It's a common surname throughout Italy so you won't be able to narrow it down based on the surname alone. But in Italian it means someone from the Puglia region of Italy.

The images are being transferred to a new Italian site that will host all the images.

http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/?q=gallery

Not all of them are there yet but a lot of them are.

In a book I own, there is a picture of Serafino with his mother and another picture of just Serafino. They're B&W photos in a copied book, but they are a start in case you have never seen them. You can private message me with your email and I can scan them for you.

It depends on if the family registered the death despite it not being in the town. If they did, the record would be included in the "Parte II" section of the year, which are supplement records found after the records of those who died in the town "Parte I" Usually these records were entirely ...

They might not have been legally married...meaning their marriage was not registered at the civil level but only performed in the church level. (Or they weren't married at all.)
Do you have a marriage record for them?

What's his name and do you know what part of Italy he's from?

I'm glad the trip turned out well! I'm also glad you could find your ancestors and appreciate the history. I wish more people would visit southern Italy, especially their ancestor's homeland.

I've always been treated very well in S. Vincenzo and like you said they open up records in the church and ...

No relation. Just sharing research by helping out.

Check out my blog for more records:

http://sanvincenzolacostagenealogy.blogspot.com/

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1886

Ancestry has most of Potenza's records for 1866-1910 online.

The purpose was for taxes/land registry but it is a complete census, not just head of household or male census. As Italy lacks censuses and it's hard to get church records, this is one of the best (and overlooked) resources out there for Italy in the 1700s, as it lists every inhabitant of the town ...

The original copies of the catasto are in Naples. If someone has researched the catasto it would be microfilmed. If it hasn't been searched, the archive will microfilm it as the conditions of the originals are so poor. I don't know for sure but the state archive of Avellino might contain a microfilm ...

Have you seen this?

http://tlngenealogy.blogspot.com/search/label/pietradefusi

It has the 1809 and 1810 marriages transcribed. Fingers crossed that the relative is there!

Also, if you're willing to spend some money you can order pieces of the Catasto Onciari for the town. It was taken in 1755 and ...

Glad to hear the trip was a success!

The town that came up from that link is Maddaloni. Is that the right town? The catalog shows that the processitti are there, just some are in the FHL vault. Did your ancestor who was born in 1811 get married in that town?

Not related but know of the family:

Raffaele married Aquilla Tenuta in 1872 in Marano Principato. Their children were born in Cerisano, Calabria, Italy. However, the family moved to the town of S. Vincenzo la Costa, where most married and had children themselves.