Grandfather Romano's town of birth

[Romano1970]

Hey I wanted to get an opinion on something.

All of the information that has been provided to me thru this site all say that he was from/Born in Piazza Armerina Sicilia. However one of the docs which I have attached asks the question Where were you born, the reply shows as Castelmaria, now the only thing I see that is remotely close to that is CASTELLAMMARE SICILY. Do you think this could possibly be a reference to the province ( county so to speak of) Catanissetta?

I was just curious because when the time comes for me to order the films I want to make sure I have the right comune.

[ricbru]

Castellamare del Golfo is in the province of Trapani, Sicily region
Castellamare di Stabia is in the province of Naples, Campania region
Piazza Armerina is in the province of Caltanissetta, Sicily region

bye Riccardo

[nuccia]

Wow Michael,

Those are some pretty large images! Any chance you could resize them and repost them so that they are easier to read? If you need help, just ask .

[Romano1970]

LOL.......Sorry all for the size of them. I should have resized before putting them in there huh..........LOL.
Yeah, how do you resize them Nuccia????!!!! LOL

[suanj]

hmmm Piazza Armerina is in province of Enna
http://www.comune.piazzaarmerina.en.it/NEW/index.ASP

[suanj]

Your ancestor came in USA in the 1913; coming from, and born, Piazza Armerina; father Salvatore in Piazza armerina; joining at Sebastiano Papalia cousin in Paissac, NJ

Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1943
about Lorenzo Romano
Name: Lorenzo Romano
Arrival Date: 23 Sep 1913
Age: 24 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889
Gender: Male
Ethnic Background: Italian (South) (Italian)
Port of Departure: Palermo, Italy
Ship Name: Palermo
Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
Friend's Name: Leba Papalia
Last Residence: Sicily
Birthplace: Gewasim Villa Piazza, Sicily
Microfilm Roll Number: 204

best regards, suanj

[suanj]

for birthact helpful for dual citizenship
http://www.comune.piazzaarmerina.en.it/ ... umenti.htm
click on CLICCA QUI PER COMPILARE IL MODULO
write in:
Nome e Cognome: your name
Indirizzo: your exact address
Telefono: your phone number
Posta elettronica: your email address
Inserire la data: the birthdate of Lorenzo( day, month, year)
Inserire la descrizione del documento richiesto: Estratto dell'atto di nascita-Modello Plurilingue-fini jus sanguinis- di ROMANO Lorenzo nato a Piazza Armerina il ....( day, month, year) figlio di Salvatore.
suanj

[nuccia]

Michael,

Its no problem. I will do it for you and later will try and explain how I did it for future reference. Meanwhile, enjoy the info provided.

[Romano1970]

Hello Suanj, Hello Nuccia.

Suanj, I noticed that per what you found. (Copied Below)Gewasim Villa Piazza. Where exactly is that in Sicily? How do I confirm that as his birth place.? Which Document did you find the birth town on?

Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1943
about Lorenzo Romano
Name: Lorenzo Romano
Arrival Date: 23 Sep 1913
Age: 24 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889
Gender: Male
Ethnic Background: Italian (South) (Italian)
Port of Departure: Palermo, Italy
Ship Name: Palermo
Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
Friend's Name: Leba Papalia
Last Residence: Sicily
Birthplace: Gewasim Villa Piazza, Sicily
Microfilm Roll Number: 204

[PeterTimber]

Dear Michael since you do not do windows then go to www.prontoimprese.it/sicilia and go thru the listings for your".......villa Piazza". On the other hand let me know when you are coming over so I can get out the ladders and pails. =Peter=

[Romano1970]

Hi Peter. The lnc will not come up. Sorry.

[Romano1970]

I tried to Google Gewasin Villa Piazza and I did not see anything on it. I used this linc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:C ... _in_Sicily

[Biff83]

Birthplace: Gewasim Villa Piazza, Sicily

Hello, Michael

The place of birth above is just a horrible transcription. His birthplace was Piazza Armerina--See line 28, last column on the second page of his Boston manifest which was posted previously.

Biff

[Romano1970]

Hi Biff, Hope you are well. I still do believe it is Piazza Armerina. I just thought possibly peter and Suanj found some new information for me to look up.

I have already sent a letter to Piazza Armerina to inquire on his birth records.

Hopefully my trip to Passaic NJ on friday of this week will bring to light some usefull information that I can use in my research.

I will be retreiving the following.

Mother and Fathers marriage cert
Fathers Birth cert
Possibly my Grandfathers death cert. Will this provide any confiming information about italy??

[PeterTimber]

Its corrected now! =Peter=