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I have tried to research as many public records as were available to me in order to retain the current family history of those individuals still living and have attempted to research my ancestors from many sources such as the U.S. Census Records, Birth, Baptism, Death/Burial and Marriage Records. For the most part, most the individuals connected to this family have remained fairly close to their respective cities of birth, i.e. San Francisco and the greater Bay Area. It is note worthy to mention that much of this information has been the result of consultation with my own mother, Rose. She's now 92 yrs. old with incredible memory recall for names, dates and events which have been substantiated by offical documents. For the most part our entire family with the exception of my great-grand parents on both sides of the family and my father and grandfather(on my mother's family side) were born in the Potrero Hill District of San Francisco---my mom, all my aunts and uncles and brother being born in a house my grandfather built on Conneticut St. as my grandfather was a house builder and a member of the Carpenter's Union in San Francisco.
My mom's mother, Nilda Marciano, is the grandmother I know most about as the entire family, except for her husband, Ermo Marciano were all Potereo Hill native born San Franciscans. My grandfather came from Cozi, Province of Genoa, Italy. I could never find any information about Cozi despite the many Google searches I've done. I never knew my grandmother on my father's side of the family as she lived her entire life in a small hillside village outside Brescia, Italy--Levrange alla Vestone. My grandma Nilda was born in the Potereo on Kentucky St.in 1894.(Kentucky St. later had a name change---Third St.). Her maiden name was Reghetto.
While my grandmother was alive the family was of course closer----and smaller. Every major holiday seemed to have evolved around her but all that changed around the time of her death in 1969. To my knowledge there has never been an "official" family reunion and unfortunately, for better or worse, it seems that we've come to that unavoidable period in life when the funeral of a family member now seems to serve as "the family reunion". It's always amazing to see relatives you haven't seen in years and to learn of the latest/new additions to an ever-growing family.
The latest family death is that of my loving aunt, Virginia Lazzarini of Mountain View, CA. She was also my godmother. Just to say that she'll be sorely missed is very much an understatment.
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