Grandfather links

[roccosbambinas]

Hello,

We are searching for information on our grandfather's family.
Grandfather - Rocco Antonio (Anthony) Lanzo born in Chelsea, Mass, USA to Stanzilaro (Stanley/Stanislas/Stanislaos) Lanzo (B.1885) and Mary Fiore Lanzo (B. 1887)
Stanizlaro and Maria are both from the Grottaminardi area of Avellino.
We believe that Stanizlaro's father is Alfonzo Lanzo, b.1860
If you can help, please let me know

[wldspirit]

Welcome to IG!
Just so we don't duplicate research, can you tell us what records you
have located so far?
wldspirit

[PeterTimber]

Grottaminarda, Avellino province has micorfilm records of all births,.marriages and deaths dfrom 1809 to 1900 at your nearest Mormon cbhurhc family history library 9www.familysearch.org for location nearest your home). Cost is abiout $5.50 to rent. Bring along compa nion book Discovering Your Italian Ancestors by Ly nn Nelson, magnifying glass for clarififying handwriting.

Go to ww.nonsolocap.it for Grottaminarda, (AV) and click on name for town website for your information about town. =Peter=

[roccosbambinas]

Hello,

I joined Footnotes and also, Ancestry.com before posting here. There is a lot of information, though I am still looking. My great-grandfather's name does not appear with the same spelling twice: Stanislaro, Stanislao, Stanislau, Stanislavo, and Stanley.

The bottom line is not only interest, our daughter is a recent college graduate whose boyfriend is an Italian. We hope to find the necessary documents to repatriate so the marriage is not a pressure upon them. She is also working on the VISA process, though we would all love to renew our Italian roots through dual citizenship.

Thank you for the tips on searching and I will continue to search and enjoy this community rapport.

[PeterTimber]

you should have minimal problems since there are records for the period you mention covering all births,marriages and deaths. =Peter=

[roccosbambinas]

Thank you. I am now attempting to locate the nearest Mormon Church.

Merry Christmas

[wldspirit]

You may already have this link, quite useful in locating a family history center:

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library ... et_fhc.asp

wldspirit