Thank you for responding! I was starting to wonder if I should stop my research right now, lol!

Ciao! I came across an old Geocities website that lists all the families that lived in Castelpetroso. For my family name (Farro), it says the following:

THE FARRO´S

of

CASTELPETROSO

All the Farro’s lived in “Guasto”


I looked up the meaning of "guasto" and see definitions like "broken down ...

Thank you, Angela! I appreciate the expertise of people like you who are willing to take the time to share!

Thanks for responding Angela! So does that mean that those "Farros" would not be siblings unless they are twins?

Meanwhile, with further research, I think my great grandfather's name was "Giuseppe Farro" who would have been born around 1865 to 1875. Back to the drawing board tomorrow !

Ciao! I might have found my great grandfather's birth record, but wonder if anyone knows about how births were recorded for confirmation.

On the attached screenshot, "Enrico" Farro is listed as #35, followed by #36 Giovanni Antonio, and #37 Apollonia. Does that mean that they are all siblings since ...

Thank you, I truly appreciate the clarification, Mark!

Ciao! I am searching to find my grandfather's birth certificate, and now have his alien registraiton form form the National Archives here in the USA. It states that he was from "Castelpetroso, Campobass" (which I take to mean "Campobasso"). I have been searching "Castelpetrosa" records on this ...

Tessa, I did just find out that my great grandfather's name was Enrico Farro, so maybe I can find something! I will spend the rest of the weekend investigating! Thank you so very much!

Thank you so much for the information, Ann!

Ciao! I am trying to find information on my grandfather who immigrated to the USA in 1919. His name was Nicola Farro (born in 1902) and he was born in Castelpetrosa, Campobasso. He had a brother named Carmine. If anyone has any information, please share. Thank you, Maria