Tech, Food, News, Life - Blog - Michael's Piece of the Web » Genealogy http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog site updates. life updates. interesting links. random thoughts. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:59:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Lost the last of Gatti Generation D http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2010/09/21/lost-the-last-of-gatti-generation-d/ http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2010/09/21/lost-the-last-of-gatti-generation-d/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:54:59 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/?p=842 Sadly, the last member of what is known in the Gatti Family Tree as Generation D  passed away yesterday. Marion Virginia (Toon) Gatti, better known as Ginny was the sole surviving member of her generation. She was married to Larry Gatti making her my great aunt. She was 96 years old. As you can read on the family tree, she leaves quite a legacy in her daughters Alicia, Rita & Kathy and her grandchildren/great-grandchildren.

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Please feel free to visit and take a look at the photos, stories, biography, etc. Then if you have anything you’d like to add about my Dad, please submit it by using the links on the site. I know that there are more stories and details to be added, but I rely on the the people who know them to share them.

Go to www.emilgatti.com for info.

]]> http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2008/08/10/tribute-to-my-father-emilgatticom/feed/ 0 and then there were 6 http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/08/27/and-then-there-were-6/ http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/08/27/and-then-there-were-6/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:02:28 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/08/27/and-then-there-were-6/ Just when I thought the Gatti family tree was up to date Debbie’s branch of the tree has sprouted yet another new leaf. OK, maybe I’m taking the tree metaphor a bit far! Please welcome Micah John Bowling to the family. He was born August 24th to Wendy and Michael Bowling.For those keeping score, that makes 6 members of Generation H of the Gatti tree, all of whom are grandchildren of Debbie and great-grandchildren of Sonny and Dot.

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]]> http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/08/26/a-new-member-of-our-youngest-generation/feed/ 0 On the Origin of Grandmas http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/05/04/on-the-origin-of-grandmas/ http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/05/04/on-the-origin-of-grandmas/#comments Sat, 05 May 2007 03:40:33 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2007/05/04/on-the-origin-of-grandmas/ Here’s an interesting article about how grandparents affect the health and well-being of children. I for one spent a lot of time with my grandparents as a child and think it definately helped me become the person I am today. I still spend as much time with my grandfather as possible today!
Read the article below or learn about my own grandparents on my family tree site.

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Sorry this took so long. Victor sent me the pieces this story on 3 December 2005. It’s unbelievable that it took me almost a year to get it online. Sadly, right around the time he sent it to me, the Billy Gatti problem arose and the band of adventurous Ukranians took a backseat to several mean-spirited Italians! Then life just got too busy to get to it, but better late than never!

Check it out here.

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Some features of interest are that every detail page now has a place for external links where you can see family members’ own personal wesbites, a surname list to give you idea of what names are in my family tree data, a genealogy research resource page and more.

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I mentioned the other day that I’ll be adding something to recognize how far-reaching the site seems to be becoming with the many Gatti’s etc. who have contacted me after finding the website. I’ll also be adding a new genealogy resources page to attempt to help other find info about their family. I’ll also be adding some more standard genalogy things such as a surname list.

Keep watching this blog for news.

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As I work on it and go through all of the existing information that I already have available, I’ve realized something that is pretty amazing. My little website really does reach a world wide audience. I’ve gotten e-mails from so many people who share last nameswith people in my family. They’ve come from all corners of the United States plus countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany just to name a few. I see hits from all around the world in my site logs, but I often think that it’s probably just robots crawling my site. But the big folder of e-mails that I have from around the world tells me otherwise.

Anyway, just sharing my amazement. I’ll address this in a more formal way on the new site. If you’re a distant relative or someone who shares a surname, feel free to drop me a line or just post a comment right here in the blog.

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Sometimes in life a person tries to cause you grief and you let them discourage you. Other times a person tries to cause you grief and you turn that negative energy right around and turn it into creative energy.

That being said, a whole new family tree website is in its earliest stages of development. It’s not even in the form of HTML yet, but it’s basic brainstorming fills almost half of a notebook. I’ll keep you posted as progress continues.

I will make one promise though… it will be bigger and better than ever before.

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The Gatti family is originally from Casrozo, Italy. Casorzo is a tiny village very near to Torino where the games are being held. I haven’t resarched it, but I’m sure there are some distant cousins of mine helping out with the games. :-) Visit my family tree site for more info about my family’s history. (It’s a little sparse now due to some family problems, but a great new one is coming soon.)

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While there is no estimated time until its return, it will soon be back and better than ever. Keep watching my site for updates.

In the meantime if you are someone who’s doing genealogy research and are looking for any info on the Gatti, Pannazzolo, Monzeglio, Martinetti families please get in touch with me because I’d love to talk to you and compare info.

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See the family tree page for more details…

]]> http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2005/11/18/info-for-the-tree-all-the-way-from-iraq/feed/ 0 All New Family Tree Site http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2005/07/04/all-new-family-tree-site/ http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog/2005/07/04/all-new-family-tree-site/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2005 02:56:26 +0000 Michael http://michaelgatti.com/blog/2005/07/04/all-new-family-tree-site/ It’s done! I just finished updating my geneaology website, The Gatti Family Tree. It’s all new from the ground up. Besides having a whole new look, it has a lot of new content. Check its homepage for more details.

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