I hired an expert on Ancestry and this is what she found
I was able to find Maria Concetta's birth on the day she gave on her naturalization papers. He father was Natale Fiorentino, aged 35. He was a salesman or merchant. Her mother was Angelina De Simeone, a housewife. See attached records. You will also notice that Concetta's marriage is annotated in the margin. She married on 16 November 1907 in Rosarno, which is why the banns are included in the Second Part instead of the First.
From the margin annotation, and from the banns, we learn that Giuseppe Belmosto was born in Nicotera, but lived in Rosarno. He was 23 and a shoemaker. Considering that he was one of forty foundlings recorded at the end of the birth register for 1884, he was able to learn a profession. From his birth record, it appears that a woman named Maria Carbone found him and brought him to the authorities who then gave her Giuseppe to raise. It is possible that Maria Carbone was his mother or some other relative. There is no record of who his parents were. His surname is invented. It means "good grape must."Perhaps you know what that is, but just in case, it is the first pressing of the grapes, which contains not only the juice, but as the skin and seeds.
I next searched for the marriage record and the marriage banns for Concetta's parents, but it appears that they had no ties with Cropaleti other than their children were born there. Thus, we've hit a roadblock here as well. The only way to overcome this obstacle is to request their family status certificate, which should give us their birth places.
Concetta had three sisters born in Cropalati:
1. Rosa Carmela, born on 26 December 1883.
2. Celestina, born in 1885, but whose birth record is missing from the microfilming. Damaged? Lost?
3. Rosa Constanza, born 5 Oct 1888.
None of these had marriage annotations in the margin.
In my searching, I also noted a possible older brother named Vincenzo, but did not find his birth record.
Kind of sad I cant go back further than my grandfather who was left for garbage on the street
J. Belmosto
