Hi Paul.
Thank you for your words and offer. I don't know how to have Luis Ruggiero to contact you !! Luis doesn't understand english. But I can tell you something about his family. Alfonso Ruggiero was born in 1863 at Fiumefreddo, Bruzio in Calabria. His parents were Luigi Ruggiero and Filomena Barone. Alfonso got married with Cristina Coscarella De Maria about 1890, and I say "about" because Luis didn't find the married document, he don't know if they got married in Uruguay or in Italy. He looked for this document for many years. This is all I can tell you about his family, all that Luis said me to tell you.
About my family. My great grandfather was born in 1848 at Casalicchio, Salerno and went to Uruguay, but tere is a special history about him. My grandfather told us that his father, Carminantonio Baglivo left Italy with two brothers, but only he went in Uruguay. Those brothers went to USA. I 've found Baglivo in USA, I've wroten two of them, only one wrote me a letter and told that his grandmother was Baglivo. I went to Italy and found family. I can tell you one thing, the day I've found Baglivo in Italy and see the land where my great grandfather was born,... produced me special feelings not easy to explain or tell: happiness, excitng,different emotions, I cried the all day... So, I wish you to contact and find your cousins !
So, if you know or there is a Baglivo who read this forum, I'm glad to contact them.
Ciao. Nice day !