Sicilitude

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Syracuse
Sicilitude

Remote and on-site genealogy researches
Roots reconnection journeys in Sicily
Expats services in Sicily

27/08/2026

Your last name is more than a name.
It may be the first clue to a place your family once called home.

A small town in Sicily.
A street your great-grandparents walked every day.
A church where your family celebrated weddings and baptisms.
Records that can help rebuild a story that began long before America.

Sicilitude researches your Sicilian ancestry to help you discover where your family came from, where they lived and what their lives may have looked like before they left Sicily.

Maybe your surname still has a hometown waiting for you.

Discover your roots with Sicilitude.

12/08/2026

You have questions.
Sicilitude helps you find answers.

Who were your Sicilian ancestors?
Where did they live?
What did they do?
When did they leave?
What town was home before America?

Sicilitude helps Sicilian-Americans explore their family history through dedicated research and authentic heritage travel experiences in Sicily.

This is not generic tourism and it’s not guesswork.
It’s a chance to turn “I think my family was from Sicily” into something real, documented, and unforgettable.

Your family history didn’t start in America.
Let Sicilitude help you find where it began.

27/07/2026

Want to get closer to your roots without booking a flight just yet?
Start at the table.

Sicilian food is bold, generous, and full of history.
Sweet and savory.
Simple and layered.
Comforting and unforgettable.

Think crispy arancini, pasta with sardines, caponata, cannoli, panelle, and homemade dishes
built more on memory than measurements.

Every recipe tells a story.
Every ingredient says something about the island.
And every meal can become a way to reconnect with where your family came from.

14/07/2026

Our new website is officially online!

We've redesigned sicilitude.com to make it easier for you to discover your Sicilian roots and plan your journey back to where it all began.

Go take a look, we'd love to hear your thoughts

24/06/2026

A lot of people say, “Ellis Island changed our last name.”

In many cases, that is actually a myth. Passenger names were generally recorded on ship manifests before arrival, not changed on the spot at Ellis Island.

Over time, many surnames changed for other reasons: pronunciation, paperwork, simplified spelling, adaptation, or family choice.

That is why one Sicilian surname could evolve into several American forms across
generations.

A changed spelling does not erase your origin. Sometimes, it is the first clue that helps reveal it.

Sicilitude can help trace your family line, even when the surname has changed over
time.

09/06/2026

Let’s clear this up:
Yes, Sicily is a place travelers visit every year safely and confidently.

Like anywhere else, smart travel habits matter. Crowded areas can mean pickpocketing, and
basic awareness is always a good idea. But Sicily is not the outdated stereotype some people still imagine.

What most visitors actually find is something very different:
👉🏻 warm hospitality
👉🏻 deep culture
👉🏻 incredible food
👉🏻 beautiful towns
👉🏻 a strong sense of place.

The real Sicily is richer, more welcoming, and more human than the stereotype.

27/05/2026

Day two was what we call the Sicilitude touch.

Private site inspections at our partner hotels, a boat tour straight from Minareto to Area M, and a terrace in Ortigia at Grand Hotel Des Étrangers Siracusa that you don't forget easily.
This is what we build for travel professionals who want to bring their clients somewhere real. Not a checklist. An experience worth talking about when you get home.
Thank you Kayla for trusting us with your time and your curiosity.
We can't wait to welcome your clients.

22/05/2026

Some trips are about seeing a place. Others are about understanding it.

When traveling home mom came to Sicily, we wanted to show her the second kind.

Kayla is a travel advisor with a deep connection to the American-Italian experience. So we built something around that — an itinerary focused on one of the most powerful chapters Sicily and the United States share: the Allied Landings of WWII.

Day one was Catania. The Museum of the Landings, the Commonwealth War Cemetery. The kind of places that stop you mid-sentence and make you think about everything that happened here.

Between one visit and the next, we stopped by Piazza Scammacca to give Kayla a taste of the very best of Catania’s traditional cuisine, because Sicily without food simply wouldn’t be Sicily.

On day two we showed her what we call the Sicilitude touch. But that's a story for next time.

16/04/2026

We updated our logo.
We want to tell you why.

When we started Sicilitude we knew what we wanted to do, help people with Sicilian roots find their way back.

What we didn’t expect was how deep that journey could go.

We’re not a tour operator. We work with identity, memory and family stories that got lost somewhere between one generation and the next.

👉🏻 A surname in a church record.
👉🏻 A village on a map.
👉🏻 A cousin they didn’t know existed.

That’s not a trip, that’s a return.

The old logo was beautiful and unmistakably Sicilian, but it stopped telling the whole story.

We needed something that spoke less about the island as a postcard and more about what we actually do.

The prickly pear is still there.

Same plant, same roots. Just seen differently, because that’s exactly what we’ve learned to do.

Discover your roots.

09/12/2025

Looking back at this past summer fills us with so much warmth. Thanks to the Belìce a 1 euro initiative, our guests were able to explore this beautiful place, immerse themselves in its stories, and enjoy experiences that felt truly special.

One of our favorite memories was watching them discover the ancient art of Sciacca coral — a tradition passed down through generations, where goldsmithing and craftsmanship come together to transform fragments of the sea into something precious.

These are the kinds of moments that stay with us, reminding us of the beauty of connection, culture, and the stories that shape our territory.

A big thank you to and for making this experience happen. ✨

Indirizzo

Syracuse
96100

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http://www.sicilitude.com/

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