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Jul 18
1 min

Pacentro 1960 - Video of Women Washing Clothes

The following video was taken by Nicola Galterio (1920 - 2010) while visiting his native Pacentro in 1960. His son, Denis, graciously pro...

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Mary Ann Dailey

Jul 18
5 min

Pacentrani Miners in New Mexico

In the spring of 1906, a coal mining camp opened in Koehler, New Mexico, which was named for Henry Koehler, the President of the American...

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Mary Ann Dailey

Nov 16, 2019
2 min

Migration Patterns of Pacentrani

From the late eighteenth through the nineteenth centuries, the village of Pacentro boasted a population of more than 4000, but today ther...

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Mary Ann Dailey

Feb 16, 2019
2 min

Pacentro in the 19th Century

In 1837, a world-wide cholera pandemic devastated the village of Pacentro. This story and another from the 19th-century were found within...

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Mary Ann Dailey

Sep 15, 2018
1 min

The Fate of Innocents

Infant abandonment was a common practice for centuries. These unfortunate innocents were frequently left on doorsteps, the steps of churc...

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Pacentrani who emigrated to America in April 1890

Mary Ann Dailey

May 3, 2017
2 min

Pacentrani who emigrated to America in April 1890

The S. S. Moravia, a vessel owned and operated by the Hamburg America Line, was built in Glasgow, Scotland on 1883 and launched on its fi...

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The Old Public Laundry "I Canaje" in Pacentro (antico lavatoio pubblico)

Mary Ann Dailey

Oct 20, 2016
1 min

The Old Public Laundry "I Canaje" in Pacentro (antico lavatoio pubblico)

Built during the 16th and 17th centuries, the antico lavatoio pubblico (the ancient public washing basin) is still located along the stre...

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Mary Ann Dailey

Jul 16, 2016
1 min

Surnames in Pacentro

Pacentrani frequently referred to each other by their clan or nickname (soprannome) rather than their family surname. At times, official ...

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