Latona from Campofelice

[Herk58]

Greetings! I am looking for information on the LaTona family. I am pretty sure that they lived in Campo Felice.

My great-grandmother was Paolina Latona and I believe her parents were Salvatore and Santa. Paolina eventually moved to the US and married Giuseppe Riscili. Paolina was born in Jan 1887.

I'm interested in her birth information, as well as that of her parents.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.. Tom

[Italysearcher]

Have you tried here:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/cat ... %20Library

There are posts on my blog that will help you do the search.
https://angelresearch.net/2020/01/21/ho ... nati-site/
https://angelresearch.wordpress.com/wp- ... ction=edit

[mmogno]

I am unable to find Paolina's birth act in Campofelice in 1887.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cat=624836

[Herk58]

Thanks for your help and the links!

I know that they are out there somewhere.

And thanks for the research hints, Italysearcher

[rlw254]

I did find the surname Latona in Campofelice as well as nearby Cerda and Sant'Agata but have not found Paolina quite yet. I am currently unable to find her immigration manifest to help.

[Herk58]

Thank you.. I have tried looking everywhere I can think of and have tried variations on her name hoping that there have just been spelling differences.

I've even gone to the cemetery and hoped for some divine inspiration.

[Tessa78]

Here is the link to the 10 year (1881-1890) index of births in Campofelice.
While there are numerous listings for Latona, there are NONE with father Salvatore.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cc=1947613

T.

[adelfio]

Pauline Latona
in the New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936
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Name: Pauline Latona
Gender: Female
Spouse: Joseph Riscili
Child: Frances Riscili
Film Number: 000875651

Marty

[Herk58]

Thanks for checking Tessa. The Campofelice reference was from someone who thought that was what they were told. Her great grandfather was supposedly friends with the Riscili family.

Thanks Adelfio. I have that marriage record. That's how I was first able to get Pauline's last name. The marriage is her daughter Francis.

[rlw254]

Do you have a clearer version of the obituary posted on ancestry.com? This gives a birthplace but I can't make it out. V- Province of Parlemo [sic]? Very blurry.

[Herk58]

rlw - No, I haven't been able to find a clearer obituary. The archive copy is blurred.

To me it looks like a V..., Province of Palermo, but it doesn't look like Vicari.

[Herk58]

Could someone help me translate child #17. It looks like Latona but I can't tell.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cc=1947613

Thanks.. Tom

[rlw254]

This is Rosalia la Tona born 21 Jan 1877 in Campofelice to parents Vincenzo la Tona, 35, and Giuseppa Cirincione

[Herk58]

Thanks for the translation. I missed by a bunch, thought I was looking at 1887 records.

[Herk58]

Still haven't been able to find a Latona that matches my Pauline. If I step back, knowing that she and the family were from the Province of Palermo, is there any other way of searching for the family name or do I have to go through town by town?

The town from the blurry obituary looks like it starts with a V. If it's not Valledolmo or Vicari, could there be another town that's just not listed on the family search site?

Thanks... Any help would be appreciated.

Tom