Monday, March 10, 2014

Treasure in Old Newspapers for the Coffarelli, Manzelli and Sapienza families

I found a wonderful new time-waster in the form of a website that has TONS of old newspaper articles largely from New York State and have been spending way too much time enthralled by my finds.  FultonHistory.com has put hours and hours of work into digitizing newspaper articles to benefit all of us but especially those interested in the smaller newspapers.  The Long Island Star Journal is a key newspaper for the Dalpiaz, Manzelli and Coffarelli families.   I think you're going to love these! (especially the Ruskas!!)

This appeared in the Long Island City Star Journal Thursday July 29 1948

Grandfather Giacomo Sapienza.  This appeared in the Lond Island Star Journal Sat Oct 26 1963

This is the wedding announcement for Madeline Manzelli and Joseph Basile published in the Long Island City Star Journal Mon Aug 26 1940--wedding trip to Lake George!

The big one that got away from the Manzelli boys as described in the Nov 7 1939 Long Island City Star Journal.  It's a special find to discover an article in which your ancestors are quoted.

2 comments:

  1. As a good Irish girl, I am enthralled with all the Italian names! They are so much fun to read - I mean, once you get a few of them straight! Thanks for all the research. It is not a time waster, if we all benefit from it, right??

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  2. They don't put those kind of announcements in the papers anymore. It really shows how they all married people from the same neighborhood.

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