Marty, honestly I don't know. My aunt said he was born in Linguaglosse. The NY Passenger list shows birth location as Linguaylota? All that comes up in ancestry.com is Catania. I will try some of the links you provided. Thank you.

This is my husbands grandfather. He was born 7 Sept 1894 in Linguaglosse, Sicily and passed away on Oct 16, 1962 in Homestead, FL. I am trying to locate his Italian birth record but can not find it. I have been searching in ancestry.com in the Civil Registration 1810-1936 for Faterna, Catanzaro ...

Gail, done. Look forward to hearing from you. Kathy

Tessa, you are wonderful! Thanks Kathy

Hi Gail, I too am looking for ancestry info from Italy but on the Rao and Mazza family. There is very little information prior to my Rao arriving in NY. Our grandmother was Maria Giuseppa Rao born 4 Dec 1895. She was known as Josephine. Her mother is shown on the ships registry as Carmela Mazza. I ...

Ok thanks, I did that. As you can see I am a newbie and I think stiv1 is too. They may not know where to find the message. Thanks again.

Hi, thanks for the website. I looked around a bit but could not find surname Ivol. Can you help me navigate your site for possible connection? Appreciate it!

Looking for S Ivol - stiv1 to reply to post. Are you out there?

Yes! Please do. Thank you so much! Kathy (my personal email address is nico5940@bellsouth.net)

Hi not sure if my last response got posted. I have several ancestors from the 1800's that had "Battista in their name. Most of the time its the middle name like Giovanni Battista Pietro or Giovanni Battista Eldrado or Giovanni Battista Antonio and then the last name. All born mid 1800's thru 1879 ...

About names...Piedmont Region, Northern Italy can anyone tell me why there are so many names with Battista in them? Does it have to do with history and a certain period of time? Kathy

I have recently traced my family back to Chianoc & Bruzolo Italy and I am looking for my family members. I am descended from Giovanni Ivol b ca 1823& his wife Dominica Combetto b ca 1853. Their children:Gio Bat Eldrado Ivol b 1879 Chianoc. Francisco Ivol (married Maria Margrit) They had a son ...