Hi All

Does anyone have any good contacts for the Siderno area in Calabria?
I'd like to get a hold of someone ideally at the San Nicola Church to see if they can track down some records.

For future conversations, apart from every single name in the town... the main four are - Vitale, Romeo ...

On FamilySearch the Molfetta Catalog will only get you BMD's to 1910.
https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/430207

Do you know much about your grandfathers parents on both sides? Is it possible that they passed away at young ages leaving behind small children?

We've all read how tough it would have been during that time in Italy but to send 13/14 years olds on a 4 week boat trip to a foreign country seems odd ...

I wonder why it's a closed paper? Usually for about $30 they release that archive... how frustrating. Are you in Australia? I noticed that Antonia Candida's brother Nicolo made it to Australia as well, but on the FamilySearch tree nothing was noted of his marriages... is there a reason for that? NAA ...

You can also try contacting NAA (Nation Archives Australia) - when you search for Cosmo he does have a couple of files to his name which could help your research. He arrived in SA 1921 then it says he nominated for his sister in-law Maria Domenica in 1934 so that's also worth a try.

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Hi Julie,

I found a couple birth records of your Azzarelli's in Egypt.

Lucia Antonia Azzarelli born Cairo 18 May 1893 - side note she married Georgio Zupponi in Alexandria 29 May 1910
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS5X-C9RZ-V?cat=726145&i=1379

Constantino Azzarelli born Cairo ...

Hi Shaun,

Even though I'm a year late on this response, I hope you are still active on the forum.

Your wife's grandfather was born 28th December 1889 in Cairo Egypt. He was named Innocenzo Maria Giorgio Laurella. His parents were Giovanni Laurella and Maria Zahra. The link below is his birth ...

Hi P.M.Cass

This is how I see it.

Baldassare Di Giuseppe died 70 yrs old - Occupation - Farmer
His dad Savino was also a Farmer.

I'm not sure on the next so hopefully someone can confirm - his wife is Dea Archimio?

Theres also the name Maria ... Marchitelli mentioned? His mum's name?

Here's another piece to your puzzle Friederock

https://antenati.cultura.gov.it/ark:/12 ... 03/wWp4QdL

1820 Marriage - Antonio Golino - Maria Teresa Cecere

I agree it's Angela Delli Paoli - that surname is from the Campania area

Thank you so much Angela for taking the time to go through this.

Yeah I knew about Cairo and most of the names and a few days after posting this I worked out Lorenzo's age which allowed me to get the family tree to mid 1700's Bari but what you've translated is amazing so thanks again!

That's amazing from mmogno.

Below is Lorenzo and Filomena's wedding cert... I can't quite see it properly but that gives Lorenzo's profession.

https://antenati.cultura.gov.it/ark:/12 ... 47/wbXqjd5

My guess Friederock is the side note is about her marriage but it's terribly hard to read - at first glance I thought I read 1907... but hopefully someone more experienced in reading them can help.

I know you didn't ask for this specifically but it says Lorenzo Golino is 50 years of age.
Below link ...

Thx Pippo

Hi All,

I'm after birth records from the commune of Rome 1930's - 1940's, are they accessible without physically being in Rome or do I need to hire a local Genealogist for the area?
If that's the case then could anyone recommend on who to use?

Thx