On Sat, 3 Aug 2002 16:14:38 -0400, "Donna Brooks" <Alw8zL8@bellsouth.net> wrote: >Looking mainly for information on the Loiacano family from Palermo and >Corleone, Sicily. My grandfather is a 1st generation Italian American in our >family. His parent scame from Sicily. I was able to find my great >grandmother in the Ellis Island files but not great grandfather. I have a >dcoument in Italian, now I just have to find someone to tell me what it >means. If you can scan it, I'd be more than happy to translate it for you. About your relatives, the correct surname you should look for is Loiacono, Lo Iacono, Lojacono, or Lo Jacono, but not Loiacano. This surname doesn't exist in Italy, so it probably was a mispell. Also, in Corleone there are no Locurto's but there are 3 Lo Curto's. I could find a Lo Iacono, Luca on EllisIsland, who came to America in March 15, 1907, arriving from Naples. I also think your great-grandmother name was mispelt, can't find any Efflusso or Effluso here in Italy right now. Anyways, I on ellisisland.org she was from Belmonte, wasn't she ? If she was, well, you can check at a Family Center for Belmonte Mezzagno Registri dello Stato Civile, which probably contains her birth certificate, as she was 17 in 1907. You'd probably be able to find further info about her parents and her grandparents, too, as those acts range from 1820 to 1902. obviously, you should check any family name similiar to hers. Check out which is the nearest family center for you at http://www.familysearch.org Also, try searching for the surnames on the phone directory: http://elenco.libero.it/elencotel/public/RicercaOmonimie.jsp Let me know if you do find anything. Ciao, Fabio

Thank you very much for the information. I did use a web site translation program to translate the documents. They are borth and marriage certificates but the problem I was having was the handwritten part. I have access to a scanner so I can scan and email you. Do you charge any fees or would you be doing me a great favor? Donna "Fabio Parri" <XXXparrif_ibbXXX@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3d4f967d.8066849@News.CIS.DFN.DE... > On Sat, 3 Aug 2002 16:14:38 -0400, "Donna Brooks" > <Alw8zL8@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > >Looking mainly for information on the Loiacano family from Palermo and > >Corleone, Sicily. My grandfather is a 1st generation Italian American in our > >family. His parent scame from Sicily. I was able to find my great > >grandmother in the Ellis Island files but not great grandfather. I have a > >dcoument in Italian, now I just have to find someone to tell me what it > >means. > > If you can scan it, I'd be more than happy to translate it for you. > > About your relatives, the correct surname you should look for is > Loiacono, Lo Iacono, Lojacono, or Lo Jacono, but not Loiacano. This > surname doesn't exist in Italy, so it probably was a mispell. > > Also, in Corleone there are no Locurto's but there are 3 Lo Curto's. > > I could find a Lo Iacono, Luca on EllisIsland, who came to America in > March 15, 1907, arriving from Naples. > > I also think your great-grandmother name was mispelt, can't find any > Efflusso or Effluso here in Italy right now. Anyways, I on > ellisisland.org she was from Belmonte, wasn't she ? If she was, well, > you can check at a Family Center for Belmonte Mezzagno Registri dello > Stato Civile, which probably contains her birth certificate, as she > was 17 in 1907. You'd probably be able to find further info about her > parents and her grandparents, too, as those acts range from 1820 to > 1902. obviously, you should check any family name similiar to hers. > Check out which is the nearest family center for you at > http://www.familysearch.org > > Also, try searching for the surnames on the phone directory: > http://elenco.libero.it/elencotel/public/RicercaOmonimie.jsp > > Let me know if you do find anything. > > Ciao, > > Fabio

On Tue, 6 Aug 2002 15:26:42 -0400, "Donna Brooks" <Alw8zL8@bellsouth.net> wrote: >Thank you very much for the information. I did use a web site translation >program to translate the documents. They are borth and marriage certificates >but the problem I was having was the handwritten part. I have access to a >scanner so I can scan and email you. Do you charge any fees or would you be >doing me a great favor? >Donna Fees, not really, it's just a pleasure helping you. You know, here on the group we just try to help each other :) As soon as you could get a scan of the handwritten part, let us know on the group ;) Ciao Ciao for now, Fabio