THE WORK BEHIND THE TWO BOOKS
Gli Emigrati di Motta Santa Lucia in Usa
If you have Italian heritage, from Motta Santa Lucia, a small Calabrian town, and you wish to learn more about your ancestors and discover their lives, then these are the books for you.​
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“Gli emigrati di Motta Santa Lucia in Usa. Appunti sulle famiglie che sbarcarono a Ellis Island” (published in 2017) contains over 120 profiles of people who migrated between 1880 and 1950.
Currently sold out.
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"Emigrati di Motta Santa Lucia nelle Americhe" (published in 2021), portrays 113 bios of Mottesi in the States. The book has been printed as a limited edition, so get your copy today!
Few copies still available.​​
Both books are in Italian. The cost is 55 US dollars each book (shipping included)
An English abstract of the introduction is available free of charge. The books have plenty of family photos and a wealth of useful biographic details of complete family trees.
For those who are not fluent in Italian we can provide a FREE translation service in English of their ancestors' profile. See here for more details.
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Tracing family roots
Pages full of family photos, touching real life stories and useful biographic information.
It’s a tribute to the brave ones who left everything to find a better life overseas.
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It’s the story on how they contributed to make their new homeland great, with hard work and determination: new world Americans with Motta and Calabria always in their hearts.
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Check if your family is on the list!
The voice of a migrant community
Mario Grandinetti has conducted an accurate historical survey based on local Church records, Italian birth registries, Ellis Island ship records and family memories of the descendants, both in Italy and the US.
This publication is the result of a joint effort and encouragement from the Mottesi in Italy and the Mottese American community, divided by the Atlantic Ocean, but eager to trace family roots and cultural heritage.