Amy > Is anyone familiar with the surname Biasetti? There may have been a famuly > by this name living in 'little Italy' in Manchester at the time of the 2nd > World War? Can anyone tell me from which region of Italy this name may originate? Looking at the current surname distribution in Italy for BIASETTI, it is mostly in Emilia Romagna, Lombardy and Piemonte. Unfortunately it is not very rare, so it's hard to pinpoint a particular town or district. To see the distribution, just put the surname (cognome) into this site: http://www.gens.labo.net/it/cognomi/ This is one of several useful sites linked from the Anglo Italian Family History Society's website links page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ukaifhg/docs/links.html . Daphne Dashfield (Geradine) GHIRARDANI, => GERADINE, etc. - many spelling variations in London from approx 1844 TASSI, SCRIMAGLIA, NICOLI, (DI) or (O)STACCHINI in London GHIRARDANI, LOVATI, SILVA, MAC(C)INI, BOTTI Parma esp 18th century in Varsi