Thanks for the suggestions!

Ann: I've never had to actually look for someone in Italy as late as 1936. Are those Census records online anywhere?

Marty: I did try looking for Maria and Pasquale in PA records. I feel like I was able to figure out that the Maria who died in 1921 was not the same one ...

Hi everybody,

Looking for anyone who can help solve this mystery:

My great grandfather was Salvatore Gaetano, born 5 Feb 1886 in Nicastro, Catanzaro, Calabria to Pasquale Gaetano and Letizia Perri. He has a brother, Frank, born 19 Jul 1882, also in Nicastro.

Salvatore was married in Nicastro on ...

Hi Ann,
The civil records for Caserta are online as images only on FamilySearch.org. They are not indexed, but you can search through them much as you would a microfilm. Here is a link to Santa Maria a Vico:
https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/42160?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Best ...

Hi Robyn,
I am also searching family in Messercola (Capasso, Zampano) and Santa Maria a Vico (Fantarella, Nobile). If you haven't found it, there is a great resource on Ancestry of original Birth, Marriage and Death civil records for Caserta 1866-1929. It is not indexed, just pages of untranslated ...

That makes sense. Thanks, Carmine.

Hi all,
Anyone know what "compiti" or "non compiti" means when it is written after a person's age in a document?
Thanks,
Jill

That is good information to know. Thank you for helping me understand the difference.
Jill

I know enough Italian to translate birth, marriage, death certificates, but one thing has me wondering. I am going through some Atti di Nascite from the 1880's and noticed that sometimes for the parent's father they use "di" in front of the father's name and sometimes they use "fu", even in the same ...