Hello there.
My great grandfather was Giuseppe D'Apice --- sometimes called "Peppino D'Apice" -- he left Savignano in 1901 and he died in Newton, MA in 1918. My grandfather (Romeo) was only 2 at the time. It was the great flu epidemic. I have met some of the descendants of Peppino's brother Angelo - they still live in Italy -- we attended a wedding there this summer and it was fantastic. My hope has always been to find photographs of Peppino or his family (his father Michelarchangelo) -- they had been in Savignano for a long time. I visited Savignano about 10 years ago and that was wonderful -- although I wished that I had found someone to help me locate more information when I was there.