Looking for connections to the DiGiovanni from Sambuca and Contessa that came to US and settled in Tampa, New Orleans and Chicago.

Antonino DiGiovanni married Agata Sparacino they were from Sambuca. Their children:
*Caterina b.1846/d.Nov 29,1852 Sambuca
*Antonina b.abt 1849 Sambuca
*Guiseppe(Joseph ...

Hi,
I've been researching my Montalbano ancestors from Bisacquino and Contessa Entellina.

Vincenzo Montalbano b.abt1735/died Oct 19,1785, married
Natala Salvaggio (no details)
Their son Francesco Montalbano b.abt1779 Bisacquino & died Jan 16,1865 Contessa Entellina. He married Caterina ...

I have LoIacono's in my Sicilian family tree and I'm just looking for possible connections. I'm not done with my research on my LoIacono line but here's alittle if the details I have on the oldest ancestors.
I'm pretty sure my LoIacono's came from Santa Margherita di Belice and some eventually ended ...

I've been working on my Sicilian family tree for months. I've recently discovered a link to Santa Margherita di Belice. Our LoIacono family were in Santa Margherita before going to Contessa Entellina. I've been able to get some info through the LDS(familysearch.org) site and have details from a ...

I need help with the translation of an email. I tried using the BING translator but it all didn't make sense.

La cucina arbereshe, dopo 500 anni di convivenza con quella siciliana, è molto simile a questa. Posso segnalarti tanti siti internet di cucina tipica siciliana.
Stai certa che ...

I'm researching Arbereshe names both surname and given names. I am trying to put together a list of Arbereshe names and the Albanian origin it was derived from.
Ex. Zef=Giuseppe
Ex. Skiro'=Schiro'

I havn't found an online source with several names on it. Does anyone know of a good site? Or can ...

Thank you for the help! I am relying on a online translator to both write my emails in Italian and to decipher my responses. So sometimes there are some translations that seem alittle off. Not to mention I'm communicating with an Arbereshe community.

I need help translating an email I received from a Sicilian church volunteer. I think I've gotten the idea of the email but some of it is just lost in translation.


Gentilissima Melanie,



sono Giuseppe Caruso, un volontario della parrocchia. se vuole, potrei essere a disposizione io e aiutarla ...

I'm looking for any connections/info/leads to my Sparacino ancestors. I've gotten somw info from the Contessa Entellina and Sambuca websites I found. Here's what I have so far...
Agata Sparacino married Antonino DiGiovanna(DiGiovanni). I'm pretty sure they were both from Sambuca. I dont have their ...

I appreciate the reply, I have actually gotten lots of info from that website already and sent an email to Leita just waiting on het reply.
Clesi is such a common surname from Contessa Entellina and New Orleans so I'm hoping my post gets noticed by some distant relatives.

Looking for connections to my Clesi ancestors from Contessa Entellina, Sicily.
My great grandmother was Josephine Clesi born 1905 her parents were Natalio and Caterina Barone. They came to US I believe 1895 they were first in New Orleans but settled in Ybor City, Tampa,Fl. They had several kids ...

Cara Melanie,Sono Leonardo Salvaggio Sindaco di Poggioreale. Ho fatto fare una prima ricerca negli archivi del Comune e ho notato che nel 1800 diverse famiglie portavano il cognome Manno.
Sarebbe opportuno conoscere il nome della gran gran Nonna per poterti aiutare un po’ di più.
a)Un Certo Manno ...

I sent an email to Poggoreale inquiring about churches in the area and need help with reply.

Egregia Miss Melanie, le invio quanto da lei richiesto, mi piacerebbe sapere da dove scrive , cioè in quale parte dell’America o di Quale Stato, spero possa trovare quanto lei cerca, sono comunque a ...

Lots of great info! I am FLOORED to see the newspaper article from 1886. My grandmother was speechless.
I'm doing all the research for her. She hasn't ever had many details on her fathers family history.

Still trying to find the records of immigration for
Gaetana DiGiovanna and Francesco Mano ...

Laura-
WOW! You nailed it! All the names and dates match. Obviously the last name as Mans is wrong but this info is for my family! Gaetana was called Annie.
Hopefully with this info I can track back the family line before they came to US.
If you have any research suggestions please let me know.
And ...