Where I am now

http://www.i-italy.org/user/ainardi

For the confusion I caused my family & friends. I was born with a made up name "Anarde" I didn't know this. This was my fathers name, and my grandfathers before them I didn't know. I married into a simple name , Smith:) This got boring, I wanted to reconnect with my Italian name- but this time with the correct spelling.

miracle all the time

I have miracles happen often. Sometimes I just don't notice them, but this.. this was truly amazing.

I know people think I'm a bit over the top when it comes to the Italian research stuff. I really dont care what those people think. I can sense people guiding me. When things like this happen even more so I realize what a gift It is for me to have this mad driving passion.

In English class we are writing our second essay, I was doing research on a search tool through our school. A story comes up and lines some words pop up to me fitting perfect with my essay. Then I see it. Names I see the names in the paper.

This reunion picnic we are having in June . There were some people I couldn't find, assumed they were dead, had no descendants, or daughters and the names had changed.



I saw a name. Smack dap in the middle of that picture, the accordion player is Al Maletta , the story I found talked about his daughter Beverly how she was submitting photos of him to Vincenza Scarpaci a Author living in Eugene Or who is writing a book called "A Journey of Italians in America", this artical was written in yakima hearld.

So I got on it tracking down everyone who I could . I emailed Vincenza, sons of Italy in yakima- and today I got replies. This evening Beverly called we missed each other but i'll try her tomorrow. She left me the greatest message,The message said:

"Hello Crystal Ainardi, I wanted to let you know my father is still Alive he is in his 90's!"

June is around the corner!

Still can't believe I have somehow pulled this off. There is a greater force. Only last year , I thought maybe just maybe I could get everyone together. Now, Wow Wow 200-300 people are coming to a "reunion picnic" in June. Tons of people have pulled this together.My family. I will cry.

Little Italy in the graveyard

I went to visit the "Italian hill" as my family calls it. The cemetery where all my Dads family is buried there is a little hill in the front corner , most of the Italian immigrants are there including my Great Grandparents. I was curious what the IHS symbols meant that I saw on my families head stones.



Research:

possible origin of the IHS monogram dates back to the Battle of Milvian Bridge in 312; according to legend, the Roman emperor Constantine saw a symbol in the sky (it was a labarum or a cross, the stories differ) with the words "In Hic Signo" beneath it. "In Hoc Signo" is Latin for "In this sign", meaning that God was promising Constantine victory in exchange for his submission to Christ. Constantine accepted and ordered his soldiers to paint the sign of Christ (once again, a cross or labarum) on their shields... the next day, the battle was won.

Answer:

Contrary to popular belief, the "IHS" does not stand for "I have suffered". On the contrary, it is the first three letters for the spelling of Jesus in the Greek Language.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_'IHS'_mean_on_Christian_symbols

My third generation post got some movement

http://www.i-italy.us/forum/topic/show?id=912875%3ATopic%3A32471

I posted it on another site called i italy.

More on Luigi Ainardi

As you can see the second section for declare of intent book with all the other names.. he never filed for the petition , in other words never became legal. Dual citizen ship here I come. Thank you grandpa Luigi!!