I would like to trace the geneology of the Folena Family from Livorno who moved to Egypt in the early 1900's. The LDS site does not contain any info. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks for the update everyone!

The birth certificate clearly shows "Mainardis" as the surname and has always been known as that. How can I attach a copy of the certificate?

Good site Sal, but unfortunately the surname (Mainardis) does not exist anywhere.

Thanks, I sent Peter a PM. The name I am researching is not listed on the site you provided.

Does anyone know a resource where I can find the heritage of various northern Italian surnames?

Hi Lisa,

Paolo Francesco Facca is the brother of my great grandmother. Luigia Pavan was born on December 3, 1887 in Bannia. They married on Feb 2, 1908.

This is fantastic!!!! Thank you so much, I've found many relatives in this database!

Very interesting.

Thank you very much.

I also came across this with surnames only.

What makes no sense to me in the case of "Mio detto Bertolo" is that Bertolo was more common than Mio where I was born. Why would they specifically choose Bertolo?

So Domenico would be his given name and Giuseppe a nickname. I assume the nickname was given by the immediate family..

Was this common in all of Italy or North only?

Thank you Ada.

Here is a copy of the birth certificate. I've marked in red the area that reads: Mio Detto Bertolo Luigia. As I mentioned earlier, I've come across numerous "Mio Detto" plus name on birth certificates.

Yes Mio is a northern Italian surname.