Hi, I have so little info on my D'Anna ancestors except that they had a shipping company located in Palermo and that my Great Grandmother was Vincenza D'Anna who married Baldassare Magri Oct 11, 1880. According to the wonderful info above from Trish I just learned that Vincenza D'Anna's parents were...

Hi wldspirit!

Thanks so very much for those links and suggestions! It's a feast! I can't sleep until I copy and paste all those surnames! LOL!

Ciao!
Linda )

Dear Trish,

Yet another day of finding more gen gifts! Thank you! Thank you! I have never been aware of these additional surnames! More digging to do thanks to your sharp researching! Hope to see you soon too!

E stato un piacere!
Linda @ The Jersey Shore ~~~~~~

What city is D'Anna from? My D'Anna is from Terrasini Vincenza Hello Vincenza, My D'Anna family is from Palermo which I see by the maps is not far from Terrasini. The D'Anna family had a shipping company. They imported/exported citrus, olives and marble. My Great Grandmother was named VINCENZA D'AN...

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HI Denman 922,

I suggest you contact:

Orange County Genealogy Society
101 Main Street, Goshen, NY 10924
Their website: http://www.ocgsny.org/

They have a whole huge library of files on surnames, cemeteries, etc. If anyone up there can help you, it's them!

Good Luck!
Linda

HI Laura, I too am looking for info on ancestors from San Fratello, Messina, Italy. I looked up your surnames and none match mine but I do remember when I was little that my parents had a older genteman friend who lived in the Bronx who's surname was "Henny" LoBalbo. He was a barber. I rem...

Hi Laura, Nice to hear from you. I don't yet know of any connections to my Latteri's with the Regalbuto's but I am still so very new to this. I do know that my Great+ Maternal Grandmother Eloisa was a Latteri. Here is a run down of the info I do have: LATTERI FAMILY OF SAN FRATELLO, SICILY My matern...

Dear Biff & Riccardo,

GREAT advice! Gee I wish I had found this site sooner!!!!
Grazie miei amici!

Linda

Dear Riccardo, Il dio li benedice! Thank you! Grazie! That is more information than I had ever hoped for! How wonderful! I will certainly write to those offices and people! Do you think that they will accept my requests in English? I have been studying Italian for a while, ma le mie abilità di ling...

Grazie Biff!

It's so nice to be able to find others who are researching their Italian roots who want to talk about more than whether it's called SAUCE or GRAVY!!!

You will see lots more posts from me!

Distinti saluti amico!
Linda )

Thanks for the welcome Biff and for the info. That's a great site on San Fratello. I've visited it before and have it on my toolbar.

I love this Italian genealogy website, I just stumpled on it last night. How long has it been up? I plan to post here a lot more as time goes on.

Ciao for now,
Linda

I am looking for any info on the small town of San Fratello, in the Messina Province of Sicily. My ancestors were the Latteri and Salanitro families. My great grandparents were Eloisa Latteri and Alfio Salanitro. They had 6 children that I know of. 4 of them came to the USA in the early 1900's. They...