Hello Sergio,

It is good to hear from you. My 3rd Great Grandmother was married to Alberto Quenqua and came to the US with him. The information I have is that he was born in 1868 in Trapani. His father was Alberto Quenqua also and he was born 1848 and married to Josepha Caradoni. I am not a ...

I emailed this to you but I am not sure if it worked.
Hello,

How exciting it sounds like you know a lot about my family. Only a few stories have passed down about Carmela. I had heard she was an opera singer and had some money. My family had thought she married Alberto in Louisiana but we were able ...

Carmita,
It is great to hear from you. Hear is the information I have on your great great grandfather Alberto Quenqui.
He was born August 1868 in Trapani and died August 29th, 1948 in New Orleans.
His father was Alberto Quenqui DOB approx. 1848 and his mother was Josepha Caradoni.
He married my 3rd ...

Hello Riccardo,

If it is possible I would greatly appreciate if you could locate any records for Girolamo Arceri DOB 1825 in Trapani I believe he died bet. 1860-1886.

Francesca Bianco DOB 1831 Date of Marriage bet. 1847-1849 to Girolamo Arceri. She died I believe in the early 1900's also in ...

You are terrific Suanj!!!!! What would we do without you!!!!

Thanks for the information.

Melissa =-)

I have a question re. Alberto Quenqua(i) he married Carmela Arceri in Trapani, Sicily 7/15/1886 and then they came to Louisiana the following month. Between 1900-1910 they got a divorce. Would they have filed divorce papers in Trapani or in Louisiana.

Thank you,

Melissa

Thank you both so much suanj & Tommaso. I don't know how you were able to read it since it was so light. When I started searching for my family I din't know where they were from or when they were born now I have so much information. It is really exciting.

Thanks for the information on the SIAS. I ...

Hello Tommaso,
I found this website that looks pretty interesting but it is in Italian so I can't figure it out. http://www.archivi-sias.it/index.asp
It seems to have Italian Archives online but I don't know if you can get the actual documents or the indexes online. Let me know what you think.
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Thank you so much Tommaso. That helps a lot. I couldn't tell what Antonio's mother's last name was or how old his father was. Thank you again.

Melissa

I am having a hard time translating a birth record. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Melissa =-)

My GGrandmother was Francesca Muscarello (I believe they changed their name from Moscarello). Her parents names were Salvatore Muscarello and Vincenza Pravata. They also lived in Independence, LA. Francesca had 4 Siblings: Epifanio (married to Maria), Carmella (married to Nicolo Franko), Stefano ...

I just emailed them. I can't wait to hear from them. Thank you again for the information. =-)

Hello, My GGGrandmother was Vincenza Bravata born in or near Mezzojuso, Sicily. She was born abt. 1860 and came to the US in abt. 1900. I am working on researching farther back.

Trish,

Thanks so much for the information. I will rent the film from the Family History Center. I will see what else I can find on her.

Vincenza Pravata was born abt. 1860 she married Salvatore Muscarello and had 5 children: Epifanio DOB abt. 1876, Carmella DOB 1884, Nicola 1894, Francesca 1898 ...

I do not know what town she is from. My GGrandmother was born in Mezzojuso. I don't have much other information on them.