian ancestry, I noticed that, interestingly, the town of Sora cropped in all 3...
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    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    I think Jervis Terrace might still be there...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    1939 eroll shows she was living with
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Proof there were burials at St Josephs in 1939 - found this announcement in Birmingham Daily Gazette of April 22 1939 There are other...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    MWS did you seee my post before yours? Great minds :joy:
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    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Could she not still be buried at St Joseph's and not listed or not listed correctly as was mentioned previously I think? Nicola Iommi...
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    MWS replied to the thread sillitoe family.
    A few things. Firstly and simplest, the name of your great aunt who moved to Alaska was Georgina Kathleen Yafrati, one of Joseph's 5...
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    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    The only other places I can think off would be the Library of Bham or the Catholic Archives at St Chad's but I'd doubt even those.
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    MWS reacted to Suzanneiom's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I was back at st Josephs today but the guy who took my details is on holiday for another week. We had a more in-depth look round the...
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