My family is so important to me, as I know it is to many others, so I am happy to help others as others have helped me. It is also fun and rewarding to help people discover the roots of their family, especially when I know I have given them the tools to do their own research because finding it yourself is the best part of all!
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Tears and joy!
"I laughed and I cried."
"It is difficult to read through tears!"
"I have to admit I cried through most of it."
"The dedication page makes me cry because
it is so filled with love."
"The gift of this labor of love."
"What a gift this book is!"
DPG
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I'm impressed by your incredible work on this family history, compiled in such a comprehensive publication. I managed to open everything. I'll be thinking about printing it out so I can have a hard copy and show it to my loved ones. Thank you so much. I've had this app installed since we met. It's been very useful. Sending warm greetings to all my family in the USA. Hugs to this most wonderful senior. May God keep her in good health and care for her as long as possible. KK
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This is awesome!! Congratulations for finishing it! And THANK YOU for taking it on! Can’t wait for mine to arrive, I just put my order in.
Love, SPO
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Hi Angie, Thanks you for collecting these memories and creating the Possemato family history. We are so lucky you decided to marry into this crazy family!! KPR
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This is so awesome Angie. Thank you so much for all your research and for sharing with us. GH
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Dear Angie,
Thank you for the magnificent research and book you composed. The manner in which you have re-enlisted us as family after generations and miles of separation is a gift to us all. May blessings from heaven be abundant to you for your much effort, (and if not now, I'll bet it will be so when we get there!) Much love, RT
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Hey, Got the book today! Can’t wait to delve into it! What an amazing job. Thank you from the family a million times over. J.&D.
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We got the Possemato book. Beautiful work! My sister is impressed, too. We decided that neither one of us would be able to accomplish what you have. As a result of the book, we have come up with all kinds of questions for Dad. Amazing how entwined we all are!
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Angie, My books arrived today! And I had one downloaded so I can read on a bus or plane! Can’t wait to dive right into it! I will be ordering more for gifts. I am super excited! Much appreciation to you for the enormous amount of time, research, expense, and brain power you sacrificed for this successful endeavor! This is short, but I wanted to be sure to get a brief but heartfelt “ Thank You” off to you tonight.
Much love, H.
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The book you created is so amazing, I looked at it for hours last night. Your pictures are beautiful. Thank you so much for the gift of this labor of love you’ve completed.
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I got stalled when I started reading the book. It is difficult to read through tears! Thank you for immortalizing the Possematos. To come from such humble beginnings to the new world and to be given a documented place in history, and our personal history, is so much appreciated. And I trust those future generations will know the solid foundations and values upon which to add their own histories. But I doubt any author will come as close as you to capturing the essence of our families. Thank you so very much." D.
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None of this would have been possible without the help of a lot of knowledgeable people who were willing to help me find records, translate documents and understand the history. The least I can do is pay it forward. It takes a global village!
I’m flabbergasted !!! And to think that I had this info in my possession all these years; of course, it would have helped if I could read Italian and decipher handwriting!!! Thank you for sharing all of this, I am still processing it all.
Angie, you are such an inspiration !! RPS
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Hello Angela
I can't thank you enough for all of the descendants documents and other documents on your web site. I have used them extensively.
As an example, some of them, the Italian death certificate for my father's mother, and and ship manifests, completely conflicted with stories me and my cousins were told about the why and when of her death. You were right when you told me official documents are the most trusted sources. Thanks again, FP
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Oh my goodness, thank you for this! Adelaide Ucci has been a puzzle I have been trying to figure out for a while now! Her birthplace was listed as France on several Census records and American documents, but it didn't make sense to me as her birth date would have been post-Napoleon. Thanks also for the local church records, too. Even if I had been at the church and found them myself, I never would have looked at those names and figured out that was my grandfather! The many versions of names for one person has indeed been a struggle for me in finding records. L.
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Hi Angie! You've done a great job, and it's very well done. I admire your perseverance in pursuing your goal. I recognize some of the photos and the people. Big hugs to all of you as Christmas approaches. JA
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Hi! I got the book today! Can’t wait to delve into it! What an amazing job. Thank you from the family a million times over. DPP.
