I recently did Ancestry DNA and they broke down Italian side like this...

Southern Italy

Your community with a connection to this ethnicity region

Northern Sicily 43%

West Sicily Region
Trapani Province
East Trapani Province
Palermo & Northern Sicilian Islands
Palermo

Idk if this will be ...

Thanks Erudita. Glad to see you here. It's been a long time and I've only recently gotten back into Genealogy but I've been researching my mother's side and she's of German descent.

Yes. I have. Rocco was born on the 26th of July, 1893 and baptized in the chiesa di San Silvestro Papa in Calatafimi, Sicily on the 29th. Camillo was born on the 21st of May, 1895 in Castellmare del Golfo.

Years ago I received from the National Archives a Certificate of Arrival (along with a Declaration of Intent and Petition to Naturalize) for my paternal grandfather, Rocco Aceste. The CoA shows that Rocco arrived in New York on the 18th of August 1922 aboard the SS Presidente Wilson. The certificate ...

Looking for a read on the bride's surname (Senia?) and on her mother's name, which appears to begin with the letters CAS.

Record is at top right. Grazie per l'aiuto!

Steve

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1 ... cat=730834

I'm embarrassed. The answer is so obvious. Of course Jo Batistae stands for Giovanni Battista, or John the Baptist. Thanks for your help!

Here's Giovanna's death record. Her father's given name appears to be something like Jo Baptistae. Is the Jo an abbreviation of Joseph or Jacopo or something similar?

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1 ... cat=731421

Can someone take a stab at the bride's father's given name on this record of marriage? It's the middle record on the right side. Thanks.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1 ... cat=731421

Thanks Erudita.

The attached document is a revised version of the previous attachments. This one is re-arranged by record type rather than parish. Many new volumes have been added, some minor errors have been corrected, and the document has been cleaned up of redundant information.

If you find any errors, please ...

There's not much there to decipher but the date does fall between May and July.

Grazie!

Steve
I'm not sure of the date of the marriage, but I do see a date of Sept 12, 1599 later in the record.

Both of Rocco's parents were deceased. The bride's parents were alive. I am reading the surname as "la brunetta." I see that Brunetta is currently a surname in the town of Salemi in Trapani ...

With this ring?

I need some help deciphering this marriage record.

The year of marriage is 1599, but the precise date eludes me and may be missing.

Rocco's parents are Joseph and Vincenza di Aguanno. Vincenza's maiden name does not appear to be disclosed.

Margarita's parents appear to be Francesco and Elisabetta ...