A good site is http://elenco.iol.it/elencotel/public/RicercaOmonimie.jsp which lists everyone on the telephone in Italy. If you insert just the surname, then it gives you how many people there are with that surname and a little map of Italy showing the number of people of that surname living in each region. You can then click on to each region to get addresses and phone numbers. I did try 'Erotti' which someone was enquiring about, and it said 'inesistente' - inexistent, so perhaps the name was changed when the immigrant arrived in England - it could be that the first letter of the surname was dropped. Geraldine Gasparelli in London

Hello Geraldine, now I'm really confused :) , let me explain why! For years I have searched census records and bdm fiche at the LDS libraries for the name EROTTI and variants. Also, I've subscribed to the London and Devon lists, the two places given as clues from marriage and birth certs. I've been convinced, and advised by other listers, that the name was probably corrupted by my ggrandmother's family when they landed in London, or wherever, and on the said certs. Briefly, the family is said to have left Italy, gone to USA, left there and ggm was born on the way to England, c1856-59. I've considered all kinds of variants. Recently, I searched 'the other' site (sorry I can't name it now) which has come up on this List and found three ERROTTI'S in the Naples area. An Italian literate friend wrote letters for me but not replies - that was over three months ago. I've also found the name in the Ellis Island database and each follow up leads to a dead end, nobody seems to have the name in their tree any earlier than 1896 or thereabouts. With the 'non existence' find on the 'elenco' site, I am so puzzled. Please don't take this as criticism - I am very grateful you searched for the name on my behalf. I've just about decided to let ggm's line go - I've been at that brickwall for so long now. Oh I no, we family historians can't let go, not really! So, I'll keep watching the List, I've recently joined, and post my name interest from time to time and as the group grows and we become aware of more databases etc., I may just get lucky! Any further comments about the name would be gratefully received. Sincerely, Diane -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 12:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Anglo-Italian] Re: ANGLO-ITALIAN-D Digest V02 #131 A good site is http://elenco.iol.it/elencotel/public/RicercaOmonimie.jsp which lists everyone on the telephone in Italy. If you insert just the surname, then it gives you how many people there are with that surname and a little map of Italy showing the number of people of that surname living in each region. You can then click on to each region to get addresses and phone numbers. I did try 'Erotti' which someone was enquiring about, and it said 'inesistente' - inexistent, so perhaps the name was changed when the immigrant arrived in England - it could be that the first letter of the surname was dropped. Geraldine Gasparelli in London ==== ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List ==== List Admin Message http://www.dreamwater.net/genealogy/AdminMessage.htm ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Sorry to read of your lack of success. I note that you are a family historian - do you mean family annalist or compiler ? An historian is a writer of history. Do you have any published works ? sxyc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Webb" <> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 10:29 PM Subject: RE: [Anglo-Italian] Re: ANGLO-ITALIAN-D Digest V02 #131 > Hello Geraldine, now I'm really confused :) , let me explain why! For > years I have searched census records and bdm fiche at the LDS libraries for > the name EROTTI and variants. Also, I've subscribed to the London and Devon > lists, the two places given as clues from marriage and birth certs. I've > been convinced, and advised by other listers, that the name was probably > corrupted by my ggrandmother's family when they landed in London, or > wherever, and on the said certs. > > Briefly, the family is said to have left Italy, gone to USA, left there and > ggm was born on the way to England, c1856-59. > > I've considered all kinds of variants. > > Recently, I searched 'the other' site (sorry I can't name it now) which has > come up on this List and found three ERROTTI'S in the Naples area. An > Italian literate friend wrote letters for me but not replies - that was over > three months ago. > > I've also found the name in the Ellis Island database and each follow up > leads to a dead end, nobody seems to have the name in their tree any earlier > than 1896 or thereabouts. > > With the 'non existence' find on the 'elenco' site, I am so puzzled. > Please don't take this as criticism - I am very grateful you searched for > the name on my behalf. > > I've just about decided to let ggm's line go - I've been at that brickwall > for so long now. Oh I no, we family historians can't let go, not really! > So, I'll keep watching the List, I've recently joined, and post my name > interest from time to time and as the group grows and we become aware of > more databases etc., I may just get lucky! > > Any further comments about the name would be gratefully received. > > Sincerely, Diane > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 12:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Anglo-Italian] Re: ANGLO-ITALIAN-D Digest V02 #131 > > > A good site is http://elenco.iol.it/elencotel/public/RicercaOmonimie.jsp > which lists everyone on the telephone in Italy. If you insert just the > surname, then it gives you how many people there are with that surname and a > little map of Italy showing the number of people of that surname living > in > each region. You can then click on to each region to get addresses and > phone numbers. > > I did try 'Erotti' which someone was enquiring about, and it said > 'inesistente' - inexistent, so perhaps the name was changed when the > immigrant arrived in England - it could be that the first letter of the > surname was dropped. > > Geraldine Gasparelli in London > > > ==== ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List ==== > List Admin Message > http://www.dreamwater.net/genealogy/AdminMessage.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1 237 > > > > ==== ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List ==== > Anglo-Italian Mailing List Web Page > http://www.dreamwater.net/anglersrest/Italian.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1 237 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.372 / Virus Database: 207 - Release Date: 20/06/02

