HAND CRAFTED - IF YOUR LAST NAME SHOULD HAPPEN TO BE "LOSCHIAVO" THIS IS FOR YOU

NEW HAND CRAFTED " IF YOUR LAST NAME SHOULD HAPPEN TO BE "LOSCHIAVO" THIS IS FOR YOU LOSCHIAVO IS AN ITALIAN LAST NAME Loschiavo is an Italian surname that means "the clever one" or "the cunning one." It is derived from the Italian word "losco," which means sly or crafty. Family crests and coats of arms emerged during the Middle Ages, mostly in wider Europe. THE LOSCHIAVO'S ANCIENT HISTORY Thanks to today’s search engines we have been able to do some research on the Lo Schiavo name. We certainly have not exhausted all the available reso and the research was not in depth. Neverthel the information found and presented here helps to piece a “generic mosaic” of a group of people that lived before us. In searching for the Lo Schiavo's we must first understand the reason for their leaving their birthplace and also be mindful that the meaning of the name itself was distorted or amplified as they moved about. In fact between 1000 and 1300 we find them mentioned often but the references are vague and not supported or well documented in the archives. It is during this period that not only groups of “Slavs” but also other ethnic groups leave their homeland and roam the Italian peninsula in order to find a better life. In this respect the “Slavs”, the predecessors of the “Lo Schiavo's” are no different than the emigrants of today. The first reference to the name with any historical validity describes a particular branch of Lo Schiavo family as: “An old and noble family coming