My children descend from a variety of cultures.

The BRIGHT family relocated from Pennsylvania to the booming riverfront town of Wyandotte, Kansas, shortly after the Civil War.

The MOORE family, of Scots-Irish descent, lived in the upcountry of South Carolina for a hundred years or more.

The THADEN family came from German immigrants and Tennessee Scots-Irish clans.

The NICHOLAS family originated in Tripoli and Beirut, Syria, and lived among a Syrian colony in Jacksonville, Florida.

The HAHN and LUTES families raced for land in the Oklahoma Land Run of 1893 and had been ever on the frontier prior to that time.

The ROMEO and MOTTA families immigrated to this country at the turn of the century from Sicily.

Monday, January 4, 2016

Movie Recommendation

I love this movie because it tells the story of our Sicilian family's immigration to America.  I discovered this movie after my research into the history of Italian immigration, and I found the story to match those things that I learned about Sicily, the voyage, and the immigration process through Ellis Island.  If you are interested at all in the story of Sicilian immigration to America in the early 1900s, you will love this story.  Giuseppe Romeo made the journey as a teenage young man.  Quite of few of his relatives also made the journey. He later went back to his homeland for his Italian bride, Carmela Motta.  Many of her relatives came to America as well.  These travelers left their small villages and made their way to the sea where they got on boats that took them to Naples.  From there, they boarded large steamers that took them to New York, where they passed by the Statue of Liberty and entered this country through the customs house at Ellis Island.  They immediately became part of the Little Italy enclave of Washington, D.C.  This movie will make you fall in love with your Italian forebears and make you proud of your Italian blood.

1 comment:

  1. I would like to say that this is an amazing movie. It not only shows the lifestyle of our ancestors, but shows how difficult it was to get over to America. I recommend for everyone to watch this! Find it on Netflix.

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