reggio di calabria

[dragoni]

looking for a comune purportedly called oliva in reggio di calabria. i have not been able to locate it thru google searching. family history center also has lots of records for reggio but none for a location called oliva. help would be appreciated in locating oliva and if anyone knows which fhc film cover that comune. thanks.

tommaso

[maestra36]

Tommaso
Here are two links. One is a list of all towns in Reggio Calabria and another is a list of frazioni or districts. No Oliva.

http://www.italyworldclub.com/italian_f ... _ob-ol.htm

http://www.italyworldclub.com/calabria/reggiocalabria/

[maestra36]

Oliveto, comune of Reggio Calabria - province: Reggio Calabria - region: Calabria

[misbris]

There is a frazone called Oliveto in the comune of Reggio Calabria.

http://www.italyworldclub.com/italian_f ... _ob-ol.htm


http://en.comuni-italiani.it/080/063/index.html

[dragoni]

grazie. i'll check those suggestions out. i also will look up locations for cognome raiano as they are supposedly form this comune.

tommaso

[Tessa78]

Hello tommaso

The concentration of "Raiano" cognome in present day Italy is in the area around Naples. There are no Raiano in Calabria Region.

http://gens.labo.net/it/cognomi/genera.html

Italian Phone book shows 45 Raiano listed in the Naples area.
Use this link

http://www.paginebianche.it/execute.cgi ... apoli&ind=

T.

[Tessa78]

Thanks to Valarie's knowledge of great websites...
Here is one where you can search for a name by province with as little as four letters

http://italia.indettaglio.it/eng/cognomi/cognomi.html


T.

[Tessa78]

Found a town called "Olivadi" in Calabria...

http://italia.indettaglio.it/eng/calabria/olivadi.html

T.

[dragoni]

thanks for all of the suggestions. the only bit of information i have to go on is a 1942 obituary which identifies he was from oliva, reggio di calabria. i am going to try to find him in ellis island. i do have us census information which indicates he came here in the late 1800's and lived in nyc until moving to western penna around 1930.

i did notice that there were no raiano's in calabria. yet another puzzle that will be a challenge.

tommaso

[dragoni]

just to share a hunch. i was able to find a manifest for the greatgrandfather giuseppe raiano who listed his place in italy as alife which by my guessing may have been taken by an american to be oliva - not too far a stretch. there are raiano family in caserta. might be an explanation. might try microfilm from alife to check out my hunch as i know the grandparent-greatgrandparent names . thanks for the help

[Tessa78]

Very good hunch!

Good luck...keep us posted.

T.

[Julo]

Found a town called "Olivadi" in Calabria...

http://italia.indettaglio.it/eng/calabria/olivadi.html

T.

The town called Olivadi is in the province of Catanzaro.
As far as I know there's no town called Oliva in Calabria.