To: Twinklestar800: I checked my Italians to America and the only one listed was: Ministeri, Filippo, 40 from Italy (no town listed) arrived at Ellis Island 15 October 1888 and destination listed as New York. He was a shoemaker and embarked at Palermo. There are 42 listed on www.ellisisland.org, most coming from Sicily/Palermo. Checking www.labo.net/cognomi, you will find the name scattered all over Italy. You may want to check www.phonenumbers.net and click on Italy to see exactly where they are. There are 10 listed on the SSDI (there may be more because my disk is dated circa 2000). I noted that all but one had their SSN issued in MA, with only Robert Ministeri coming from NY. You may want to check out the FHC film 1724620 which is a name index of passengers arriving at Boston, MA 1902-1935 I checked "Our Italian Surnames" by Fucilla and there was nothing listed. I did check my Italian dictionary and found : Ministero meaning an office, function or ministry. I also checked by 1881 UK census and the FHC's Western Europe set, but there was no one even near to that name listed. Marie Joan Huntley Ottawa Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Della Rocchetta" <sdr12198@pacbell.net> To: <GEN-ITALIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 7:43 PM Subject: Re: the surname Ministeri > There is no data on that name in the Mormon Church site that only means that the > name has not been researched at this time. So you may be the first if you are > interested in researching the name email me. I will be only to glad to do what I > can to help you for free of course. The name is in the Italian and French > phonebook. > > Ciao Steve Della Rocchetta > > Twinklestar800 wrote: > > > Hi. I would like to know more about this surname. I believe it is an Italian > > surname, so if anyone has information about where it came from in Italy and > > what it means, I would like to know. Thanks. > > > ============================== > 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 > >