NOTE OF INTEREST WITH "E" and "I"

Italians pronounce "E" as an "I" and vice versa "I" as an "E" so when Italian immigrants landed in the USA... they may have said "E" but it was an "I"...

Peter: FYI Pancrazio is a very popular Sicilian first name...Joe

Funny enough that my grandparents were born in Vittoria Sicily and I have claimed my Italian citizenship from the Comune of Vittoria two years ago. If your search in the Comune di Vittoria for birth, marriage or death certificates isn't successful I would suggest that you write a letter to the ...

I just thought I would chime in here for anyone doing research in Italy. The postal code (zip code) is called CAP in Italy.
Joe

Gram
Thanks for the welcome note... Is this Mahasery City a place in New York?

I was born in New York City and it doesn't look familiar to me... but then a lot has changed in 90 plus years. If I find something I will let you know.

Joe

Robert

These are the Campisciano listings I found in the PagineBianche (White Pages) in Italy for Sicily... Chiusa Sclafani is in the Provincia di Palermo.
These are all the Campisciano in Palermo Province. There are others in the Province of Catania and Caltanissetta.

Best of luck maybe these ...

Robert don't be discouraged... I was searching for relatives in an area for a long time until this past November 2002. I was searching for my grandmothers family surname in the town where she was born. I constantly came up with no responses. This past November I went to the little town in Sicily and ...

If you are looking to search for lost relatives it might be a good idea to check the internet telephone directories using those surnames. I did this and was successful in locating a family member we had lost contact with for 40 years. I was reunited with my fathers' sister just two years ago. If you ...

Raffa, Pace, Carina, Barone-Tonghi, Cirignotto, Biondo (from Sicily)
Accurso, Bellingeri, Ferrigno, Marino, Attanasio (Naples - Calabria)

My great grandmother was from Castellammare di Stabia (Naples Area) anyone with this name in their family lineage?

MJA
I don't think that there is a generation problem with you claiming your Italian citizenship. It depends on the information that you have and the information that you will have to supply to the Italian Consulate General in New York. You will need to contact the Italian Consulate General in New ...

Two years ago I moved to Italy to claim my dual citizenship... it was the best thing I have ever done.