Obituary - Peter Orlando

Peter Orlando, age 89, November 30, 2011. Beloved husband of the late Thelma. Dear father of Elizabeth Orlando, Jennifer (Dennis) Orlando-McLain and Peter (Sally) Orlando. Dear grandfather of Amadeus Weighill and Sara (Scott) Rodgers. Dear great-grandfather of Samantha, Madison, and Jackson Rodgers. Proud veteran of the United States Army in World War II and a member of BAC Local #1. Visitation Thursday from 2-9 p.m. with a prayer evening service at the Wasik Funeral Home, Inc., 49150 Schoenherr Road (N. of 22 Mile Road) Shelby Township. Instate 9:30 a.m. until time of Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. at St. Louis Church, 24415 Crocker Boulevard, Clinton Township. Interment at Resurrection Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy may be shared with the family online at www.wasikfuneralhome.com.

Published in The Macomb Daily on Dec. 1, 2011

Obituary - Donna Marie Orlando

Donna Marie Orlando, age 61, died on May 18, 2012. Beloved wife of Joseph. Loving mother of Joseph (Robin). Dear daughter of Robert and Lena Zukowski. Sister of Robert (Stacey) Zukowski and David (Margaret) Zukowski. Dear daughter-in-law of Angelina and the late Joseph. Also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. Visitation on Monday 4-9 p.m. and Tuesday 1-9 p.m. at the Sterling Heights Chapel of the Bagnasco & Calcaterra Funeral Home,13650 East Fifteen Mile Road (at Schoenherr). Funeral Mass on Wednesday, 10 a.m., instate 9:30 a.m. at St. Ronald Catholic Church, 17701 15 Mile Road (between Garfield and Groesbeck). Memories shared at www.bcfh.com

Published in The Macomb Daily on May 20, 2012

Obituary - Antonio Orlando

ORLANDO, ANTONIA Age 62, of St. Clair Shores, A. H. Peters Funeral Home, Grosse Pointe Woods
Published in The Macomb Daily 15th December 2013
(Paper serving Macomb County, Michigan (suburban Detroit, Michigan, USA).

Sent to me by a kind member of the Guild of One Name Studies

DNA Public Lecture & Professor Ludovic Orlando

Back in September I mentioned that there was going to be a DNA public lecture at The Royal Society. A fellow member of the Guild of One-Name Studies attended (+Debbie Kennett) and made a few notes about the events. You can read Debbie's blog posts by clicking the links below

• Day 1 at the Royal Society's 2013 Ancient DNA Meeting
• Day 2 at the Royal Society's 2013 Ancient DNA Meeting

Professor Ludovic Orlando, University of Copenhagen, chaired the fourth session and delivered a lecture during session two titled "Digging out the deep evolutionary past of equids: toward really ancient genomes". 

An audio file of the lecture is available from the Royal Society by clicking the audio link below

Biography

Ludovic Orlando received his PhD in molecular genetics from the University of Lyon, France, twenty years after the first ancient DNA molecule was ever sequenced. Trained in phylogenomics as a postdoc, he was rapidly appointed as a permanent Associate Professor at the prestigious ENS Lyon. He is now leading a research group at the Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen.  Current research in his lab focuses on developing integrative approaches for studying ancient DNA molecules, promoting the field of palaeomics by the merger of biochemistry, molecular biology, genomics and computational biology. These novel approaches have recently specifically been used to study the evolutionary history of one iconic mammal: the horse.

• Audio recording (mp3)

Data & Orlando News Update

The next batch of material loaded to the website today is as follows -

• UK - The Old Bailey 2 references
• USA - New York City deaths - 1891- 1948
• USA - Winconsin births and deaths
• USA -  Westchester County New York State Marriages
• UK - one obituary
• USA - 7 obituaries
• Canada - one obituary
• A second, impromptu edition of Orlando News

All references have been added to the master index, which is coming along rather nicely!

Orlando Coat of Arms

I came across this Coat of Arms quite early in my study. As far as I can understand from research it relates to an Orlando family from Malta.

Information Source - Charles A. Gauci. "An Illustrated Collection of the Coats of Arms of Maltese Families - Stemmi Maltesi" Publishers Enterprises Group (PEG) Ltd, Malta 1989.

Research is still continuing.

Quick Update!

Today I made a bit of a start uploading some of the various data to the website. It is going to be a slow process, and is very likely to take me to the end of the year to complete the task.

Currently the website is divided into the following structure

• Data sets
• Country
• Place

Material is currently be uploaded into a Google Spreadsheet. I do actually use Excel, but if I convert to Google Docs then the size is not included in my Google Drive allocation.

As I load to Google Drive and then create the web page I am also building the online Master Index.

