Emily, I have Vecchia in my background and after that comes puopolo from the MA. area, this comes from the Palmieri/Palmer background. betty Facciuto mclaughlin now in MI. lived in CT. for the first 20 yrs and never knew i had so much family. I have the family tree on the Vecchia family.
There are some italian websites with the Vecchia name on there. if you would like to have them let me know. The italian on line genealogy board was quite helpful when i was searching for my family.