Link HERE, To Find What Part Of Italy Your Surname is From!

Are you looking for an Italian surname? Do you need more information about your family heritage?
This is the right place to start your genealogy search.
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Link HERE, To Find What Part Of Italy Your Surname is From!

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I have just found a great site!
You can either search for surnames to show the towns, or search the towns to show a large list of all surnames!

http://www.avitrees.com/welcome.jsp

Jamie Capaldi
NAMES: Capaldi-Tedesco-Tamilio-Minchella-Verrecchia-Tomasso-Franchitto-Innelli-Arpino-Caringi-Colacicco-Macari-Pinchera-Salera-D'Orazio-Ambrosino-Di Mambro-Sigliocolo-Masello
PLACES: Cassino- UK, USA, Ireland, Canada & Australia
http://www.cassino-families.co.uk
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Awesome site. If you register you can contribute surnames of your family that arent listed in a certain comune. Thanks for the link!
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It also will give you correct spellings!
NAMES: Capaldi-Tedesco-Tamilio-Minchella-Verrecchia-Tomasso-Franchitto-Innelli-Arpino-Caringi-Colacicco-Macari-Pinchera-Salera-D'Orazio-Ambrosino-Di Mambro-Sigliocolo-Masello
PLACES: Cassino- UK, USA, Ireland, Canada & Australia
http://www.cassino-families.co.uk
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Hi Jamie, a great site. But, names like anything else, have variations. You may or may not find what you think is the correct spelling but maybe your family had a different spelling within that region.

Who knows..............

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Researching: RESCIGNO, CATALANO, LA MAGRA, ANGRISANO, CALABRESE, PAGANO, GAGLIO, DE ANGELIS,COSTABILE Campania-Napoli/Salerno/Palermo, Italy and Tunisia Africa
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Wow, great site. It seems all of my Italian surnames are common in the town where they came from, except for one.

Thanks for the link!
My Italian surnames:

Caserta: Maietta, Rossano, Tessitore, Negro, Peluso, Musone

Campobasso: D'Andrea, Barile

Catanzaro: Fiorelli/Fiorillo, Romito
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It is also quite good for help on searching variation's of spelling!
NAMES: Capaldi-Tedesco-Tamilio-Minchella-Verrecchia-Tomasso-Franchitto-Innelli-Arpino-Caringi-Colacicco-Macari-Pinchera-Salera-D'Orazio-Ambrosino-Di Mambro-Sigliocolo-Masello
PLACES: Cassino- UK, USA, Ireland, Canada & Australia
http://www.cassino-families.co.uk
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