POINTers IN PERSON Minutes
Chapter # 10 Central Texas/Austin
Submitted by: Sherry PACELLI Haddox (#4883)
Lin ONOFRIO Brinkman (#1388) opened the monthly meeting on July 23rd with 10 people present including one visitor.
Lin told the group that she had hired Joe DeSimone to do research in Italy and he found eight new family names: FEDERICO, BROCCOLI, MEGLIO, CIABURRO,
CUSANO, CARLO, ZAPPARELLI and VARRONE. All are from PIETRAROIA, BENEVENTO, CAMPANIA. Lin will order films from the Family History Center to do
research on each of these names.
Lin also told of how she and Bill are researching Lin's only paternal cousin's father's side, TOMMASELLI.
Lin requested that each member that attends the August meeting bring any new family names and towns they've discovered while doing research so we can update our chapter records.
Jeanie MARSALIA (#4251) received two replies from her letters to CASELLE TORINESE, ITALY seeking possible relatives with the surname MARSAGLIA
CAGNOLA. One answer came from Luigi MARSAGLIA CAGNOLA via e-mail. He is anxious to know if they are from the same family. His father is Nicola MARSAGLIA
CAGNOLA. Jeanie sent them a copy of her family tree and he stated he would do the same. The second letter was from Margherita MARSAGLIA CAGNOLA which was
written in Italian. Jeanie's son, Shane Mahon, interpreted the letter for her. Her grandmother and Jeanie's grandmother, Margherita MARCHETTI MARSAGLIA,
corresponded with each other and she confirmed several known facts about Jeanie's family.
Jeanie found out more information about her grandmother's adopted brother. His middle name, PATTINI, is not a real name but one given to him at the orphanage. His
biological mother did not want to list her name on the birth record.
Our visitor, Joanne RICCIO Fleming is researching Philomena AGRELLA.
The meeting adjourned at 8:45pm. Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, August 27th at 6:30pm at Merrill Gardens, Round Rock, Texas.