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  • Renaissance to Runway: The Enduring Italian Houses

    Join us on Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 10:00 am at the Cleveland Museum of Art for the Renaissance to Runway featuring four exhibitions focusing on Italian artistic culture. Admission to the Art Museum is free except for “The Enduring Italian Houses” exhibition. If you plan to attend any or all of the exhibits, please Read more

  • January 2026 Meeting

    Join us on Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 10:30 am for our next meeting at the Independence Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library located at 6361 Selig Boulevard, Independence, Ohio. Noel Portier, Executive Director of the Ohio Genealogical Society (OGS) will meet with us via Zoom to present an overview of genealogical resources available Read more

  • Family Oral History

    We were please to host Mary Contini Gordon at our last CIAO meeting. Mary had an interesting presentation about Oral History Across the World. Mary’s book can be purchased at a discount until March 1, 2025 Family Oral History Across the World presents a process for memorializing family histories, bringing together established oral history standards, exploratory Read more

  • CIAO Meeting: “Cousin Baiting and Cousin Stalking”

    At our 21 September 2024 meeting Christine Cohen joined us via Zoom to present“ Cousin Baiting and Cousin Stalking”. Cohen shared her insights on how to reach out to living cousins and explore online trees, lineage societies, cemetery indexes, obituaries in newspapers, living people-finder websites and social media to help break down those brick walls in Read more

  • SEPTEMBER 30, FUNDRAISER – VIRTURAL COOKING CLASS

    Cleveland Italian Ancestry Organization (CIAO) VIRTUAL COOKING CLASS FUNDRAISER was held on Monday, September 30th. CIAO member Marla Monzo-Holmes, also known as “The Chef in Red”, made a delicious olive oil cake with mascarpone whipped cream and berry coulis. Monzo-Holmes has been teaching cooking classes since 1995 and is frequently featured on Fox 8’s “New Day Read more

  • Italian Parish Records

      ITALIAN PARISH RECORDSSuzie Greco provided an update on her grassroots non-profit organization’s efforts to digitize and preserve records found in Italian churches across the country. If you have a recipe, family story, or other news item that you wish to be considered for the CIAO Genealogy Giornale, please submit it to biermanmg@gmail.com   Read more