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The Cleveland Italian Ancestry Organization (CIAO) was founded in 2008 to connect Italian Americans to their family histories through far-reaching genealogical research and discussion.
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CIAO March 2026 Meeting
Read more: CIAO March 2026 MeetingJoin us in person on Saturday, March 21, 2026 at 10:30 am at the Parma-Powers Branch of the Cuyahoga County Library located at 6996 Powers Boulevard, Parma, Ohio 44129 for our next meeting. Please RSVP to clevelandciao@gmail.com by March 15 if you will be attending the meeting.
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Renaissance to Runway: The Enduring Italian Houses
Read more: Renaissance to Runway: The Enduring Italian HousesOn Saturday, January 10, 2026 we met at the Cleveland Museum of Art for the Renaissance to Runway featuring four exhibitions focusing on Italian artistic culture. The exhibits included:
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CIAO January 2026 Meeting
Read more: CIAO January 2026 MeetingJoin us on Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 10:30 am via Zoom for our next meeting with Noel Portier, Executive Director of the Ohio Genealogical Society (OGS), presenting an overview of genealogical resources available through the OGS and sharing some of the benefits OGS can provide to CIAO, now that we are about to become…
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Family Oral History
Read more: Family Oral HistoryWe 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…
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