Hello Shayne, I have a woman in my tree named Maria Orlando, but no information on a marriage -
Maria Orlando 1886 daughter of Francesco and Maria Benenati...

Tomi

Hello Shayne,

I am interested in Bivianos from Quattropani, Lipari.

I am looking for information on these children of Santoro Biviano (1857) and Filomena Casella:
ANGELA BIVIANO abt 1892
ORSOLA BIVIANO abt 1894
GRAZIA BIVIANO abt 1899

Also looking for children of Damiana Biviano 1863 m ...

Looking for anyone also researching these Lipari surnames:
Rijtano/Reitano, Cannistra, Biviano, DiPietro, Iacono, Bartolo, LaMuta, Manfre, Falanga, Famularo

Tomi

I am looking for parents of Giovanni Rijtano b abt 1780 and parents of his wife, Giovanna/Anna Scafidi. They lived on Lipari.

Thank you,
Tomi

It's several years since you posted your query about the Bovas in Syracuse, so I am wondering if you have learned more?

I am looking for information on a Marina or Maryann or Marianna Bova 'going to Syracuse to my husband ? Bova at 332 W. Jefferson St., Syracuse.
She is traveling on the ship ...

There are a lot of Natolis from Lipari in the Central NY area, from Oswego to Syracuse, Cortland, Norwich and others places. Join some of the Rootsweb sites for these places or search Rootsweb for Natoli names and researchers.

I have these surnames from Lipari: Famularo, LaMuta, Biviano, Manfre, Natoli, Reitano, Cannistra, Rijtano and others. My relatives mostly came to NY, some Reitanos went to Australia.

I have Cosentino and Bolonga in my family tree. The Cosentinos were from Termini Imerese and settled in Central NY and Bolongas may have lived in Chicago or NY - I haven't found them yet.

Yes, perhaps I can find others in town with a "Cook" sounding name, such as Cucco, Cucarro, etc. Good idea. I don't think they came from anywhere but Italy. I had several uncles who used RICE for Reitano for a few years, then switched back to the Italian surname. I think they must have changed the ...

On the 1900 US census, I found an Italian family named COOK. I presume they changed their name to make it sound more American. Any ideas what their Italian surname could have been? I know this could be a needle in a haystack kind of question, but then again there might be some simple answer!

Thank you for this great surname site. I can see I will use it often and pass it on to friends.

Can anyone tell me where in Italy the surname SERENO would most likely be found?
My great grandfather was from Lipari and on a ship's manifest he says he is going to meet his cousin, Pietro Sereno, in NY. I am wondering where Pietro Sereno might have likely come from. Is that name prevalent in the ...

I am looking for an Augustino Cosentino on the Ellis Island site. I found a man with the right age, but am not sure where he was from. For Last Place of Residence it says, Malocchio, Evil Eye? Or is there a place in Sicily that sounds like this word?

Date of arrival was 25 Mar 1902 ship Nord ...

Hello,
I recently found a Francesco Paolo Cosentino b. 1887 in Siderno Marina. He is passenger #26 on the ship Nord America from Naples arriving in NY on 28 June 1904.

Can anyone help me with the name of the person he is going to visit? The lines don't match up well, so I think it is his uncle ...

Hello,
I have found a name in Lipari baptisms that looks like this:

CAJATANEY

It is probably Latin?

Can anyone suggest what the name really is? The writing was very hard to see and read.

Thanks for any help!

Tomi