Today I have managed to load varying data sets for the following locations

• Petralias Sottana Sicily - Births & Misc
• San Caltano Sicily - Marriages & Deaths
• Montreal Quebec - Burials
• Scotland Burial - just the one!
• GRO references for England & Wales 1837 - 1966 (still some to be added), BMDs
• USA - Naturalisation Records - 2 different locations

The data is being loaded in a structured random way so that I can ensure if there are any issues I can deal with them early on.

Today is the first day in quite a long while that I have done any work on my own ONS and felt as though I have achieved something. Long may that continue.

If you do have a look at the website, please give me some feedback. The structure is pretty well set, but there is likely to be a few tweaks, especially around the US records.

Some Orlando One Name Study Housekeeping!

For some time, I have been very frustrated on the structure of my Orlando One Name Study.

The reason for the frustration was that the overseas data, (material pertaining to venues outside of the UK) had grown almost of out of control, as archives and various indexes make things available online.In effect, the study had grown faster, with wider search mechanisms that I would have liked. My preference would have been for a slower gathering of data.

In a perfect world, I would have set the structure on extracting the date from my homeland - the UK before moving on to other Countries. Orlando is an Italian name, so immediately there is an overseas element. Added complications is that the most common occurrences of the name outside of Italy are in the United States. So from the start the overseas element was fairly high profile.

The study currently contains a wealth of information, but I was unhappy with the structure. There was nothing wrong with the structure, just simply I didn't like it! I therefore set about making some decisions.

1. Creation and structure of a master index
2. Creation of a newsletter
3. Making the material available online
4. This blog was not going to allow me to put the data online in the format that I wanted which made the necessity for a web page more pressing
5. Getting to grips with the DNA project
6. Encouraging growth on the Facebook group

Current Status

• The website is now set up and data is slowly being added with the added facilities of
• Google Drive - for the storage of audio clips and spreadsheets
• A newsletter has now been published with the next edition due in January 2014
• Orlando News
• This blog is now linked from the website and will continue to share data 
• The DNA project is up and running and I need to get my head around the whole process
• Maurice Gleeson of the Guild of One Name Studies has produced some videos - YouTube
• The Facebook group is up and running - now with a vanity address

There will be a gradual process of information sorting, indexing and preparing for website access over the coming months. It is all rather exciting and I am looking forward to getting cracking!

Obituary - Pat Orlando

ORLANDO, PAT 

Age 82, of Lachine, Mich., and formerly of St. Clair Shores, passed away Saturday, October 12, 2013 at The Village Rehabilitation and Care Community in Armada. 

Pat was born November 1, 1930 in Detroit. In 1948, she graduated from the Felician Academy, where she learned to speak Polish. 

On May 20, 1951, Pat married John B. Orlando and then added Sicilian to her language library. Her love of language and communication extended to her work. 

From her early job as a switchboard operator to her ministry with the Beaver Lake Community Church; Pat was a caring person. She was a Bible Study and Sunday School Teacher, active in the Women's Ministry and choir, worked with hospice, volunteered as an elementary school reading aide and helped those in need of food. All who knew Pat will remember her welcoming spirit, infectious laugh and great food. 

Surviving are her children, Jim (Rosemary) Orlando, Rose Marie (Jim) Torrento, Diane (Jim) Saylor and Lori Orlando; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Angie Orlando and Josie (Vic) Valice; and many friends. She was predeceased by her husband, John; parents, James Allen and Marie Jakubowski; and stepfather, Stanley Jakubowski.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Pat's name to Beaver Lake Community Church Food Pantry,9007 M65 South, Lachine, MI 49753 or The Alzheimer's Association , P.O. Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090-6011.

Published in The Macomb Daily 20th October 2013
(Paper serving Macomb County, Michigan (suburban Detroit, Michigan, USA).

Sent to me by a kind member of the Guild of One Name Studies

The launch of

Orlando News

I have long deliberated about producing a newsletter for one one name study and given the lack of interest it hardly seemed worth the effort. I shelved the idea. At this point, the study has been in existence for 11 years, and whilst I have only ever had two communications about my study, I have had a change of heart.

A few weeks ago, I emailed the British Library at their ISSN Centre in Boston Spa and requested an ISSN Number. I hold the view that if I am going to do it, I might as well do it properly.

The number was emailed to me within a day and there it sat in my inbox. That was until today, when I put the number on my first, small edition of Orlando News.

The plan is to publish the newsletter 4 times a year, although I may on occasions produce an extra edition.

The newsletter can be downloaded from the link published HERE or via the page links at the top of this page. A copy will also be lodged with the British Library Depository Department as they request and a further copy will be archived with the Guild of One Name Studies.

DNA Public Lecture & Professor Ludovic Orlando

Like many who are conducting a one name study I have turned my attention, somewhat tentatively to the complex subject of DNA.

