{"id":630,"date":"2025-12-14T09:57:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T09:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancestorspark.com\/museo-del-cognome\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T13:58:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T13:58:20","slug":"surname-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ancestorspark.com\/en\/surname-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Surname Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"630\" class=\"elementor elementor-630 elementor-240\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9587965 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9587965\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8f5446 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a8f5446\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e693c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e693c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who We Are<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e73133 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e73133\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f107951 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f107951\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08bb68a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08bb68a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Story of Research, Memory, and Identity<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea788c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea788c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Michele Cartusciello\u00a0<\/strong>is a genealogist, researcher, and a deep connoisseur of local history, traditions, and culture. His passion for genealogy began in 1984, when he first entered the municipal archives of Padula, the town in the Vallo di Diano where he grew up.<\/p><p>That moment marked the beginning of a long journey of research that led him to explore municipal, parish, and state archives throughout Italy. Over the years, he reconstructed his own family tree back to the 1600s, tracing more than 4,000 names.<\/p><p>This patient and rigorous work gradually evolved into a broader vision: to make genealogy an accessible and living tool, capable of connecting historical research with personal identity and collective memory.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d181432 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d181432\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa0263d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aa0263d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ancestrypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chisiamo.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Birth of the Surname Museum<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bbe94a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bbe94a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This vision took shape in April 2012 with the founding of the\u00a0<strong>Museo del Cognome\u00a0<\/strong>in Padula.<\/p><p>The museum brings together years of study and research and presents them to the public through an educational path designed to guide visitors through their first steps in genealogical research.<\/p><p>Over time, the museum became a point of reference for enthusiasts, scholars, families, and people of Italian descent \u2014 a place where a surname is not just a name, but a key to understanding family histories, migrations, and ancestral 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It also includes spaces for educational workshops and school visits, designed to engage younger generations and make genealogy a living, shared experience.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b4709e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7b4709e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1c1403 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c1c1403\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/ancestorspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/certosa.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-647\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ancestorspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/certosa.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ancestorspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/certosa-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ancestorspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/certosa-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who We Are A Story of Research, Memory, and Identity Michele Cartusciello\u00a0is a genealogist, researcher, and a deep connoisseur of local history, traditions, and culture. 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