Varie ed Eventuali (Miscellaneous Items)

This page is a compilation of miscellaneous genealogical items. I will also use it as a platform to pay homage to two of the pioneers in Cunico Ancestry".

CHRIS AND PEARL CUNICO

In 2004 our genealogy team decided to meet in Raton, New Mexico to look for "Cunico data" in old mining records. We all lived in different parts of the United States and Canada, and we needed a central place to meet. For many of us, this was the first time we were going to meet "in person". Chris and Pearl not only opened their house to the 8 of us (some of who were complete strangers), but they also welcomed anyone and everyone with Cunico ties.

Pearl fed us and Chris entertained us with his singing and accordion playing. When it came time to leave, there were many hugs and tears, and promises to do it again, maybe next time in Asiago. We met again the following year in Trinidad/Sopris Colorado, but it was from this initial meeting that our 2006 International gathering of the Cunico's was born.

Chris and Pearl are two of the warmest, most wonderful and giving people you could ever meet. For their many hours of research, and for their unequivocal generosity, we are forever indebted.

Our cousin Marilyn Bailey found a quote that sums up the work we do:

“We stand on the shoulders of those who came before us”