This morning I was interested to see that there is a DNA public lecture at the Royal Society scheduled for November. As I was glancing down the program I was surprised, delighted and intrigued to see the following which I have copied directly from the Royal Society site

Professor Ludovic Orlando, University of Copenhagen, who is delivering a lecture during session two titled "Digging out the deep evolutionary past of equids: toward really ancient genomes".  He is also chairing the fourth session.

Biography

Ludovic Orlando received his PhD in molecular genetics from the University of Lyon, France, twenty years after the first ancient DNA molecule was ever sequenced. Trained in phylogenomics as a postdoc, he was rapidly appointed as a permanent Associate Professor at the prestigious ENS Lyon. He is now leading a research group at the Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. Current research in his lab focuses on developing integrative approaches for studying ancient DNA molecules, promoting the field of palaeomics by the merger of biochemistry, molecular biology, genomics and computational biology. These novel approaches have recently specifically been used to study the evolutionary history of one iconic mammal: the horse.

From the website of the Royal Society it looks like recorded audio of the presentations will be available after the lectures via visiting the website. I am looking forward to hearing Professor Orlando and delighted that events such as this exist.

Orlando Family (One Name Study) Facebook Group

Facebook Group for the Orlando One Name Study is now launched

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Obituary - Angelina G Orlando

Angelina G. Orlando, age 86, March 5, 2013.

Beloved wife of the late Joseph. Loving mother of Virginia Zanti, Joseph (the late Donna), Ross (Julie), Anthony (Lynn) and Thomas. Proud grandmother of nine and three great-grandchildren.

Visitation at the Sterling Heights Chapel of Bagnasco & Calcaterra Funeral Home, 13650 E. Fifteen Mile Road (at Schoenherr) Friday 2-9 p.m. with 7 p.m. evening prayers.

Funeral Saturday at St. Lawrence Catholic Church, 44633 Utica Road, Utica (W. of Van Dyke) Instate 9:30 a.m. until time of Mass 10 a.m. Interment Christian Memorial Cultural Center.

Sent to me by a kind member of the Guild of One Name Studies

Published in The Macomb Daily 7th March 2013
(Paper serving Macomb County, Michigan (suburban Detroit, Michigan, USA).

Obituary - Mary Jane Orlando

Mary Jane Orlando, age 88, passed away January 17, 2013.

She is survived by her children, Sandra Moskal, Sharon (Joseph) Sumner, Michael (Laurie) Orlando and Sally (Bruce) Stork plus many loving grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Orlando was predeceased by her husband, Lawrence and her daughter, Suzanne Simek.

Visitation is Sunday, January 20, from 2-9 p.m. (rosary 7 p.m.) at the Lee-Ellena Funeral Home, 46530 Romeo Plank Road, Macomb.

Funeral Mass is Monday at 10 a.m. (instate 9:30 a.m.) at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church, 48115 Schoenherr Road, Shelby Township.

Memorial contributions may be made to Henry Ford Hospice Macomb Team, 16931 19 Mile Road, Suite 140, Clinton Township, MI 48038.

Please leave a memory at lee-ellenafuneralhome.com

Published in The Macomb Daily from January 19 to January 20, 2013. The Macomb Daily is the paper serving Macomb County, Michigan (suburban Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Kindly supplied to the Orlando ONS by a fellow Guild member as part of the Guild News Watch Project

Surname Distribution Map

Today I have been alerted to a new Italian surname distribution map called CognoMix.Thanks go to the Guild Face Book page for this

From an initial play it appears that this site allows the distribution to be seen not just across Italy as this information shows.

The geographical distribution of the surname ORLANDO in Italy

1,252  Sicily	153  Tuscany
928  Puglia	135  Basilicata
819  Campania	133  Liguria
561  Lombardy	124  Emilia-Romagna
405  Piedmont	79th  Molise
387  Calabria	30th  Sardinia
303  Lazio	21  Umbria
279  Veneto	19th  Brands
241  Abruzzo	17th  Trentino AA
162  Friuli VG	4  Valle d'Aosta

On the actual online map the numbers are clickable so clicking the 1,252 against Sicily where my own Orlando's are from breaks the details down to these occurances

The geographical distribution of the surname ORLANDO in Sicily

521  Palermo	83  Agrigento
256  Messina	36th  Syracuse
129  Trapani	34th  Enna
103  Catania	3  Ragusa
87th  Caltanissetta

By clicking on the Caltanissetta region, again where my Orlando's are from breaks the details down into the individual Communes

The geographical distribution of the surname ORLANDO in the province of Caltanissetta

29th  San Cataldo	2  Sommatino
22  Gela	1  Niscemi
9  Acquaviva Platani	1  Santa Caterina Villarmosa
9  Caltanissetta	1  Butera
5  Sutera	1  Montedoro
3  Serradifalco	1  Mussomeli
3  Mazzarino

The numbers are of course approximations, but it is a good indiciation of where to focus the research.