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Family Tree
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Welcome to cofrancesco.net,
a web site for and about Cofrancescos and their close relatives. Much
of the material appears in both Italian and English. You can select
either language by clicking on the flags that appear above. Additional
material will be translated into both languages as time permits.
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Site Contents in the Top Menu
provides an overview of what is contained in the three menus. You can
access the various parts of the site by using the three menus: the Top Menu above and the Main Menu and Keep in Touch Menu to the left. For direct access to material newly added to the site see the headings listed below.
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Cofrancesco Reunion 2009
It's Reunion Time Again!
Patty Cofrancesco, assisted by her cousin Lou Cofrancesco, are
sponsoring another Cofrancesco family reunion. It will be held on
August 2, 2009, and as before it will be at Lighthouse Point Park in
New Haven, Connecticut.
 For more info click here
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our family tree IS GROWING
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 Thanks to Arlene Cofrancesco Willis and Anna Di Leone an entirely new branch has been added to our Family Tree. It extends from Bartolomeo Cofrancesco (1855-1934) to Arlene's daughters. In particular, you will find the descendants of Clemente Cofrancesco, who was born in Massa di Faicchio, province of Benevento (Italy), in 1887 and immigrated to Paterson, NJ (USA) in 1909, where he got married and had many children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren...
See Clemente Cofrancesco's Hourglass Chart
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History & storieS
Pacifico Cofrancesco
The Origin of the Cofrancesco Family
On
the basis of research carried out at parish archives in the Province of
Benevento and the State Archives of Naples and Benevento, the genealogy
of the Cofrancesco family can be traced from the the 16th to the 21st
century. In particular, the common origin of all current Cofrancesco
families around the world is highlighted.
Read full paper...
Pacifico
Cofrancesco
Umberto's
War
In the Cofrancesco family, the name Umberto is quite common, particularly
in the last generation. But the Umberto Cofrancesco – son of Lorenzo, captured
at Bardia and prisoner of war in Australia as cited in a “Service and Casualty
Form” that Ivan found - did not match any of the known Umberto Cofrancescos,
living or dead. Our research did not provide any useful results. One day last
June 2008, something “strange” happened.
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TRAVELS
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Susan
Cofrancesco Green
Traveling
to Italy...
meeting Cofrancescos
I had the opportunity to travel with my husband Michael on
a business trip to Italy. For both of us this would be our first time traveling
to Italy. We flew into Milan and spent most of the ten days staying in Chiavari
so that we would be close to his work, which was the boat show in Genova.
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Phyllis Masotta Cofrancesco
Our Trip
to San Lorenzello
When I married my husband my name changed from Phyllis
Masotta to Phyllis Cofrancesco. I have always loved my marriage name but thanks
to John Cofrancesco, Ivan Cofrancesco and others, I knew a lot about the
Cofrancesco ancestors and little about my Masotta ancestors.
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John A. Cofrancesco
A Visit to the Home of our Ancestors
As
the 19:50 Trenitalia from Naples approached our destination station of
Telese-Cerreto my thoughts were of how it all began in 1994 with the
purchase of a certificate providing a brief, and as I was to later
learn, erroneous history of the Cofrancesco surname. This was the
start of my efforts to learn more about my Italian ancestors.
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John A. Cofrancesco
A Travel Guide to visit the Home of our Ancestors
If you are an Italian American who has never been to Italy you are in for a
treat. Many people consider Italy to be among the most beautiful and
historically significant countries in the world. And even if you have been to
Italy before, there is nothing like a return trip to visit the birthplace of the
Cofrancescos, San Lorenzello, and the nearby towns in the Province of Benevento,
particularly if you have been fortunate enough to have established contact with
a relative in the area. Take a look at A visit to the Home of our Ancestors by John A. Cofrancesco,
on this web site to get an idea of what a trip can be like. Then look for
information on our web site about San Lorenzello and the nearby towns under Our Towns.
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OUR WINE
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John A. Cofrancesco
Wines of
the Titerno River Valley
I can remember my father, a first generation Italian American
growing up in Hamden, Connecticut, USA telling me about his childhood and how he
remembered his father making wine. The children would help in the “stomping of
the grapes” and drink wine with their meals starting at an early
age.
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coming soon
The Cofrancescos who immigrated to the USA (1881-1926)
The results of a recently completed, comprehensive research of immigration records, census records and related material about some 200 Cofrancescos who immigrated to the United States between 1881 and 1926 will be soon available in new material that is being added to our web site.
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Dec 2008 Newsletter
NIAF Web Site
NIAF Gala 2008
(Washigton Post)
THE EARTHQUAKE
IN ABRUZZO (ITALY)
The National Italian American Foundation is
asking Americans for funds to assist in recovery efforts.
NIAF for Abruzzo
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