Sicily was full of Lobono's (palermo) and in U.S. (new Orleans). My Sicilian LoBona's became Bona over time in U.S.

Since it has been proven by DNA that everyone decended from a particular tribe Africa but traveled to other places - humans end up taking on the appearance, size, skin color, etc from the environment they live in for thousands of years. People came up from Africa to Europe & Asia, etc. Eventually ...

I had heard my Italian ancestors came from Palermo but not sure. The names are henrique (Henry) Faccini & Camilla Romeo. Henry was a fisherman who immigrated to California. I had heard many fishermen came from Isola del Femmine. Any info on how to connect surnames to towns would be much appreciated.

Thanks. You guys are great! Can naturalization records be found online?

I have Frank Buzzotto & Nellie Bona's death certs now.

Additional info below in case anyone sees a new connection to their relatives:

Nellie Bona Buzzotto parent info is
father Antonio Bona born in Italy
mother Mary Taranto born in Italy.
Nellie died in San Francisco July 27, 1908
So now I ...

I have Frank Buzzotto & Nellie Bona's death certs now.

Additional info below in case anyone sees a new connection to their relatives:

Nellie Bona Buzzotto parent info is
father Antonio Bona born in Italy
mother Mary Taranto born in Italy.
Nellie died in San Francisco July 27, 1908
So now I ...

Wow, thanks for the website! I had searched years ago & not as much info was online so pretty much called a halt to my search. I either hadn't found this site or not sure why I didn't find this info. Anyway I found more info on Frank Buzzotto & Nellie there.

Frank born 1858, died 1/27/1930
Nellie ...

Hi everyone.

My paternal great grandfather was Henry Faccini . His first child was born around 1870 but I don't have Henry's age.

His wife was Camile Romeo , although some records say Romero. They both came from Italy, so I'm betting on Romeo. I can't find anything about when they moved to the ...