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Hi Angela,
I am enjoying your wonderful book so very much! My brother, and cousins ordered theirs, and I just ordered another one and having it sent to our cousin in Alaska! I would love more information on my grandmother Gabriella's ancestors. I have never seen a picture of grandpa Cosimo other than what I sent you.. The picture of the 3 brothers on pg 111, is Cosimo! What a gift this book is, the great family pictures and all the faces I remember. I laughed and I cried. Those Easter Sunday hats and our new dresses. Great memories. Can't thank you enough for sharing your curiosity with the rest of us.
Love and Hugs, V
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CONGRATULATIONS...your dad is smiling somewhere, not to mention your mom! JD
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We received the DeSerio book. It's amazing. Absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for all your hard work! CGS
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Dear Angela, I just ordered two copies but will be ordering more of this wonder labor of love. The dedication page makes me cry because it is so filled with love. I have forwarded the email with the book ordering info to my sister. Soooo looking forward to getting this in my hands
Gratefully yours, H.
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Hi Angie, We received our books the other day and I just sat down to read it. I just finished page 6 and have tears in my eyes already. You are an amazing writer. Just turning the pages to look ahead seems so interesting. Thank you so much for sharing this story with us. I will continue on reading. Merry Christmas to you and Harvey. Give our love to your Mom, SG
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Angie,
You did a fantastic job again on the family book!PZS
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It's the words of thanks and amazement that I receive when someone has had a question answered, an ancestor discovered, a connection made or a document found and knowing my books and research bring the same tears and
joy to others that I have felt, makes me grateful
to all I have learned from you.
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Thank you, Angie, for getting back to me with so much helpful information, and so quickly! Thanks, too, for the tips on the text. I love the way the stories in your book flow right along with the historical references. It's clear that you are and always were very close to the families you write about. That, too, is key, having a heart connection to the people you are remembering, whether
you actually knew them or not.
Thanks again, Angie. AK
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I can't thank you enough for the links you just sent to your previous two books! I previewed them both and will get to the library as soon as I can for the real things (only because the previewed text is so small and I want to savor everything!). I am so impressed by your work--what you write about our obligations (that is, we "chosen ones") to future generations by recording family histories, and how you incorporate stories, records, memorabilia, and photographs to make it all come alive. You have already gotten me thinking about how to better use some of the many family records that have been left to me. AK
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The book you created is so amazing, I looked at it for hours last night. Your pictures are beautiful. Thank you so much for the gift of this labor of love you’ve completed.
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I'm impressed by your incredible work on this family history, compiled in such a comprehensive publication. I managed to open everything. I'll be thinking about printing it out so I can have a hard copy and show it to my loved ones. Thank you so much. I've had this app installed since we met. It's been very useful. Sending warm greetings to all my family in the USA. Hugs to this most wonderful senior. May God keep her in good health and care for her as long as possible. KK
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This is awesome!! Congratulations for finishing it! And THANK YOU for taking it on! Can’t wait for mine to arrive, I just put my order in.
Love, SPO
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Hi Angie, Thanks you for collecting these memories and creating the Possemato family history. We are so lucky you decided to marry into this crazy family!! KPR
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This is so awesome Angie. Thank you so much for all your research and for sharing with us. GH
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Dear Angie,
Thank you for the magnificent research and book you composed. The manner in which you have re- enlisted us as family after generations and miles of separation is a gift to us all. May blessings from heaven be abundant to you for your much effort,
(and if not now, I'll bet it will be so when we get there!) Much love, RT
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It was such a pleasure connecting last month, as you filled in so many black holes I came across. Your work is amazing! Also, to find we share the same great, great, great, great grandfather makes the world smaller. DC
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It has been wonderful to know that there is someone out there in exactly the same situation and even though distantly, related. Viewing
your family tree and all the information about your journey to learn more has been such a great help. I wish I had started much earlier, in hindsight asking questions of Babcia, dad,
aunts and uncles when they were still with
us should have been a must. DS
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It was such a pleasure connecting last month, as you filled in so many black holes I came across. Your work is amazing! Also, to find we share the same great, great, great, great grandfather makes the world smaller. DC
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I’m flabbergasted !!! And to think that I had this info in my possession all these years; of course, it would have helped if I could read Italian and decipher handwriting!!! Thank you for sharing all of this, I am still processing it all.
