Since Colobraro is such a small community (less than 1500 full-time residents) it seems likely that many families who emigrated from the village were related. Also, in the early years of immigration to the U.S. Italian immigrants had to be sponsored by an Italian resident alien or citizen who could ...

My gg grandmother's maiden name was Zito and she also came from Colobraro. She married Dominic Borio (one of various spellings) and her daughter was Mary Borio Latronica. Dominic is the biggest puzzle in my 25 years of research. He disappeared around 1900 and his wife married Rocco Yano and her ...

Many Modarellis live in the Youngstown, Ohio area having settled in Brier Hill. My grandmother, from Colobraro, was related to the Modarellis.

My grandfather (Giuseppe Zito) and my grandmother (Rosaria Gialdino) both emigrated from Colobraro in 1907 and 1910 respectively. They both settled in ...