I would like to state that my last name literally means abundance . Now, obviously my last name would be Abbondanza, but when my great-grandfather came over from Catania, Sicily it was spelled Baudanza. @ Ellis Island it was then changed to Bandanza which is my official last name. The Sicilian ...

My name is Michael Barresi (Boston) and I'm third generation. My grandfather's family came from Mineo, Catania, Sicily. They came to America in 1907. My great-grandfather Francesco Barresi and great-grandmother Caterina Nolfo, came to the US with their oldest (and at the time only) child, 1 yr old ...

Thank you! If these photos and links are of the birth of Sebastiano Abbondanza, would the links I posted in my original post be for his death? Could you also help me in a translation confirming he is a foundling?

Marriage record for Sebastiano Abbondanza and Giuseppa Cannizzo. Minneo Oct 23 ...

From 'Processetti'
Birth record for Sebastiano Abbondanza. Sep 20, 1828
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Hello all, I am very grateful for the help I have received in the past and I was wondering if anyone could assist me in a translation. One of my direct ancestors, Sebastiano Abbondanza, was a foundling. I have these documents for him, but I have trouble reading the handwriting and translating it ...

Birth record # 8 for Grazia d'Angelo.
Date of b: June 9, 1886.
Place of b: Via Largo Cirillo, San Giovanni a Piro (Salerno).
Father: Giovanni, 32 yo, marinaro.
Morher: Maria Giuseppa Casati, not married .
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99X-WVQN?i=112&cc=1947713&cat=2948782 ...

Wow that is interesting. Would the last names D’Angelo and DeAnglo be interchangeable? I think the last name “D’Angelo” is the one that matches the most according to my findings.

Hi all, I am searching for the correct parents of Gratiza/Grazia “Grace” Dangello. Her husband was Michael Lamonica (possibly spelled Michele). Grace was born in Scario, Italy, I think in June of 1886. She died on August 18, 1952 in New Jersey, USA. Her husband Michael Lamonica had died a few years ...

Hi! I have ancestors from Mineo as well. Names in my tree are Abbondanza, Nolfo, and Limoli. I think we are related/there is a chance we are cousins. Feel free to message me.

Thank you. These resources are already helpful in helping me with some questions I had.

http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/v/Archivio+di+Stato+di+Bari/Stato+civile+della+restaurazione/Bisceglie/Nati/1854/005615983_01739.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=0
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The note in Carlo ...

The naming of Italian children follows a tradition, not a rule.
The first born son named after the paternal grandfather, second son after maternal grandfather; first daughter after paternal grandmother, second after the maternal grandmother, was the tradition. It was not a requirement.

Pietro ...

Hello, if anyone is still out there! I have not been able to find more info on the Sasso line. I have the name of the 2 sisters, but every manifest I can find seems to indicate that it is not the right person.

All of them in my line (Papagni, Sasso, and Monopoli) seemed to come from Italy and ...

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Dated 3 September 1887 in Bisceglie
Before the official ...personally appeared:
1 - Pietro Monopoli, 25, mason, born in Bisceglie, residing in said comune, son of deceased Pietro who resided in Bisceglie, and of deceased Giulia Quercia who resided in Bisceglie;
2 - Donata Sasso, 18 ...

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#338
http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=34521547
The note in Carlo ...