Hi,

My great-grandfather was Lorenzo Merola, from Centola Italy. I am trying to locate his birth certificate for dual citizenship. I believe he was born around 1903, as his Ellis Island records show his arrival in 1920 at the age of 17. Please let me know if you have any records relating to him ...

In the Indice Decennale di Matrimonio 1886-1895, for Centola Italy, there is an 1894 marriage between Vincenzo Di Luca (son of Giuseppe) and Carmela Pacelli. The Pacelli family of Centola had many members in Hazleton and wrote a wonderful family story which includes histories of Hazleton and Centola ...

Found December 3, 1886 marriage records for this couple on ancestry.com.
Giovanni Spolidoro was a 24 year old widower, occupation contadino son of Pasquale, deceased, and Nunzia Lombardi, she is still living when he married
Caterina Di Stefano, age 29, occupation: filatrice, daughter of Giuseppe and ...

Great News! Ancestry has now posted the BMDs from Viggiano in Potenza for you to browse online. They include the years 1861-1938. I am also a Spolidoro but do not know of any Austrialian connection - YET!

Would love to tie your Basile's to ours. Also from Italy to work in coal mines in Hazleton. Have you found the commune of origin? Ours is Centola.

Very interested in info on Antonia Basile as she was my grandfather's sister. Bonnie Basile Fuoco
bbfuoco@comcast.net

All of my records are from Centola, Salerno, Campania not Naples. Sorry

Looking for some help with local habits and customs.

Have an ancestor who published the bans of marriage in her village but the marriage never happened - this potential bride never married.

The potential groom did marry another woman later that same year in the same village.

However, the couple ...

I am a family member of Antonia Basile, and her brother was, in fact, Raffaele Basile of Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Both were born in Centola, Salerno, Campagnia, Italy. Are there any family left in Elizabeth NJ area?

Thank you bbfuoco.

Did you happen to see any other children born of that marriage?
Anna, or perhaps Antonia, born approx 1896-7? She emigrated to the US in 1908.
Here is the scoop. Sabato Merola had several children (5 that I found) outside his marriages to Rosaria Stanziola and Maria Palumbo. I ...

From records on microfilm at LDS

Sabato Merola, born approx 1831 of Nicola Merola e Giuseppa Ciotola in Centola Italy.
Married in 1886 in Centola
Publication of bans of marriage began 8/28/1886
Rosaria Stanziola, born approx 1858 of Francesco Stanziola e Caterina Ciccariello in Centola

They had ...

Yes, Fuoco is my married name

My typical response cycle for Southern Italian towns is 6 months. However, I am currently hoping for responses from requests mailed in October - 8 months ago and counting.

I have indexed all birth, marriage and death certificates of Merola, Stanziola, Vassallo and Basile from Centola during the years of 1866 - 1929. Happy to share info if you are specific who you are looking for.
Have other names as pertain to their spouses, etc.

I have indexed all birth, marriage and death certificates of Merola, Stanziola, Vassallo and Basile from Centola during the years of 1866 - 1929. Happy to share info if you are specific who you are looking for.