Over 25 million Italians have emigrated between 1861 and 1960 with a migration boom between 1871 and 1915 when over 13,5 million emigrants left the country for European and overseas destinations.
Hi all, I read a great book abt Padula emigration ( Salerno province); in the book are many names of Padulesi emigrated in America, maybe someone can find this info interesting!
some surname:
Accetta
Boniello
Borrelli
Brigante
Cafaro
Camera
Cardillo
Cartusciello
Cavella
Cavoli
D’Ambrosio
Damasco
De Lisa
De Stefano
De Ciutis
Dede
Del Nunzio
Di Brienza
Di Giuseppe
Di Gregorio
Di Stasio
Dono
Fennimmore
Ferrigno
Finamore
Gallo
Garone
Larocca
Lauria
Lentino
Lillo
Maio
Mangieri
Marsiglia
Mea
Padula
Pisano Bruni
Radice
Rienzo
Romano
Rotunno
Russo
Salvato
Sanseviero
Santomauro
Sarli
Scolpino
Sorba
Tarantino
Tepedino
Vecchio
Volpe
regards, suanj
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I would be interested to know the name of this book. Padula mostly, and perhaps some from the surrounding communes Sala Consilina, Buonabitacolo, and Sanza is were my family is from.
Contrary to popular belief, not all Italian given names have Christian or classical roots. Many names encountered in older records are almost whimsical, and some cannot be translated into Latin or any other language. In order to avoid possible mistranscription of a given name with which the research...