Giunta surname from Caltanassetta, Sicilia

[chiachio]

Great Grandfather arrived in the U.S. between 1900-1904, no earlier information is available regarding his origin there. Due to the many town's in Caltanassetta, how would one search Church records there? His Name was Francesco Giunta and the only other info known are his birth-death dates 1876-1955.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

[adelfio]

You have the name of town they were born in What was his wifes name
Is this him
Francesco Giunta
in the U.S., Find A Grave Index
Name: Francesco Giunta
Birth Date: 1876
Death Date: 1955
Cemetery: Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Linwood, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/
Marty

[Biff83]

Wife's name on headstone is Giuseppa 1877-1966

Pennsylvania death certificate for above:

Informant: Lucian Giunta, son?
Parents: Luciano Giunta & Ida Russo

[Biff83]

Giuseppa Giunta's 1966 Pennsylvania death certificate

Can anyone determine her correct maiden name--Father Joseph Mancrchia??

https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/51 ... PUBJs=true

Biff

[Biff83]

I might be going down a rabbit hole but here goes.

Chiacio, my apologies if I've gotten the wrong family

The above folks in the 1930 census. Note son Luciano born in Italy. Wife/Mother Josephine arrival 1911.

[Biff83]

Giuseppa Manerchia Giunta and son Luciano's 1911 Philadelphia manifest

Last residence and place of birth Castrogiovanni (originally part of province of Caltanisetta; today known as the town of Enna, province of Enna); leaves father Giovanni in Castrogiovanni
Joining husband/father Paolo Giunta in Philadelphia, lines 4 and 5, 2 page manifest

[Biff83]

1909 New York manifest for Francesco PAOLO Giunta, line 25

Last residence and place of birth Castrogiovanni
Leaves wife Giuseppa in Italy
Destination Philadelphia to join brother in law Nicola Manerchia

[Loving_Life_2]

Oh my God, I am in total shock over the information that you've provided me on my Great Grandfather Francesco Paolo Giunta! Yes, this is Him. His wife, my Great-Grandmother was Guiseppa 'Manerchia' Giunta who I was told was born in Capizzi, Sicily. I had given-up on having success locating any of their earlier (Sicilian) connections, to either Franceso or Giuseppa, or hope of learning of their Parents there. My Grandfather, their 2nd Son John Junto told me before his death the names of the town's that they were from and did mention Francesco being from Caltanassetta, now called Enna. I spent more hour's (well over 80) than I can remember over the years searching Marriage Licenses from Caltanasetta, without success trying to locate them.
I cannot thank you enough for the invaluable information that you've (Biff88 & Adelfio) provided to my Family once again. You cannot imagine how much this information means to me and the future generations of our Family, to know with assurance of our ancestors origins. I've searched online since 2000-2001 without success for documents regarding my Great-Grandparents, painstakenly, many hundred's of hours.
Please accept my heartfelt gratitude, and that of my extended Giunta-Manerchia Family and be assured of our Prayers of Graditude for all the effort spent in revealing this history to us...

[Biff83]

I made a mistake on Giuseppa Manerchia's manifest when I listed both her last residence and place of birth as Castrogiovanni; if you check the second page of the manifest, it shows her birthplace as Capizzi.

Biff

[Loving_Life_2]

Thank you very-much Biff83,

I have taken note, and appreciate the correction.

You're priceless..!

[Loving_Life_2]

Can someone suggest where I might begin to search for the potential sibling's of these Great Grandparents where they were raised in Sicily, Castrogiovanni & Capizzi? Their 5 children never had any information on their lives previous to their arrival here in the U.S., and consequently the 3 generations since still have no knowledge of their years in Sicily.
In the 18-19 years that I've been trying to research them, I never found the valuable info that was provided by the Master Genealogist's here. I'm more than willing to put in the time, unfortunately I don't know where to begin.

Thanks in advance...

[Biff83]

The Castrogiovanni records are available only at a Family History Center or Affiliate library.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/cat ... %20Library

Some Capizzi records are also online but only for before 1865 and also can only be viewed at a FHC or Affiliate library

https://www.familysearch.org/search/ima ... %3D1935770

Capizzi records for some years available online at the Antenati site

http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it ... e/Capizzi/

http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it ... o/Capizzi/

Biff

[Biff83]

The Castrogiovanni records are available only at a Family History Center or Affiliate library.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/cat ... %20Library

Some Capizzi records are also online but only for before 1865 and also can only be viewed at a FHC or Affiliate library

https://www.familysearch.org/search/ima ... %3D1935770

Capizzi records for some years available online at the Antenati site

http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it ... e/Capizzi/

http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it ... o/Capizzi/

Biff

[Loving_Life_2]

Hello Biff83,

Thanks again for all of your help, I can't thank you enough...

[chiachio]

Hello Biff83,
Back on February 28th of this year you posted my Great-Grandmother's death certificate. The informant on the document was my Grandfather's brother, the son of Giuseppa/Josephine. Unfortunately he wrote the names Luciano & Ida Russo as the parent's of his mother, but most-likely because he was unaware of their true names. Giuseppa's ship record has her father's name recorded as Giovanni, which is widely accepted by the surviving family as well. To-date, the information that you've provided sums-up the majority of what the family currently has on these two major ancestors. Wishing you a Blessed Christmas holiday & Happy New Year...
Chiachio