On 10 Sep 2002 17:12:53 -0700, ccllobet@hotmail.com (ccllobet) wrote: >I am looking for any information about an ancestor who was called >FERDINANDO RITONDALE, who emigrate to Argentina and he was born in >MAIERA, Italy, in 1854 aproximately, son of Pedro or PIETRO RITONDALE >and MARIA TERESA MAGURNO or MANNA. >If you have any information I apreciate it so much. 1. You may want to go to the nearest Family History Center in Argentina and have a look at Maierà's Civil Registers on microfilms. They show all of the civil registration acts from 1809 to 1910, so your ancestors are probably is in there, too :) Here's what they have: Title Registri dello stato civile, 1809-1910 Authors Maierà (Cosenza). Ufficio dello stato civile (Main Author) Notes Microfilm dei registri originali nell'Archivio di Stato, Cosenza, e nel Tribunale di Paola. Include indici parziali. Microfilm di alta riduzione (42x). Adoperate una macchina di alto ingrandimento. Births, marriages, banns, marriage documents, deaths, citizenship records. Subjects Italy, Cosenza, Maierà - Civil registration Format Manuscript (On Film) Language Italian Publication Salt Lake City : Filmati dalla Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988-1994 Physical in 9 bobine di microfilm ; 16 mm. Film Notes Note - Location [Film] Nati, processetti, notificazioni, matrimoni, morti 1809-1819 - VAULT INTL Film [ 1539416 Items 2-4 ] Nati, processetti, notificazioni, matrimoni, morti 1819-1831 - VAULT INTL Film [ 1539417 ] Nati, processetti, notificazioni, matrimoni, morti 1832-1840 - VAULT INTL Film [ 1539418 ] Nati, processetti, notificazioni, matrimoni, morti 1840-1849 - VAULT INTL Film [ 1468119 ] Nati, processetti, notificazioni, matrimoni, morti 1849-1856 - VAULT INTL Film [ 1468120 ] Nati, processetti, notificazioni, matrimoni, morti 1856-1865 - VAULT INTL Film [ 1468121 Items 1-4 ] Nati 1866-1910 Pubblicazioni 1866-1872 - FHL INTL Film [ 1804836 Items 4-6 ] Pubblicazioni 1873-1910 Matrimoni 1866-1910 Morti 1866-1910 - VAULT INTL Film [ 1804837 ] Cittadinanze 1866-1910 - VAULT INTL Film [ 1804832 Item 1 ] 2. You may also try and contact the Archivio di Stato of Cosenza. They have the original acts from which the Family History Center microfilms were taken. Their homepage is here: http://www.cs.cnr.it/beni/ArchivioStatoCS/ If you can read Italian, you can access to lots of information and useful bibliography. You may try and ask them to look for your ancestor's data by email: ascs@archivi.beniculturali.it 3. There are still 13 Ritondale's on Maierà (the town is called Maierà, non Maiera) phonebook. You may try contacting them to see wether any of them knows of emigrated relatives. MAIERA' CS 87020 13 NOMINATIVI 1. FORESTIERO RITONDALE GIUSEPPE 2, CONTR. CITRA 87020 MAIERA' CS Tel. 098581238 2. RITONDALE ANGELO , V. CALCINAIA 87020 MAIERA' CS Tel. 0985889091 3. RITONDALE ANNAMARIA 17, CONTR. ALORIO 87020 MAIERA' CS Tel. 0985889105 4. RITONDALE ANTONIETTA 23, CONTR. ALORIO 87020 MAIERA' CS Tel. 0985889287 5. RITONDALE ARMANDO , CONTR. LAURO 87020 MAIERA' CS Tel. 0985889112 6. RITONDALE DOMENICO 13, V. SCIOLLE 87020 MAIERA' CS Tel. 0985889021 7. RITONDALE FILIPPINA 1, CONTR. ARIESTE 87020 MAIERA' CS Tel. 0985889186 8. RITONDALE FLORA 13, CONTR. ARIESTE 87020 MAIERA' CS Tel. 0985889315 9. RITONDALE GIANFRANCO 17, CONTR. ALORIO 87020 MAIERA' CS Tel. 0985889046 10. RITONDALE PERSIO 15, CONTR. MUSCIVIVO 87020 MAIERA' CS Tel. 0985889248 11. RITONDALE SALVATORE 25, CONTR. MAGRIO 87020 MAIERA' CS Tel. 0985876406 12. RITONDALE VINCENZO 1, V. S.NICOLA 87020 MAIERA' CS Tel. 0985889076 13. RITONDALE BIANCAMANO ANNA 7, CONTR. ALORIO 87020 MAIERA' CS Tel. 0985889064 Hope it helps, Fabio