Searching for Guarisco, Digerolormo Sicily & Palermo

[vj]

VJ, thanks. I guess I need to broaden my searches with different spellings. Would you or anyone visiting this site know how to find ship manifests for steam trampers (this is what my cousin called it) that arrived in Louisiana? I am unable to find anything on this set of grandparents. the came from either Sicily or Palermo in 1900. I am assuming they got married there before boarding ship to come to the US.

Linda,

I use the New Orleans 1820-1945 passenger lists
from ancestry:
http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx= ... 3a7858%3a0

You could try first names only (without last name), filling in approximate dates for birth
& immigration year.
Sometimes just shortening the names to three letters followed by an * helps.

Chances are you may find the women your looking for under their maiden names.

It’s also possible they traveled with a relative, maybe a Pirello/Pirrello/etc.
Have you found Joe Pirello’s naturalization papers? It may have his ship listed…

Valarie

[Lindee]

VJ - does familysearch.com have italian marriage info? I am coming up empty on this. Someone told me I could do a search for Italian records, but am unsure how to do this. I think I clicked on every link I could find.

[vj]

It’s also possible they traveled with a relative, maybe a Pirello/Pirrello/etc.
Have you found Joe Pirello’s naturalization papers? It may have his ship listed…
Valarie

This may help zero in on a manifest if any of the DiGirolamo’s traveled with
Joe…
It could also come in handy in your Italian record search.
Valarie

Joe Pirello, Declaration

Name: Girolomo Pirrello [Joe Pirello]
Age: 48 Birth Date: 13 Jan 1887
Birth Location: Gibellino, Italy
Spouse: Antonio Pirello
Children: Rose; Catherine; Josephine; Lena; Andrew; Mary; Charles; Wirt; Frank
Arrival Year: 1903 Issue Date: 24 Jun 1935
State: Washington
Locality, Court: Spokane, Washington,
District Court Title: Naturalization Records of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, 1890-1972
Description: Declarations of intention, 1930-1938, #12801-14400 Series: M1541

[vj]

VJ - does familysearch.com have italian marriage info? I am coming up empty on this. Someone told me I could do a search for Italian records, but am unsure how to do this. I think I clicked on every link I could find.

Oh my yes !
If your town(s) have been filmed, they're available to rent on microfilm.

The Library will list all of the films available for your family's
town of origin (all Italian vital records are kept in the original town)
You would go to the your local Family History Center, order your film(s)
and view them at the center when they arrive.
The centers are staffed with very helpful folks!
(call 1st for their hours)

Quite a few of us on the forum have done this for our family and
the results are amazing.

Valarie
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The long answer :

A great place to start:

FamilySearch Home Page
Includes how to find your nearest local Family History Center
and the link to the Library (try a place search)

Italian Record Research from the FamilySearch research guides:
Italy Research Outline
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Three terrific books
to help you find, read & understand your records:

Italian Genealogical Records
How to Use Italian Civil, Ecclesiastical, &
Other Records in Family History Research
By Tafford R Cole
google book link

A Genealogist’s Guide to
Discovering Your Italian Ancestors
How to find and record your unique heritage
By Lynn Nelson
google book link

Finding Italian Roots
By John Philip Colletta, PhD
google book link
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More on the Family History Center

A very helpful essay from Trish, one of our forum members
(brujaojos):

Steps for Finding Microfilm at the Family History Center

[jollyranch15]

my gr grandfather santo giustiniano was born gebillina oct 1878. his mother was catherine campisis his birth father is unknown. and she married a vincent guarisco from gebillina. they imigrated to new orleans around 1890 but returned to gebellina to marry. I have to check my records but it was around 1892. They both died in new orleans and had a very large family. if you'd like to chat. jollyranch15@hotmail.com