I only
information I knew was my great grandfather, Guiseppie Mondello, immigrated
in the late 1890's with his
wife, Crucefissa LaDuca and 2 children Serifina and Bennedetto from Casteltermini, Sicily.
I wanted to
build our Family tree !
Who was
Guiseppe why had he left ?
Who were the Mondello's, then and now ?
How would they receive us ?
I guessed record keeping was probably non existent
back then and my
search would acquaint me with dead ends.
Nothing could
have been further from the truth !!
I started my
search in July 2002 and 6 weeks later my son and I were in the town square of
Casteltermini hugging my newly discovered relatives.