Thanks Ruth, I'm following up on this and Daphne's similar suggestion. Do you, or anyone else, have any idea of the number of fiche for the 1861 London Cenus? Diane -----Original Message----- From: Ruth [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 1:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Anglo-Italian] Spelling of Surnames Here is a few tips on the sounding of Italian Surnames. E at the begining sounds similar to "air" air-roti = Erotti I at the begining and end sounds E Erotti o Erotte but I think is should be spelt Errotti G at the begining sounds J like Jelly Ghi at the begining sounds Ji (jim) Ghe does not exist J is not used in Italian Giu = Giuseppe sounds jewzepe S sounds like Z for instance Brazil in Italian is spelt Brasil and expresso is spelt exprezzo but sounds like "so" Desio my Grandfathers surname sounds Decio, if writen De Sio it would sound De Zio, however I have found it writen on papers as Dessio. I am pretty certain the Daphne's Surname is GERARDINI(E). GHIRADANI is incorrect also GHERARDINI the first because of the DANI and the second GHE Hope this gives you some ideas Ruth ==== ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List ==== Italian Research 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