Angie, you are such an inspiration !! RPS
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Hello Angela
I can't thank you enough for all of the descendants documents and other documents on your web site. I have used them extensively.
As an example, some of them, the Italian death certificate for my father's mother, and and ship manifests, completely conflicted with stories me and my cousins were told about the why and when of her death. You were right when you told me official documents are the most trusted sources. Thanks again, FP
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Oh my goodness, thank you for this! Adelaide Ucci has been a puzzle I have been trying to figure out for a while now! Her birthplace was listed as France on several Census records and American documents, but it didn't make sense to me as her birth date would have been post-Napoleon. Thanks also for the local church records, too. Even if I had been at the church and found them myself, I never would have looked at those names and figured out that was my grandfather! The many versions of names for one person has indeed been a struggle for me in finding records. L.
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Hi Angie! You've done a great job, and it's very well done. I admire your perseverance in pursuing your goal. I recognize some of the photos and the people. Big hugs to all of you as Christmas approaches. JA
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Hi! I got the book today! Can’t wait to delve into it! What an amazing job. Thank you from the family a million times over. DPP.
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Hi Angela,
I am enjoying your wonderful book so very much! My brother, and cousins ordered theirs, and I just ordered another one and having it sent to our cousin in Alaska! I would love more information on my grandmother Gabriella's ancestors. I have never seen a picture of grandpa Cosimo other than what I sent you.. The picture of the 3 brothers on pg 111, is Cosimo! What a gift this book is, the great family pictures and all the faces I remember. I laughed and I cried. Those Easter Sunday hats and our new dresses. Great memories. Can't thank you enough for sharing your curiosity with the rest of us.
Love and Hugs, V
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CONGRATULATIONS...your dad is smiling somewhere, not to mention your mom! JD
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Hello Angela, I’ve been trying to write for weeks ever since my sister-in-law told me about you. I apologize for taking so long. I’ve looked at the photos you sent and read a lot of the ancestry list of people I come from. I have to admit I cried through most of it. All my life I’ve looked in the faces of strangers and tried to find one that looked like me, only now to come across all of you, my mother’s people, and find that I don’t walk alone. I now have all these fabulous ancestors at my side. I hope to one day find my grandparents’ graves so I can kneel before them and say thank you for being brave enough in coming to America. Thank you Angela for passing on all that information, names and faces of my mother’s people! I hope to be hearing from you as I am in awe knowing I have cousins in this world. With a grateful heart, K.
Good evening Angela,
WOW, billions of thanks for your greatly appreciated reply and very helpful tutorials !! I was aware of the FS site, but I had no idea of this advanced way of Catalog searching. Many thanks and keep in touch. MC
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Hi Angie,
OMG, that certainly answered a lot of questions we all had. Thank you so much for all the hard work you put into finding this information! You're amazing and so glad we have someone in our family like you. Thank you so much! Mom and Dad would have loved all this information. JND
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I want to thank you for the information that you provided, it’s a generation more than I could locate. I can’t express how grateful I am for this information that you have provided.
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You strike again! I did NOT know that my father was baptized Severio. I've heard over the years (after he passed away) comments that this was supposed to be his name but it ended up Samuel. On our recent trip a surviving cousin of my father kept referring to him as Severio, as did some of her children, all adults. It was always a bit of a mystery to me and you have solved it. What great timing! Moreover, I love the name Severio. And our first, and to date only, grandchild is named Sam, after my dad. We can add this to the story when we tell him about his namesake and great-grandfather. BV
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Good evening, Angela! I just wanted to thank you again for the unbelievably, detailed, well put together on our family history. I just ordered my fifth book of the Possemato family’s genealogy and history. I hope you and Harvey are well! And I hope we can have a visit one of these days, in person. Much love to the two of you, HP.
