Vallone Reunion, 2014

Media Downloads

This page contains the media files that were presented at the 2014 reunion.  I have converted the slideshows into Windows video files to share on the web. I'll also continue to add individual hi-res photos and sound files.  If you have additional video files, I can host them on my server and link to them here as well!  Contact me with any questions at .

Please be patient as these are rather large files and could take a couple of minutes to download before they open and start.  They should start to play automatically on Windows Media Player.  If you are viewing the site on an iPhone or iPad, you will need to have an application installed that will play .wmv files.  I recommend installing Media Player Pro for iPhone and iPad.  It is a FREE app and has amazing features, including the ability to change the size, speed, and color aspects of  the video as you are watching it!  Click here for a direct link to download Media Player Pro to your iOS device now.  It should only take a minute or two.

Right click & 'Save As' to download a copy of any of these media files or just click to open and enjoy!

Video Slideshow Presentations	Audio & GEDCOM Files	High Resolution Photographs
For many of the past 50 years, I've been gathering photos, and first and second-hand accounts of the stories of our family.  A few of the photos were handed down from my Great-Grandparents to my Grandparents in Sicily before they made the trip to America.  The old photos became worn, torn, and tattered over the decades but with the miracle of Photoshop, I've been able to repair many of them to share with you.  I've spent years researching family history using everything from Italian and American birth, marriage, and death records to old phone books. I've interviewed many surviving descendents by phone and in person to create an extended family tree reaching back into the early 19th century. As the family grows faster and farther apart, it becomes terribly obvious that this is still very much a work in progress!! Vallone Family Scrapbook In 2008, I made the trip to Valledolmo, Sicily, where Rosario and Maria were born and raised before coming to America.  You will see the homes they lived in and the town they called home back in "The Old Country".  In the early 1970's, I tried to interview Grandma about Valledolmo and she just kept repeating "...the poor people" when remembering how very little they had and how hard life was where they came from. Valledolmo Grandpa Rosario had a brother, Luigi and a sister, Loretta who both also came to America around the turn of the 19th century.  They  also raised their families in Rochester and were part of the extended Vallone family.  They are all burried together around the same headstone at Holy Seplechure Cemetery in Rochester. Luigi & Antonina Loretta & Calogera Rosario & Maria Rosario and Maria rasied nine children on Pennsylvania Ave.  There is a slideshow focusing on each family based on the photos I have available to me. Joe & Mary Frank & Ange Pino & Lucy Clara & Joe Peggy & Joe Mary & Ray Tony & Grace Virginia Genet Donald & Dolores The next slideshow focuses on the family homestead, where generations of happy memories were made.  I've tried to gather all of the photos that show the house as the backdrop for those memories.  Do you have a particularly vivid memory or story about the house that you can share?  Please share it on our private Facebook group page!! 270 Pennsylvania Ave	The following 8 audio tracks were recorded by my father, Donald Sr. at various family gatherings around the kitchen table at 270 Pennsylvania Ave with a reel-to-reel tape recorder (c. 1962). 1. Grandma Mary Singing 2. Grandpa Rosario Singing 3. Grandpa Rosario Singing 4. Family Singing 1 5. Ann Marie Cortese 6. Family Singing 2 7. Family Singing 3 8 . Aunt Virginia Singing If you would like to view or download the current family tree, there are multiple formats below to select. If you have a genealogy program, you can import the "GEDCOM" file (an acronym standing for GEnealogical Data COMmunication).  I am currently using an app called "Heredis" because it works on both Windows PC and Apple iOS!  If you don't have a program to view that, you can just download the "PDF" file.  Thanks to all who made updates to the tree at the reunion!  Please be aware that the files below may not yet reflect those changes!!  If you have additional changes, feel free to email me a note to: Vallone Family Tree File: GEDCOM PDF	Joe & Mary Chimera Pino & Lucy Mary & Ray Wedding Clara, Joe, & Mary Ann Frank & Ange Wedding Virginia, Donald, Tony Virginia, c.1939 Peggy & Joe Italian Cookies Canning Tomatoes Christmas, c.1964

Vallone Picnic, 1995