May be an overly obvious question..... ) , but have you tried to locate a ship manifest which may reveal the exact town name??

Depending on year, it may be possible to locate other records which could also lead to the town name......

wldspirit Hi
I have located a ships manifest ,with my great ...

I am searching for my grand fathers birth place to complete my Italian citezenship application My Aunt only remebers something to the effect of casa benjanni I have tried the search application on this web site and the hits are in NW Italy. His Death and marrige certificates only state Italy as I ...