Hi all, My research is getting stuck. Looking for help identifying names and dates for my great great grandparents circa 1820-1840 in Porto Empedocle, Agrigento, Sicilia. I'm looking for the parents of my great grandparents, Pietro Catalano and Carmela Muscato. I'm also looking for the parents of my...

Yes, thank you! Have corrected the spelling -- I don't know why I did that. Probably the way it sounded to me phonetically as a little girl hearing the name of the town! Mea culpa!

Thanks all for your help. Realize I mispelled the town and it's Porto Empedocle! Now I'm looking for the names and dates for my great-great-grandparents on both sides, all from Porto Empedocle, Agrigento, Sicilia as far as I know. Looking for the parents of Maria Sanfilippo and the parents of her hu...

Hi again,

Sorry all, new to this! My previous post is about surnames Ferrara and Catalano from Porto Empedocle in Sicilia (Agrigento province).

Grazie ancora!
crystal ferrara

Hi all, My name is Crystal Ferrara and both my grandfather, Gaetano Ferrara and grandmother, Marianna (Catalano) came to New York from Porto Empedocle in 1910. I have found the manifest from my grandmother and her family coming to New York. I am looking for help finding birth records for my grandpar...