"Grace Lancieri Olivo" wrote in message > Since your NIGRO come from San Fele PZ, I thought I'd mention that I'm > coming across a smattering of NIGRO in nearby Tito PZ. [snip] Dear Grace, Thank you. It is very kind of you to think of me. I have heard some stories about connections a little closer to San Fele like Atella, Rapone, Ruvo del Monte and Bella but so far no stories about Tito, which is below the big city of Potenza. (but I am keeping an open mind about it) http://www.itwg.com/city.asp?CITY=5498 http://www.italiandirectory.com/content/provinces_of_italy/baslicata.html The Atella / San Fele Connection is very strong for many Sanfelese because even now the best way to travel from Roma or Napoli to San Fele is to take the main highway towards Bari and then take the Atella Exit and go down through to San Fele. I wasn't even absolutely positive, until late last October that my grandfather was born in San Fele because one of my father's older brothers kept *insisting* that grandfather was born in Atella. San Fele finally answered my request for his birth record and so its a "for sure" with their stamp of approval on it :-)) A researcher friend has been making copies for me of the LDS films showing the Nigro Surname back to 1812 in San Fele but I still have a gap between 1878, which the comune document shows as his birth, and 1860 when the LDS Films for San Fele stop. I am hoping that more records from the comune will give me the missing years. The town is very understaffed and they have just had a major landslide so I can only keep hoping and praying for answers. Regards, Paula Nigro My email account is at yahoo.com addressed to paulanigro