European Towns We Trace Our Roots To

The following are towns and/or areas we trace our roots to:

For certain:

• Serrastretta, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy
• Alife, Caserta, Campania, Italy
• Alvignano, Caserta, Campania, Italy
• Piana di Caiazzo, Caserta, Campania, Italy
• Maniowy, Malopolskie, Poland
• Ottenhöfen im Schwarzwald, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Hirzig, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Ramsbach, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Bad Peterstal, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Farn, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Bühl, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Erlan, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Ibach, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Löcherberg, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Steig, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Wernest, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Eckenfels, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Suschet, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Bärenbach, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Oppenau, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Nordrach, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Freiersbach, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Roos, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Sohlberg, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Döttelbach, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Rench, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Breitenberg, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Nesselwängle, Reutte, Tirol, Austria

Most likely:

• Kacwin, Malopolskie, Poland (Funket)
• Nowe Bystre, Malopolskie, Poland (Staszel)

General areas:

• County Cork, Ireland (Walsh)
• County Tipperary (Dwyer/Kennedy)
• County Mayo, Ireland (Battle) - could be County Sligo originally
• Scotland (MacLean)
• Bavaria, Germany (Kiefer)

Names in our direct line (Mom's side)

The following are the surnames that I have discovered so far that are in our direct line on the Fazio side:

Italian line:

• Fazio
• Luponio
• Lio
• Maruca
• Juliano
• Aiello
• Mazza
• Scalise
• Bartolomeo
• Angelillo
• Cusano
• Maiello
• Bauli
• Mone
• Corniello
• Martino
• Biondi
• DiCaprio
• Leonardo
• Ferrucci
• Riccitelli
• Aceto
• Girardi
• DiFrancesco
• Ciccarelli
• Isabella
• Antonelli
• Funaro
• Mastroianni

Polish line:

• Staszel/Stosel/Stosal
• Miskowiec
• Hagowski/Hagowska
• Kalafut
• Lapczynski
• Bednarczyk
• Sowa
• Kumorzon
• Pawlik
• Piwowarski
• Bukowski
• Funkiet/Funket (Slavic)

Names in our direct line (Dad's side)

The following are the surnames that I have discovered so far that are in our direct line on the Walsh side:

Irish line:

• Walsh
• Battle
• Dwyer
• Kennedy
• MacLean (Scottish)
• Tighe
• Mullin

German Line:

• Goodhines/Gutheinz (Austrian)
• Maier/Mayer/Meyer/Meyers
• Kiefer
• Braun
• Gehring (Austrian)
• Kneissl (Austrian)
• Hummel (Austrian)
• Pflauder (Austrian)
• Kerle (Austrian)
• Bachle
• Burk/Birk
• Huber
• Baumann
• Muller
• Spath
• Zerrer
• Durr
• Ronecker
• Schwaiger/Schweigert
• Jockerst
• Trayer
• Felder/Velder
• Rinckwald/Ringwald
• Obwalter/Obwalder
• Schillinger
• Feist
• Bruckhardt
• Funkbonnert
• Springmann
• Schmeider
• Eckenfels
• Lod
• Guringer
• Feger
• Bruder
• Strack
• Hertig
• Isenmann
• Summ
• Lehmann
• Steiner

A series of random thoughts

I have decided to write this blog as a series of random thoughts as opposed to writing it in story form.  As such each of the subsequent blogs will be disjointed, but hopefully can stand on their own. When I eventually write the book (outline forthcoming) it will be placed in a good story format, but for now I just want to capture ideas, so each of my blogs will be snippets of information that will eventually find their way into my book.