Hello.
My name is Martin Donald Maola. I am doing genealogical research on my family and am very interested in hearing from people who are related to my branch of the Maola family.
My grandfather was AGOSTINO MAOLA ( born 27 Apr 1890 in Casalvieri, Italy). My grandmother was PALMA BATTISTA IACOBELLI (born 13 Oct 1887 in Vicalvi, Italy). They were married on 17 Oct 1919 in, I believe, Casalvieri, Italy. They then emigrated to the United States, settling in Chicago, Illinois. In Chicago, they had three sons: Mario, Donald (Otilio) and Julius (Julio). Palma died 27 Nov 1972. Agostino 15 Mar 1982.
Palma Iacobelli's father was Giovanni Battista Iacobelli. Her mother was Maria Ferrera. Palma had at least one sibling, a sister, who lived (I think) near Niagara Falls, New York around 1948. There were probably other siblings, but I have no information on them.
I am very interested in hearing from anyone who is related to the above people. I am also interested in finding birth, death, baptismal, and marriage records as well as old photos (from the 1890s through the 1940s).
Martin D. Maola