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Happy 2021!

I looked and realized that it has been several months since I have posted. My excuses? Let's see - the holidays, Covid-19, a highly contested Presidential election? I think that 2020 has taken a large toll on the world. Have these issues served to confirm the most important thing in the world - family? 

Yesterday and today I worked on the De Carolis family tree on my Ancestry account. Giovanni Antonio De Carolis had provided me with a link to the Laurenzana cemetery listings. Some of them included photos of headstones. I was able to zoom in to the photos on many of the headstones, so that now I know what Vito Maria Sarli, brother of my great-grandfather, looks like! He was a handsome man, and so was my great-grandfather Rocco Vincenzo Sarli AKA Joseph Louis Mott. 

Giovanni couldn't be nicer. I am asking him a lot of questions, thanks to Google Translate. Hopefully, I can fill in some blanks and make sure I am accurate on my documentation.

Best wishes to all who read this. May your 2021 be happy and productive, and may we all find sunshine where others only find clouds!