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Hello,

I am looking to research my gg grandmother through LDS records. It appears she came from Potenza? I don't know if I need to know the commune(village) or will Potenza cover the entire region? Her name was Josephine DeCillis b. 1870 daughter of Giuseppe DeCillis and Anna Marie Ricigliano. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
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Hello danielle1118 :-)

Did your GGGM immigrate? We might find a town from immigration records...

The civil registrations (births, marriages, deaths) are held at the comune/town level.
POTENZA is both a comune and province. So maybe a good place to start would be the Comune of Potenza :-)

Edit to add:
Checked the annual birth indexes for 1869, 1870, 1871 in Potenza, but no De Cillis :(

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Researching Trabia, Palermo surnames Adelfio, Bondi, Butera, Scardino,Rinella, Scardamaglia

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Thanks, Marty! :-)

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Thank you for your responses. I looked up available LDS microfilms and it seems they are not available for San Fele, Potenza for births around 1870. What remaining options do I have? I sent a request about a year ago but never received a response. Are these records available anywhere else or at this point would my best option be to hire a genealogist? Is there anyone that could be recommended?
I truly appreciate all your help and advice- again my heartfelt thanks
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Did you send a follow up letter sometimes with no records available on film only way is contact with the comune. So you will have to try again> I would FAX them with your request
Comune di San Fele
Via Mazzini 7
85020 San Fele PZ
ITALY
FAX NUMBER 0976 94411


OGGETTO: richiesta atto di nascita ai sensi dell'art. 107 del DPR 396/2000
Dopo anni uno non ho ancora ricevuto alcuna risposta.
Temo che la mia lettera sia andata persa o sia stata dimenticata

Egregi signori,
Mi chiamo YOUR NAME. Sto facendo una ricerca sui miei antenati e ho bisogno delle informazioni dai vostri registri.
I miei antenati provennero da San Fele, Potenza.
L’individuo seguente è il mio antenato.
Quanto segue è tutto ciò che so di queste persone:
Nome e cognome: Giuseppa De Cillis
Data di nascita: 1868-1872
Luogo di nascita: San Fele, Potenza
Nome e cognome del padre: Giuseppe De Cillis
Nome e cognome della madre: Anna Marie Ricigliano.
Per favore,vi chiedo di spedirmi una delle fotocopie l’atto di nascita di questa persone
o estratto completo dell’atto di nascita
Se non avete i registri corrispondenti, potete fornire l’indirizzo dell’archivio dove in cui i registri possano essere trovati?
Vi ringrazio in anticipo per il vostro gentilezza e premura.
Distinti saluti,
NAME ADDRESS EMAIL PHOTO ID SIGNATURE DATE

Marty


SUBJECT: Request birth certificate pursuant to art. 107 of Presidential Decree 396/2000
After a year I still have not received any response.
I fear that my letter has been lost or has been forgotten

Gentlemen,
My name is YOUR NAME. I am doing some research on my ancestors and I need information from your records.
My ancestors came from San Fele, Potenza.
The following person is my ancestor.
What follows is everything I know about these people:
Name: Josephine De Cillis
Date of birth: 1868-1872
Place of birth: San Fele, Potenza
Name and surname of the father, Giuseppe De Cillis
Name and surname of the mother: Anna Marie Ricigliano.
Please, I ask you to send me a photocopy of the birth of this person
or extract of birth certificate
If you do not have the records that match, you can provide the address of where in which the records can be found?
Thank you in advance for your kindness and thoughtfulness.
Sincerely,
NAME EMAIL ADDRESS SIGNATURE DATE PHOTO ID
Researching Trabia, Palermo surnames Adelfio, Bondi, Butera, Scardino,Rinella, Scardamaglia

Marty
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I've sent THREE letters and finally faxed them all (3 weeks ago) for this same information as well, Danielle. I kindly asked for them to either email, fax or mail the information back. In two of the letters, I sent 2 (for a total of 4) international postal replies. I've even sent 20 Euro in each letter "for their kind assistance". I, of course, photocopied all of that and attached it to the fax.

Still no response from San Fele.

At wits end at this point...
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