Welcome to our website ~ Due Sorelle. Due Sorelle is Italian for Two Sisters.  

In this case it refers to the two Bianchi sisters - Margherita and Teresa - that became the  maternal progenitors of the Scala and Savarese families. Chances are that if you are visiting this  website you are part of their family.

I must admit that I had never even heard the Bianchi name mentioned within the family until I  became interested in our genealogy. But it is to these two sisters that I dedicate this website,  because (whether I knew them or not!) they were responsible for my most valued  possession - the close-knit, loving family - and all of the family memories -that I hold so dear to  my heart.

While we may never know what these two sisters looked like, I know from my own life that they must  have come from a family filled with love -- and now each of us carries within us that  undeniable "Legacy of Two Sisters".

I hope you'll enjoy learning where your family came from as much as I did. I look forward to  hearing from you after your visit and welcome any input that you may have. Please don't take  offense to any errors that you may find -- just let me know and they will be corrected. And I'd  love to include any photographs that you'd like to share to bring this family tree to life...as  well as any family memories or stories that might be of interest. 'Milestone Photos' work  particularly well (birth announcements, wedding photos, graduation portraits, etc.), but any of  your favorites can be included.

Oh...and I would be terribly remiss if I didn't extend a special thanks to the Nugent family  (Janet, Nancy and of course, Aunt Flossie) for helping me get this project off the ground by  recording and protecting all of Grandma Teresa's "genealogical gems" for so many years.

Buona visita! 

LuAnne

GENERAL FAMILY BACKGROUND:

All three of these families - Bianchi, Savarese and Scala - hail from the small hamlet of Sieano in  the town of Vico Equense, Italy.  Vico Equense is on the Sorrento Peninsula in the Campania region  near Naples. Please check out the Vico Equense Photo Album for a quick pictorial tour of our  ancestors hometown!

In September of 2011 Dan and I celebrated our 25th Wedding Anniversary by touring our hometown  region of Italy for 2 weeks!  It is a trip that I will always remember and cherish...and I will be  sharing my photojournal with you via this website. Enjoy!