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Love it! Love it! Love it!
Where to start…….well, I’m still reading and re-reading every sentence and piece you have gathered for this beautiful book!! To see it all together is a bit overwhelming and in some ways evokes a feeling of loss while at the same time a feeling of celebration of the people and places that are so dear to us. Your writing flows so freely and your humorous approach to our legacy makes it all so real; there is always humor in the Italian way as we so well know. Got to say also that I love the way you seamlessly enjoined your family into it all. The picture itself tells a beautiful story!!
I’ve given a copy to each of my children and my brother and told as many of those cousins that don’t use the Internet about it.Thank you for your devotion and creative superpower, you have given each one of us a wonderful gift!! Ti abbraccio forte (yes, I looked that up!) RPS.
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Just got done printing out and rereading what you’ve uncovered, wow! Good to know, I guess? Thanks again for shedding light on this for me. BG
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The books came and they are great! I am amazed at how much work you put into them. I can almost feel that I am back in Cadosia. They are obviously a labor of love. TDS
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Thank you for the magnificent research and book composition you composed. The manner in which you have re- joined us as family after generations and miles of separation is a gift to us all. May blessings from heaven be abundant to you for your much effort. RT
Hi Angela, It has been wonderful to know that there is someone out there in exactly the same situation and even though distantly, related. Viewing your family tree and all the information about your journey to learn more has been such a great help. I wish I had started much earlier, in hindsight asking questions of Babcia, dad, aunts and uncles when they were still with us should have been a must. DS
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Angela, this is such a labor of love. The photos, history, newspaper articles, records and even the other bits of information and quotes are put together perfectly in my opinion. I can see the wreath in the Possemato family as I read the stories and history in the book. The Possemato-Rillo connection certainly circled around with you and Harvey. EL
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Wykonałaś wielką pracę genealogiczną historii rodziny, czytam pdf - gratulacje!
Dziękuję za miłe słowa. /
You have done a great job of family history genealogy; I am reading the pdf - congratulations! Thank you for your kind words. JA
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The book arrived safe and sound. And what a
wonderful surprise. I thought it was still a work in progress and did not realize it was so near to being done. It is beautiful!!! So much information, lovely pictures, and documents. We love it and will get so much enjoyment
from it for years to come.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! FV
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Wow, thank you for all your hard work in the Possemato book!!! It is amazing and I have not gone through all of it yet. Well done!!! CGS
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This is awesome!! Congratulations for finishing it! And THANK YOU for taking it on! S.
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Ciao Angela. Il libro è arrivato. Ad una prima scorsa sono stata colpita dalla moltitudine di notizie che sei riuscita a reperire e dal corredo fotografico che arricchisce le informazioni e rende il volume bello e accattivante. Impiegherò un po’ per leggerlo tutto perché sebbene comprenda l’inglese, avrò bisogno del traduttore per alcuni termini. Mi complimento con te per il lavoro fatto ,non semplice per la puntualità delle informazioni e del periodo preso in esame che è molto vasto. Nel rinnovare il mio invito a vederci in Italia, ti invio i miei più sinceri e affettuosi di buone feste tutte.Saluti a tutta la famiglia compresa quella di tua sorella. ///
Hello Angela. The book has arrived. At a first glance I was struck by the multitude of news that you managed to find and by the photographic kit that enriches the information and makes the volume beautiful and captivating. It will take me a while to read it all because, although I understand English, I will need translator for some terms. I congratulate you for the work done, not easy for the punctuality of the information and the period under consideration which is very vast. In renewing my invitation to meet in Italy, I send you my most sincere and affectionate happy holidays to all. Greetings to all the family including your sister's.
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FANTASTIC!!
You are amazing. I appreciate every morsel you find and I eagerly record in our tree. I’m always aware that none of this would have been known without you…we are grateful. CZL