We have been engaged in "growing" our family tree for a few years and find that it is a hobby we can both  contribute to and enjoy. The number of individuals currently in our family tree database exceeds 5,000 almost all of whom can be connected by blood or marriage to our son, our tree's pinnacle. The key family names for our tree are Frederick, Mitchell, DiGiovanna and Turano but we have more than 1,000 different surnames in our database which extends over twenty-two generations.

I have translated the information in our database into a web site family tree. 

Please to access the index to that material.

 I wish I could acknowledge all those who have helped with this work but that would be impossible. Nevertheless, our most sincere thanks goes out to the thousands of people who have made the research not only possible but enjoyable. I have tried to acknowledge the sources of material I have shamelessly copied from various web pages but I've almost certainly omitted proper credit in some instances. If you see any of those please call them to my attention and I'll make whatever modifications seem reasonable. Further, I've taken pains to preserve the privacy of living individuals. Please call to my attention any areas where I've failed to do so and I will take immediate steps to correct the problem.

Finally, this work is a living entity. Our information is continually being increased and improved upon. If you care to help in our work, particularly with any anecdotal information about individuals in our family tree, please contact us via the email link in the genealogy pages.

Below are links to resources we've found useful in our research. These links are to home pages of the sites because "deep linking" is unethical. Therefore, it may be necessary in some instances for you to 'surf' within a site to find the best pages to use for actual research activities.

Finally, we welcome the opportunity to help you with your research. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you'd like us to collaborate with you in finding information about our ancestors.