Maps & Migrations

Six centuries of movement

Where the family went, and why. Routes drawn here are demonstration reconstructions except where a document places a person in a town.

27Major MigrationsDemonstration figure
14CountriesTravelled
38+Key Ports & CitiesVisited
1,200+Family MembersWho made the journey
6CenturiesOf movement

The Routes

Plotted across the old world and the new

World map showing the family's principal migration routes
  • 1500s route
  • 1600s route
  • 1900s route
Florence to Venice
1500s · FlorenceVenice

Florence to Venice

A demonstration route following one branch north through the Apennines toward the lagoon and its trade.

Abruzzo to America
1900s · CollecorvinoNew York

Abruzzo to America

From Collecorvino to the Atlantic ports and onward to New York — the passage behind our 20th-century papers.

Ancona to Dalmatia
1600s · AnconaDalmatia

Ancona to Dalmatia

A demonstration crossing of the Adriatic, following coastal trade toward the Dalmatian shore.

Movement by Century

Where the family stood, era by era

  1. 1400sTuscan hill country
  2. 1500sFlorence & Venice
  3. 1600sAdriatic coast
  4. 1700sAbruzzo settlement
  5. 1800sCollecorvino
  6. 1900sAtlantic passage
  7. 2000+Dispersed, connected

Ports & Cities

  • NaplesPrincipal departure port
  • GenoaAlternate Atlantic sailing
  • AnconaAdriatic crossings
  • New YorkPoint of arrival
  • FlorenceOrigin city, demonstration lineage
  • CollecorvinoDocumented family town

Branch Movements

  • Florentine BranchTuscany, 1400s–1600s
  • Veneto BranchVenice and the lagoon, 1500s–1700s
  • Abruzzo BranchCollecorvino, 1700s–present
  • American BranchNew York & Illinois, 1900s–present