Thanks, Livio - I thought so, but I wanted someone to verify that for me.

Thank you both very much - I appreciate the help.

When I was a child, I had a couple of great-uncles we called Biase, however, I know their names were Biagio. Is Biase a nickname for Biagio?

Thanks for your helpl.

One of our members has been doing a lot of research and has passed along some info that could be linked to my tree. However, two given names are very strange and I have never seen them before - can someone translate them or translate whatever may be similar? They are: Ciriaco - a male name and ...

Thanks, Valarie - I'll try looking there.

How can I review passport applications for my ancestors to came to America?

Just want all to know -

Jim (drivingalong) and I linked up one part of our trees. His great-grandfather, Antonio Mazzaferro, was the brother of my great-aunt, Rosa Mazzaferro.

I guess this is what keeps us "digging".

Hi Jim:

Just adding my Mazzaferro to your list. My great-grandmother was MARIA LOUISA MAZZAFERRO she married my great-grandfather, GIUSEPPE CONTE in Verbicaro. I have all the info on their children.

I'm trying to find other siblings of Maria Louisa. I know her father was BIAGIO MAZZAFERRO and her ...

Another name I have very little on and that is TERESA RICCETTI. She married Giuseppe DeRenzi (probably in Verbicaro) before 1843. They had two children that I know of - Angelo DeRenzi and Maria Elisabetta a, both born in Verbicaro.

Any help or clues?

One of the names I'm trying to pursue is D'Alesandro . Rosa D'Alesandro married Biagio Mazzaferro (he is from Verbicaro) before 1859. I believe Rosa was from Mormanno, Cosenza, birth date around 1821.

Any help or clues out there?

I'm going to FHC this afternoon to request the microfilms for ...

Thanks for your replay, Joel.

Unfortunately, the name you are researching isn't within my extensive research. But, I guess we all have to keep looking! Good Luck.

Bettina

Buon Giorno: :D

I'm new to this wonderful site. Hopefully, through communication and research on this site, I will be able to find others looking for similar names.

I have a pretty extensive family tree already, but always looking . . .

Names on my tree are Baggetta, Compani (changed from ...

I have found in my research that when my relatives immigrated, they would always go to the towns/cities of other family members. Back then, immigrants had to be "sponsored" and have an address before they could sail.

My early research showed this to be true, however, over the years my husband's ...