Thanks so much. I really appreciate your help.

Elizabeth

Nuccia - Wow, I had no idea about the conventions regarding naming. Thanks so much for telling me. This is very different from what I'm used to with German, Dutch, and English ancestors, where they seem invariably to name son after father. This will be very helpful to me. I appreciate it! Elizabeth

Hi - I strongly suspect that my gg-grandfather, Domenico Susi, was born circa 1850 in Introdacqua in Aquila, Abruzzi. He married a Pettorano girl, Emmanuela Cipriani, and they settled in Pettorano. I have exhaustively searched the Pettorano records, however, and have not found a record of his birth ...

Hi - My gg-grandfather Domenico Susi married Emmanuela Cipriani in Pettorano Sul Gizio about 1874. I have found information regarding her ancestry in Pettorano Sul Gizio, but no record of Domenico Susi's birth in this town. I strongly suspect that he may have been born in neighboring Introdacqua cir...