Hi, I am sorry I never responded to your last post. The holidays took over all my time! As I said, the information I gave in the last post is really all I know, but if any of those names ring a bell for you, please let me know. I will look more into your area and see if I can come up with anything ...

Hi there,
Unfortunately, I do not know much more than I did then; but since then I have found the record of Domenico Ferraro and Lucia Alferi's marriage. They were married in Boston on 20 Aug 1905; his name was recorded as Domenico Ferrari and her name was recorded as Lucia Alfieri. The names given ...

By the way...the mysterious possible Onofrio Paino I believe also ended up in Brooklyn. I had once been in contact with a person Angelo Paino who had ancestors from there, too.
Lisa

Hello,
I also have ancestors Paino from Malfa. I don't know too much yet, but my gr grandmother was Annunziata Paino. I know she had a sister Catterina, who married a Costantino...here in the Boston area. They also apparently had a sister Maria who married a Bongiorno and emigrated from Malfa to ...

Okay, I am an idiot...I apologize that I have calculated her birthdate incorrectly. According to Lucia's death certificate her maiden name was Alferi, but I'm sure it could have been Alfieri originally. She died 3 Feb 1966; age 80 yrs 8 mos 24 dys, which according to my "date calculator" would make ...

Hello,
Lucia Alferi was born 9 Mar 1887; and it looks like she came here between 1903-1905; maybe 1902; but I don't think any earlier. Obviously she would have been pretty young any earlier than that and as far as I know her parents were not here, but I could be wrong. Unfortunately, all the people ...

Hi Trish,
thanks; that is what I have seen. Matteo came at a different time in 1904 with his wife, Antonia ?Domarina???. Same thing listed: Brother Domenico in Boston. So hard to read the handwriting!
I just can't find Domenico's immigration!!!
On every census he gives a different year of ...

My husband's mother was Cecelia Ferraro. Her parents were Domenico Ferraro and Lucia Alferi. I have just found Domenico's brothers' immigrations on Boston Ship Lists. Brothers were Matteo and Luigi; they came to Boston in 1904. Trying to read where they came from, it appears to say Torrioni ...

Peter, once again thank you for you help! I have printed out all my surnames in the areas my family came from. If I were to send a letter to someone in Italy would I address it the way that it is shown in Paginebianche? For example:
Alberto Paino comes up:
Paino Alberto
98050 Malfa (ME) - Via Roma ...

When I look on the maps I see Malfa on an island north of Sicily, then I see Messina on the northeastern tip of Sicily. Am I right in assuming that the Lipari Island chain is part of the province of Messina? Which is in the region of Sicily? I want to get my terminology correct; I'm not really this ...

Peter,
Thanks for the info...I have already looked up the family and found 40 Di Zazzos still in Rocca D'Evandro. When I said 'clans' I was using it as slang, not some genealogical term. Sorry if I offended you.
Lisa

I have come across my Grandmother's parents' marriage certificate (in Italian). Had my Grandfather translate...
They were Angelo Russo and Annunziata Paino both of "Malfa Messina".
They were married in Boston, MA on 22 April 1906. Angelo's parents are listed as Lorenzo and Anna (Santospirito) Russo ...

Hi, my Grandfather was born in Caserta and was from the town of Rocca D'Evandro. He is living in Massachusetts, now 93 years old. His family came here when he was 3 in 1913. His father was Antonio Di Zazzo and his mother was Rachael Tomasso. Antonio's parents were Giovanni & Palma (Fascione) Di ...