What records do you have that give Parisi as Rosa's surname? And what records do you have that indicate Teresa's maiden name was something other than Rossano? For example, was it inferred from Rosa's surname or do you have other documents?

Also, you may have noticed, but one of the two witnesses ...

My dad's family is from Picerno and many of them lived/married in neighboring Potenza. I'm excited to work through your website. Thanks for sharing!

mler wrote: 15 Dec 2017, 23:19 You are eligible through the line you describe.

I thought so. Maybe the consulate in Chicago is just short-handing it?

I think I'm ready to take the plunge on applying for Italian citizenship.

I live in Chicago and the consulate's jure sanguinis pdf is here:

http://www.conschicago.esteri.it/consolato_chicago/resource/doc/2017/04/instructions_iure_sanguinis_-inizio_12.04.2017.pdf

There are 5 categories that ...

If you look at the bottom of image 70, you will see a list of documents presented for the marriage. The first was the birth act of the bride, Giuseppa. The second was the judgment of approval expressed by the civil court of the Province of Siracusa dated Dec 1, 1821. The three pages which are ...

DNA companies analyze hundreds of thousands of SNPs (points on your DNA, like markers) that tend to be more variable (distinct) in different populations. They DNA test modern Italians, modern Greeks, modern West Asians, modern Iberians, etc., people who have a claim to having ancestral descent in ...

Here are the three pages in question:

http://imgur.com/a/3tSEE

You can also find them on Antenati, images 68 and 69:

http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/v/Archivio+di+Stato+di+Ragusa/Stato+civile+della+restaurazione/Spaccafornooggi+Ispica/Matrimoni+processetti/1822/13760/007861996_01477 ...

Just look at lines 4 and 5 in the record. You mentioned in one of your posts above seeing a February date, and you are correct. There is the date of Feb 1, 1901 on line 5 of the record. On line 4 above it, you see the name of Giuseppe Nicita who was the secretary of the town of Pozzallo who ...

erudita74 wrote: 23 Jun 2017, 21:06 Happy to help. I'm sure if I don't have the day of his death correct, another volunteer will correct me. Remember, I corrected the day to the 15th.

Erudita

Updating now! Yes, I think you're right if the record says yesterday that it probably was the 15th. Quite circuitous this record is.

Yes, he did die in Tunisia in a hospital named Ospedale Coloniale Italiano. Here's a link to the hospital that I found online:

http://www.italianiditunisia.com/Istituzioni/Ospedale/frm-main.php

He was age 68, a barcaiolo (boatman), resident in Tunisia but born in Pozzallo, Province of Siracusa ...

1904
Vincenzo Colombo (3rd great-grandfather)
Born in Pozzallo, Ragusa, Sicily


https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ZD-XSX4?i=120&wc=M747-LWG%3A360614401%2C360719101&cc=2094181

Here's the record from Part II of the Atti di Morte for Pozzallo.

I've looked at it and so has my husband ...

ARCHIVIO DI STATO DI AVELLINO
http://88.59.143.158/asav_web/index.faces

Trova i Nomi
http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/gallery?g2_view=search.SearchScan&g2_form[search]=name


Thank you. Unfortunately those databases aren't turning up anything for me. I do have BMDs from the town that I ...

adelfio wrote: 28 Apr 2017, 00:59 What town are your ancestors from

Marty

Mostly in Potenza - Avigliano, Moliterno, Picerno. One from Ariano Irpino in Avellino. And my great-grandparents were from Pozzallo, Ragusa, Sicily.

Do I request the Liste de Leva, the Liste d'Estrazione? Any tips?
The Ruoli Matricolari

http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/en/collections-state-archives

http://www.icminerbe.gov.it/pubblicazionidocs/Raccolta%20Fogli%20matricolari.pdf

https://www.italiangenealogy.com/forum/language ...

I searched the forum, but I couldn't find exactly what I was looking for.

I am about to write to the State Archives for my ancestors' military records. I'm wondering if I should send payment or offer payment (and, if so, how much?), if I should send a SASE (self-address stamped envelope with my ...