The blog was created to highlight through films & photos the more than 60 years Clara & Dan Marini spent in NY & Quincy with daughters Linda & Janet.
The images & home movies were those made available from Dan's 8mm films & their photos including current videos I took when visiting.
The blog also traces Clara's "Cedrone," family & Dan's 1930 voyage with his Marini family to the US.
The blog is not a history of all the Marini's. That is up to Dan's family to create online as I did for my own family:
I did not include images of grandchildren (excluding those featured in videos) because to be fair I would have to include all of them multiple times over the years & the only photos available would've been those from Clara & Dan's library.
If you're a "Marini,"grandchild, cousin, even a friend of the family & would like to contribute more images/videos linked to this blog email me:
yourbestdj@aol.com
Video quality: In the 80's Clara had Dan's films transferred to VHS. Unfortunately the quality was fair to sometimes bad. Assuming she no longer needed the original film they were discarded. I salvaged the data from those tapes converting them so they could be made available to view online. At times the quality is not the best. But it is better than the alternative...nothing.
