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shawna2277
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How to get records from Italy?

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My grandparents came to Boston from Italy around 1906. They were married here and I have their marriage license which has their parents names. Their surnames were Coviello and DeSisto and they were from Bonito & Apice Italy. How do I get more information from Bonito & Apice about their parents? I can't find anything else out from Ancestry.com or failysearch.org.
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From you earlier post
I am researching my great-grandparents. I found their marriage certificate in Boston 1906 and some census info but this is all I have

Groom Benedetto Coviello b. 1883-4 from Bonito Italy. Immigrated 1902
father: Lucio Coviello, Italy
Mother: Maria DeSimony (aka DeSimone)

Bride Maria DeSista (aka Molly or Amalia DeSisto) b. 1882 from Avellino? Apice?
Father: Guiseppe DeSista
Mother: Rosaria Masiello

I don't think my g-g-granparents immigrated here but I am not sure. How do I go about finding more information on them? It seems I've looked through thousands of records
Benedetto Coviello, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
Name: Benedetto Coviello
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1942
Event Place: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Born in Bonito,Italy
Birth Date: 25 Feb 1883
PG LINK TO DRAFT RECORD
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/T ... :987862119

What I would do is get the film records from Family History Library of Bonito (Avellino), 1809-1910 Births, marriages, banns, deaths, citizenship records, miscellaneous documents, ten year indexes. Then you can verify the parents names ages and dates. Click on the prompts for information

Family History Library Locator
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Ordering films from Family History Library
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Film records of Bonito from FHL
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About Italian records
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Translating records
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