Peter in general how do you get access to these old maps? Are the electronic or paper. It is peculiar that Chieti, a fair sized town, is not listed, although it is concievable, because for example, the written history that mentions the town of my Grandfather, Mirabello Sannitico, begins around 1525 ...

Sanju, I sent the ID document to the email address provided where the birthplace is spelled "Castelfrigliana." When we arrived in Castelglione Messer Marino in June and when my friend who is a native of Chieti, pronounced this place name, the old men at the bar directed us about 1.5 km up a road to ...

Thanks Peter. Suanj, family history validates the logic of the rank order of your listing of the possibilities. All of my relatives back to the great-grandfather level come from Mirabello Sannitico in Molise (I just got back from a wonderful 2 week vacation--and my wife is still there with the ...

You guys are amazing. Thanks. This Agnone is famous for bells and under Isneria, Molise. I am in the process of checking birth records for Castelpagano via church of LDS because of the current listing for "Cricca." I think the Ellis Island search for "Luisa Crecco" may be a positive hit: the age is ...

Of course, "Isoldi" could be "i Soldi" or "money." Of the 194 "Isoldi" cognome listed in Italy, 88 are in the Province of Salerno. Where is your family from? Ciao, Michael

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Back to the cognome "Viscariello," I assume you know that it is a highly localizing name; 18 of 33 hits are for Airola in the Province of Benevento. Is your family from there? If so, a direct phone call to one of the town persons with this name might rapidly enable you to come up with its meaning ...

My Great grandmother, Luisa Cricca, listed "Castelfragliana, Agnone" on her 1942 US alien idenity card. She immigrated in 1894 and was born in 1876. Usual search strategies on the internet revealed nothing. The spelling is clear and the person filling out the card is of Italian heritage. With the ...