Bagheria/Piana Degli Albanesi/Villafrati

[sentola]

Hi all! This is my first post. My dad's family is from Sicily and they come from Bagheria, Piana Degli Albanesi, and a few from Villafrati. I was so blest to find a lot from my aunt and also Leita S. had most of it! However, I want to know more!

Here are the surnames with locations:

Bagheria: Zarcone, Paleo/Puleo, Di Bernardo
Piana Degli Albanesi: Zito, Miraula, Dotto, Filpi, Guidera, Geraci, Cortese, Scalisi, Zuccaro, Matranga, Pizzuto, Ficarrotta, Cavalo, Renda, Dorangricchia, Lo Verde, Ceffalia, Vienna, Fucarino, Di Mauro, Di Carlo,

Probably more--I have to look again.
But the main ones are Zito, Zarcone, Dotto, Miraula, Filpi.

The ones in Bagheria I have the least on.

God Bless and thank you,

Lisa Zito

[adelfio]

There are plently of civil records from Bagheria,Palermo on microfilm at the Family History Libraries
FHL LOcator
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library ... et_fhc.asp
Italian records
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Italy_ ... al_Records
reading records
http://familyhistory.byu.edu/Downloads/ ... ion_Guide/
Ordering films from FHL
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Orderi ... ory_Center
Films available 1820-1903 birth marriage death records
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library ... agheria+++
Great video on reading records scroll down to Italy research
https://www.familysearch.org/learn/researchcourses

Marty

[sentola]

Marty,

Grazie! It might be just what I have. Let me check!

Lisa

[sentola]

Oh--none of this is on-line.

[gigante]

Hello,
I have Zito's, Geraci's, and a few other lines you mentioned from Bagheria. Please email me at akgigante@sbcglobal.net to see if we can match any of our lines up.
Thanks. Kathleen Gigante

[ViennaDescendant]

My great grandmother was born in Piana Degli Albanesi. She is Annie Vienna-Holmgren. I don't have much on her. Her mother was a Petta from there. I cannot find Annie on any ship's list, but I do know they started in Texas when they first got to the states in the late 1800's.