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Welcome to the Riva – Alaria Connections. This blog is an attempt to preserve family history from my father's side and to share it with others who might be interested in following our ancestors over the past hundred plus years.

There are three ways to find your way around this blog. 1) Under 'Family History' (right hand column) you'll find links that are arranged in chronological order of when events happened in the family including documents, photos and other research found. 2)
The 'Blog Archives' is a list of blog entries organized in their posted order. 3) 'Labels' are links to blog entries that include some mention of the key words listed. My research has gone as far as I'll probably take it but if anyone reading this has something to add, I'd be delighted if you'd leave it in a comment. Or to just contact me just leave a comment at the end of any blog entry and I promise not to publish your e-mail address. ©
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November 11, 2017

The Immigration Suitcase

 When my grandfather immigrated to the United States from Italy in 1895 he carried all his earthly possessions in the wicker suitcase below. When my uncle died it was offered to my dad and it came with a treasure trove of papers inside, all of which have been posted on in this blog.  The suitcase itself now has a new home with my oldest niece who has it on displace at the family cottage. Her mission, I told her, is to figure out who should get it next when the time comes---who, in the newest crop of babies in the family grows up caring the most about genealogy and family trees. I need to put a note inside with a list of those of us who the suitcase has passed through. It will contain the names of my grandfather, my uncle, my dad (for about a minute and a half) then me and now my niece.

 

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