[TI] Antonina LoBello/Agostino LoBello

[Gloria Otto]

Dear Father Anthony,
 
What a wonderful accomplishment and in such a short time.  It is terribly exciting. What a jewel to now have the Baptismal records from 1820 back to 1776. That's 3 or 4 generations more to trace back to our ancestors if my calculation is correct. We are so fortunate to have you helping our Termini list. Without you we would only be able to trace back to about the 1800's.
 
 I still marvel that we made our acquaintance on this list and that your parents were married in the same church as my grandparents.  Your Rose Delisi was my mother's Godmother. It was so wonderful  to actually meet you in person in Rome in 2002 and to travel with you as a most well versed guide to the most important sites in Rome and the Vatican, our most memorable audience with the Pope and the tour of the scavy. And on to Termini for a most unforgettable  visit. 
 
It was an honor for Chuck and I to see the archives with you and then to photograph the oldest book, The Baptismal Records Index 1542 to 1548. So historical - the time about the Renaissance.  Michelangelo had finished painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel only about 30 years before.  
 
Thank you so much for all your work and being such a wonderful person.   Thanks be to God for giving you to us. Peace, Gloria   
PS Termini Family, check out the photos of Fr Anthony's trip to the Archives in 1979. 
 http://www.termini-imerese.org/Pictures/Delisi1.htm