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Italian Genealogy Blog will often focus on the research I have conducted concerning my ancestor's particular surnames and villages. Future tutorials will examine the Italian documents I've discovered in detail. I wanted to kick things off by sharing a list of my ancestral surnames and villages, so readers can become more familiar with me, and the areas of Italy I focus my research on.
Below are my ancestral surnames and the villages where they originate from in Italy. My immigrant ancestors who came to America primarily settled in New York and Pennsylvania. Specific areas were; “Little Italy” and the “Lower East Side” of New York City, the “Gravesend” neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York’s “Finger Lakes Region” mainly around Geneva and Rochester and NY’s southwest communities of Falconer and Jamestown. In Pennsylvania, the coal mining towns of Sykesville, Big Soldier and Lucerne Mines were an early destination.
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ABRUZZO:
Ortucchio, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy:
Bertone, Ciampella, Chiarelli, Chiarilli, Ciocci, Ciofani, Constable (USA), Contestabile, D’Alonzo, Di Ciocci, Di Cristofaro, Di Muzio, Di Pasquale, Di Pietro, Faina, Foglietta, Galassi, Gentile, Gianfelice, Gizzi, Grassi, Iacovetta, Irti, Luciani, Panecascio, Petrucci, Roncone, Sinibaldi, Ventura.
Roccamorice, Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy:
Caffarelli, D’Amario, D’Angelo, DeJohn (USA), Del Ponte, Demillo,
Di Berardinis, Di Beradino, Di Giovanni, Di Lullo, Di Millo, Di Nunzio, Di Rocco, Galli, Liberi, Nicolini, Novelli, Parete, Ventura.
CALABRIA:Cannitello, Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy:Faro, Lo Faro, LoFaro (LaFaro), Sottilaro.
Falerna & Castiglione Marittimo, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy:Bartolotta, Belsito, Cacozza, Campisano, Ceraso, Caterina, Chieffa, Cimino, Di Bartolo, DiBartolo, Floro, Floro Vito, Florovito, Gallo, Gambaro, Giudice, Lo Monaco, Maruca, Mastroianni, Mendicino, Pagliaro, Perri, Pesce, Pizzino, Rocca, Stella, Trunzo, Vescio, Villella.
LAZIO/LATIUM:
Fondi, Latina, Lazio, Italy:Carnevale, Di Nola, Nola, Rotunno, Valente, Valenti.
Terracina, Latina, Lazio, Italy:Curto, Lo Curto, Rosati.
SICILY:
Castelbuono, Palermo, Sicily, Italy:
Cannizzaro, Cardella, Citta, Culotta, Di Gaudio, Gugliuzza, La Grua, Lupo, Macaluso, Matassa, Mercanti, Pace, Palmeri, Prestianni, Pucci, Puccia, Raimondo.
Catania, Catania, Sicily, Italy:
Carnazza, Carnazzo, D’Amico, Vaccaro.
Collesano, Palermo, Sicily, Italy:
Argento, Artale, Canalicchio, Cannata, Catalano, Cellino, Cirincione, Coppa, Cottone, Di Bernardo, Di Marco, Di Marco Giglio, Dolce, Donato, Duca, Ficcaglia, Giglio, Impellitteri, La Russa, Leone, Lucca, Magliolo, Marchione, Messina, Noce, Palmeri, Palmieri, Pizzillo, Pucci, Puccia, Raimondo, Scacciaferro, Scelsi, Termotto, Tortoreti, Valenti.
Grammichele, Catania, Sicily, Italy:Angelico, Arra, Articolo, Barbera, Bruno, Callari, Coppoletta, Crimi, Fragapane, Gambino, Garra, Giardinelli, Giorlando, Grosso, Gulino, Leone, Manteo, Marchese, Margarone, Montes, Murgana, Orlando, Pinnisi, Russo, Spataro, Tornello, Valerio, Virga.
Gangi, Palermo, Sicily, Italy:
Canalicchio Duca, La Duca, Lo Duca.
Gratteri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy:
Agostaro, Artale, Augustine (USA), Biondo, Brocato, Brucato, Campagna, Cascio, Chiaramonte, Cirincione, Coniglio, D’Agostaro, D’Angelo, D’Antoni, Di Cesare, Di Maria, Galbo, Giallombardo, Grasso, Guzzio, Ilardo, Lazzara, Lo Cascio, Lombardo, Manzella, Santino, Tedesco.
Mineo, Catania, Sicily, Italy:
Angelico, Giacchi, Manteo, Salemi.
Vizzini, Catania, Sicily, Italy:
Arra, Bruno, Garra, Mazzone, Orlando.
