April 14, 2009 Society Meeting
Left to Right: Kenneth Ferlita, Arturo Fuente, Vienna Locicero Santisteban, Vince J. Pardo, Scott Peeler Jr., and Chantal Ruilova Hevia

Italian migrations from Southern Italy/Sicily directly to New Orleans, many traveled to St. Cloud, FL for employment in the sugarcane fields and later migrated to factory jobs in Ybor City near downtown Tampa. In researching Italian names take in account the practice of changing Italian legal names into Americanized names. For example, Filippo Costa becomes Phillip Shore.