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ABOUT EGIZIA

"THE STORY ENDS UP BEING A JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY"

Elijah Wood

THE LEGEND OF EGIZIA

A story of discovery, diversity and division

My name is Barbara and I am the "storyteller of the tribe". Egizia is the story of my family. Egizia is my story.

Egizia stands for Egypt. And the patron saint of Alexandria. Egizia is a female name used in my family. Egizia is Italian. Egizia is the legacy of the clan. Egizia is history. Egizia is a mosaic of people related to one another, with different hopes, different beliefs and different origins yet united. Egizia is a puzzle, its pieces dispersed all over the world.

Egizia is the story that matters, my story. Egizia is the story I have to tell.

STUFF I LOVE TO DO

Going back to the past is fun. So are activities in the present ...

PICTURING THE WORLD

Photography is my biggest hobby. I have been taking pictures since university when I enrolled in the summer school of a renown photography college in New York. My first camera was an analog Minolta SLR with a 50mm/1.4 lens, which my father bought me on a business trip in Japan for my 21st birthday. I like capturing landscapes and city scenes. I search undetected details and expermiment with light. I particularly enjoy employing the "painting photography technique", which abstracts the obvious into a piece of art ...

COOKING WITH CREATIVITY

My interest in cooking goes back to my childhood and a brave mother. One of my mother's legacies was to teach to set high standards and tackle them without any fear. I learned how to poach eggs, years before I fried one. I began my cooking career with Sauce Bolognese, homemade Mayonnaise and Crespini, which we called Canelloni. Today I enjoy replicating regional dishes encountered on my travels or introducing new ingredients to old recipes.

HITTING THE ROAD

Travelling is in my blood. My ancestors travelled to foreign destinations in times most people wouldn't venture beyond a 5km radius. Travelling combines my love of photography with my love of food. I enjoy experiencing different lifestyles and taking in the foreign environment with a good cup of coffee and/or a local treat. I leave no stone unturned at archeological sites and have visited (almost) every church between St. Gallen and Lecce. At home I recapture my memories in elaborate photo books.

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MY VALUES & MISSION

Entangling a manifold legacy to get to the roots of the family structure

When Jimmy Carter says, "we become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams," he may have been talking about Egizia. Egizia is a mosaic, a mélange of sparkling and glittering tiles, made up of men and women from all over. Town dwellers and farmers, barbers and merchants, protestants, jews and catholics, dreamers and realistists, pessimists and optimists, the brave and the hesitant, those full of hope and those left without.

It is my mission to search for these precious fragments, these invaluable morsels, which, when pieced together will reveal the portrait of Egizia in all its splendour.

Family lore will lead me to the excavation sites, where the pieces of my family mosaic lie, covered by the dust of centuries, waiting to being restored to their former loveliness.

SEEING IS BELIEVING

I don't want to be blended by obscure family myths; instead, I prefer to focus on discovering the truth behind the tales. I recognise and respect the guidelines set by law and common genealogical practice. I will attempt to verify the facts, but I am also aware, that some things will remain buried in the dark, when documents are missing or unattainable.

FIGURING THE FACTS

I am not interested in collating data in order to create the "bigliest" tree ever. I am interested in the story behind the facts.

GIVE AND TAKE

I like to share but refuse to speculate. If you are related, I would like to invite you to become a part of the online Egizia clan. And I will be happy to contribute to your research if you would like to participate in mine.

LET’S WORK TOGETHER