ROCCHI – our line in Tuscany
MARIA ALLESSANDRA ROCCHI was our 4th Great Grandmother. She was born in Castelvecchio Pascoli and married Giuseppe Brucciani.
The 1799 Castelvecchio census tells us that there were only 350 people living in the village at the time.

The village of Castelvecchio Pascoli with the Church of St. Nicoli'. There is a magnificant view from the Church
The names are familiar to us and the Priest was Giuseppe Giovanelli. She had a brother Santino Rocchi who married Maria Giovanna Nanni in Castelvecchio. Their children were Giovanni Domenico Rocchi, Giovanni M…..Rocchi and Giovanna B Rocchi
Today the village has few residents and is still very picturesque
There were only a few families in the village at this time SURNAMES BELOW
CONTI, BRUCCIANI, ROCCHI, NARDINI, CASCI, CAPRONI, ARRIGHI, PELLIGRINI, BIAGOTTI, BROGI and of course GIOVANELLI were the main families and we find them intermarrying, brothers and sisters marrying brothers and sisters.
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