I sent you a PM but it's still sitting in my outbox.

It won't be searchable online. You will have to go through each record at a time. I'll send you his contact info.

it amazes me when i hear of success stories regarding research in italian parish records. i've been doing this for 20 years and i've gotten 2 parish records. an 1803 marriage in luogosano avellino for my paternal grandfathers grandparents (civil records only go back to 1809) and an 1883 baptism in ...

Thanks, I've just discovered that yesterday. So now I have to determine which parish in Pozzo di Gotto my family was from.

messina has all the records available-both for film loan and in the free digital collections. all the civil records that is. messina is one of the best areas for digitized collections. barcellona messina is where my paternal grandmother originated. my paternal grandfather was from luogosano in ...

mezzogiorno62 wrote:no idea. not many parish records available at lds. good luck

Thanks, I just found all the record collections for Italy and nothing for Messina

in my 20 years of researching my paternal italian ancestors i've probably sent at least 100 letters of inquiry,written in reasonably literate italian,and several times accompanied by small donations. to various parishes.this includes both the local parishes of interest(grandfather luogosano ...

In the birth record the mother's name is spelled Marina Barresi, which sounds correct, while in the death record the name is spelled Magrina Barresi, which I believe is a typo.
Ages in deaths records are often far from being precise...
In my opinion the above two records are not enough to draw a ...

carubia wrote:From where did you obtain Pozzo di Gotto records from 1820? LDS microfilm?

I found them on this site: http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.i ... di+Messina

Hi!
Just a though
Nicol a , born December 5 1820 technically was not yet 12 in December 2 1832. Are you sure he had not an older brother born in 1819?
As for the name of the mother in Gaetano's death record it is spelled Macrina, rare, but it does exist in Sicily
Ciao
Paola

I'm not sure if he had ...

I have a birth record for a Nicolo Cambria , born 5 Dec, 1820 on Strada Bolechelli(?) in Pozzo di Gotto. His parents are Nunziato Cambria and Magrina(?) Barresi.

I also have a death record for a Gaetano Cambria (same parents) who died in Dec 1832. It states that he was 12 years old at time of ...

Looking for documents for my great grandparents. They were the parents of Serafina Bennardo (b: 26 Feb, 1878 in Militello di Rosmarino). Antonino was born around 1836 and died between 1891 and 1901. Angela was born around 1845 and died in or after 1901.

Thanks,

Mary

Trying to locate the birth certificate and/or parish record of my 2nd great grandmother, Giuseppa Buda. She was born in Sant'Agata di Militello, Messina around 1810. She married Vincenzo Pedala' about 1825. She died on 1 December, 1855. Her parents were Basilio Buda and Tecla Cali'. Any records of ...

I'm looking for birth, marriage and death records for my 2nd great grandfather, Vincenzo Pedala. He was born around 1802 in the province of Messina, possibly in Sant'Agata di Militello. He was married to Giuseppa Buda about 1825. They had 4 children, as far as I know, possibly more. Their names were ...