Diane, Even if you have reached a brickwall don't give up. I have been stuck for a long time now with my elusive one and only brother to my Grandfather. Supposedly he went to South America and boy is it a big place to search. I was told that he had 22 children and I can't find one of them. I still keep at it and one day I am sure when we least expect it something will come up. So stay at it the information is out there somewhere Ruth Researching Desio and Arrigo ----- Mensaje original ----- De: "Diane Webb" <[email protected]> Para: <[email protected]> Enviado: domingo, 07 de julio de 2002 23:29 Asunto: RE: [Anglo-Italian] Re: ANGLO-ITALIAN-D Digest V02 #131 > Hello Geraldine, now I'm really confused :) , let me explain why! For > years I have searched census records and bdm fiche at the LDS libraries for > the name EROTTI and variants. Also, I've subscribed to the London and Devon > lists, the two places given as clues from marriage and birth certs. I've > been convinced, and advised by other listers, that the name was probably > corrupted by my ggrandmother's family when they landed in London, or > wherever, and on the said certs. > > Briefly, the family is said to have left Italy, gone to USA, left there and > ggm was born on the way to England, c1856-59. > > I've considered all kinds of variants. > > Recently, I searched 'the other' site (sorry I can't name it now) which has > come up on this List and found three ERROTTI'S in the Naples area. An > Italian literate friend wrote letters for me but not replies - that was over > three months ago. > > I've also found the name in the Ellis Island database and each follow up > leads to a dead end, nobody seems to have the name in their tree any earlier > than 1896 or thereabouts. > > With the 'non existence' find on the 'elenco' site, I am so puzzled. > Please don't take this as criticism - I am very grateful you searched for > the name on my behalf. > > I've just about decided to let ggm's line go - I've been at that brickwall > for so long now. Oh I no, we family historians can't let go, not really! > So, I'll keep watching the List, I've recently joined, and post my name > interest from time to time and as the group grows and we become aware of > more databases etc., I may just get lucky! > > Any further comments about the name would be gratefully received. > > Sincerely, Diane > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 12:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Anglo-Italian] Re: ANGLO-ITALIAN-D Digest V02 #131 > > > A good site is http://elenco.iol.it/elencotel/public/RicercaOmonimie.jsp > which lists everyone on the telephone in Italy. If you insert just the > surname, then it gives you how many people there are with that surname and a > little map of Italy showing the number of people of that surname living > in > each region. You can then click on to each region to get addresses and > phone numbers. > > I did try 'Erotti' which someone was enquiring about, and it said > 'inesistente' - inexistent, so perhaps the name was changed when the > immigrant arrived in England - it could be that the first letter of the > surname was dropped. > > Geraldine Gasparelli in London > > > ==== ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List ==== > List Admin Message > http://www.dreamwater.net/genealogy/AdminMessage.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ==== ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List ==== > Anglo-Italian Mailing List Web Page > http://www.dreamwater.net/anglersrest/Italian.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

That's great way to try to narrow down where your relatives may have come from. I don't think that was the web site I used, though. I did that for my family name of Scaia. There was one area that was most concentrated. Then I put in the maiden name of my relative's wife's maiden name and found there was only one place were both those surnames came together. I figured that people in the late 1700's didn't move around much so I figured that was probably the place. When I came across a death certificate that did have the name of the place of origin it was hard to read but since I already had a name in mind I could interpret it clearly. It turned out that Prezzo was the origin of my distant relatives. I think I would do that again if you had a general idea where your family was from. Mary Converse -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 3:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Anglo-Italian] Re: ANGLO-ITALIAN-D Digest V02 #131 A good site is http://elenco.iol.it/elencotel/public/RicercaOmonimie.jsp which lists everyone on the telephone in Italy. If you insert just the surname, then it gives you how many people there are with that surname and a little map of Italy showing the number of people of that surname living in each region. You can then click on to each region to get addresses and phone numbers. I did try 'Erotti' which someone was enquiring about, and it said 'inesistente' - inexistent, so perhaps the name was changed when the immigrant arrived in England - it could be that the first letter of the surname was dropped. Geraldine Gasparelli in London ==== ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List ==== List Admin Message http://www.dreamwater.net/genealogy/AdminMessage.htm ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237