For the non-technical, that’s like moving a store to a new location and then having to rearrange all the products in their rightful place.

So far the change over went smoothly except for the e-mail. We are able to receive but we cannot send. Actually, that’s not quite true: we can send email if we log on via webmail (provided by our webhost) but that’s not as convenient as using an email client (software for the non-tehcnical).

As Internet use has grown to become social and collaborative, I’ve redesigned carovilli.ca to include your contributions! In other words, a blog.

Those writing the blog are my parents, Pierino and Angelina.

Pierino, my father, was born and raised in Castiglione di Carovilli (’Castiglione’). My mother, Angelina, was born and raised in Carovilli. Even though they’ve been living in Canada since the late 1960s, Pierino and Angelina have kept their traditions (and delicious food) and passed them down to their children (and now grandchildren).  They are happy to share with you their stories, recipes, photos, and anything else about all things Carovilli and Castiglione.

Every time you see the word “Admin” throughout this site, that’s me, Daniele, their son. I launched carovilli.ca way back in the 1990s, when the Internet was not very collaborative or social. It was a fun little project on my most favourite place on Earth. To my surprise, and also of my parents and sister, e-mails from all over the world soon arrived. We weren’t even aware that there were descendants of Carovilli and Castiglione in some of those places!

Next thing we knew, we were helping third and fourth generation descendants trace their family trees all the way back to Carovilli and/or Castiglione. We’ve made so many new friends and helped so many people, how could I not redesign carovilli.ca with the times?

So don’t be shy, share with us your comments, questions, recipes, and all things Carovilli and Castiglione in Italy and around the world.

If you are a descendant and have a Facebook account, do asearch for ‘Carovilli’ and you will find the group I created.