That's murphy's law of genealogy, for evry easy line there is an eaqual and opposite harder one...lol, I have the same problem, so I chip away at the hard ones, one baby step at a time... and organize the easy ones. Joni Josaun@webtv.net http://wtv-zone.com/picks/texandy/charter.html

The word, in italian, for birth is nascita and death is morte, so my guess is that it is not Italian, but one of the other languages derived from Latin. I thought it may have been in Latin, but they are not the correct words either, just simular. Joni Josaun@webtv.net http://wtv-zone.com/picks/texandy/charter.html

Looks like the name is located around Bari... there were 43 entries for Leogrande. Joni Josaun@webtv.net http://wtv-zone.com/picks/texandy/charter.html

I found many Leogrande's herehttp://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp There was a vincent Leogrande b. 16 feb 1887 and a Vito Pasquale Leogrande listed too. Just type in the surname, nothing else and then go down and click on to search. Joni Josaun@webtv.net http://wtv-zone.com/picks/texandy/charter.html

Bonjour à tous, Mon AGP a été abandonné à Susa, en Italie, en 1875. Dans son acte de naissance (qui est en fait son acte d'abandon), l'officier d'état civil lui attribue un nom, à savoir Librini, et un prénom (Grato Domenico). D'où ma question : pourquoi ce nom ? pourquoi ce prénom ? En d'autres termes, y-avait-il une règle, une méthode pour attribuer nom et prénom à un enfant abandonné en Italie ? Merci d'avance pour vos réponses. Amitiés généalogiques. François LIBRINI.

Good Morning I tried Vito Leogrande at the Ancestry site and came up with only one person. He was age 26 and living at Fair Haven Village, Rutland, Vermont. I also checked my Italians to America 1880-1893 and no one by that surname shows up coming to Ellis Island Marie Joan Huntley Ottawa Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: <josaun@webtv.net> To: <GEN-ITALIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 5:55 PM Subject: Re: Looking for Leogrande Vito > If your grandfather left Italy after 1880, and you know his last place > of residence there,You could also request a Certificato di stato di > famiglia (family certificate) from the Ufficio Anagrafe there. I'm not > sure when or if they stopped doing them, but they would have all the > members of his family listed (if her were married) as well as records of > children who have died very young , if not, then if you can get the > death certificate and send for the family certificate for his father. > Italy is one of the few, if only, countries that has these. > You can also go to the 1920 US census for the area you believe he lived, > It was the only year, I believe, that gave the year that a person > immigrated as well as the year they were naturalized (if they were > naturalized at all) If you do not live in the state hen your local > Family history center can send for the films for you and you can use > them there. > Joni > > > ============================== > 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 >

this is pronunciation...verbal family history...and of course the name could have been changed when they came to America. :)

From Italy ? Is this someone's pronunciation of the name or is this from a document of some kind and you where not able to interpert the handwriting. I can't imagine this being from Italy. Ciao Steve DF3296 wrote: > am tracing a family member who's last name was pronounced Teoflack or something > like that...was wondering if anyone recognized this name and knew a correct > spelling for it? > > TIA, > Dawn

am tracing a family member who's last name was pronounced Teoflack or something like that...was wondering if anyone recognized this name and knew a correct spelling for it? TIA, Dawn

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Maybe Tioflac ? Try putting it in to the ellis island site and ask for simular spellings, see what they come up with, or maybe the LDS family site using the soundex. I don't believe there is a K in Italian except for recent americanized words. Joni Josaun@webtv.net http://wtv-zone.com/picks/texandy/charter.html

Have you tried the Italian white pages? http://www.paginebianche.it/index.html Also there are form type letters written in Italian with an english translation to send to potential relitives. Joni

I have been trying to find relatives in Sicily bearing the name Starvaggi for correspondence and friendship. I have once been to Sicily and my Grandfather comes from there specifically Sant Angelo di Brolo. Please reply if any information is available! Thank you! Eugene B Starvaggi

P.S. there is NO charge. I just happened to buy the CD because that is where much of my famly is from. Joni http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/joni

oops sorry I mean your uncle. Joni Josaun@webtv.net http://wtv-zone.com/picks/texandy/charter.html

Could you please post the main URL to your site so one can see what names are listed? Joni

I have a data base for this commune for 1820 to 1900 with some years missing but it has a lot of information (births, deaths marriages) on it if anyone has ancestors from there, I can take a look to see what they have for you. Joni

If your grandfather left Italy after 1880, and you know his last place of residence there,You could also request a Certificato di stato di famiglia (family certificate) from the Ufficio Anagrafe there. I'm not sure when or if they stopped doing them, but they would have all the members of his family listed (if her were married) as well as records of children who have died very young , if not, then if you can get the death certificate and send for the family certificate for his father. Italy is one of the few, if only, countries that has these. You can also go to the 1920 US census for the area you believe he lived, It was the only year, I believe, that gave the year that a person immigrated as well as the year they were naturalized (if they were naturalized at all) If you do not live in the state hen your local Family history center can send for the films for you and you can use them there. Joni

I have sent for records by sending a personal check, they have even sent me change back cash in american dollars. I used one of the form letters and enclosed a check for 5.00 per document I requested and said if it was not enough I would send more. Joni Josaun@webtv.net http://wtv-zone.com/picks/texandy/charter.html