I had tremendous help on this site from a woman named Suanj. She found actual baptismal information for my grandparents and sent me jpgs of the pages. That was three years ago, so I don't know if she is still around.

Hi Mark,
It's been awhile since I've been here. I've just called the parish in Hamilton where my dad and his siblings were baptized, made first communion, etc. My dad and mom were married there, and I was baptized there. The parish secretary is going to get back to me with any info she can find in ...

Hello Suanj,
It's been awhile since I've visited the site. I am puzzled by the information below provided by you about my grandfather. I wonder if you have are able to find a record of him and his family arriving in Canada. We were told that the family came to Canada in 1913. Many thanks.

Francesco ...

There seem to be no records about my grandmother, Maria Concetta Iantomasi, except that she married my grandfather, Francesco Antonio Iarocci, on March 17 1907 in Santa Croce di Magliani. I seem to remember a family story that my grandmother was born out of wedlock so her birth was never registered ...

This must be my grandfather whom I never met. Why he went to Buffalo will probably remain a family mystery-- but I thank you for this information.

My Iarocci side of the family emigrated to Hamilton, Ontario, in 1913, apparently the only branch of the Iarocci family to come to Canada at the time. The other Iaroccis that they travelled with went directly to the US.
My grandfather's name was Francesco Iarocci. He married Concetta Tomasso or ...