""Frank Hollinger (lasercad:dk)"" <frank.hollinger@lasercad.dk> wrote in message news:ADEPJFIBILKJAMIDBDCGGELICMAA.frank.hollinger@lasercad.dk... > Searching with Google does not give that many hits. The town in question is > Kis Toszeg (Hungarian) in German Mastort and today Novi Kozarci in Romania. > There are many SCHIRATTO families in the Veneto province as I have been > informed by a Schiratto woman from the US but her familiy line is from > Mollydorf and she has not been able to find the Italian "link". > > My great-greatgrandmother is Anna "Mitzi" SCHIRATTO from Kis Toszeg. See > below. > > In the RADIX Trade Register 1892 (www.bogardi.com) there is s shoemaker > Peter SCHIRATTO in a neighbouring town, her father? > > °° 23.02.1879 Jacob HOLLINGER, 23 Y from Nagy Tószeg 78 > Parents: Christoph Hollinger and Anna Maria Walter > Anna "Mitzi" SCHIRATO, 20 Y from Kis Tószeg 45 > W.: Jacob Lautschlager and Joannes Grasz > > Children: > 1. *12.02.1883 MATHIAS "MAX" in Heufeld 78 > W.: Mathias Schirato and Anna Noel > 2. *04.12.1887 PETER in Heufeld 78 > W.: Peter Hollinger and Magdalena Schirato > > > Frank Hollinger, DK > As I mentioned in my first email, Italy phone directory at http://www.infobel.com/italy has only 3 SCHIRATTO listings for the whole of Italy. That is the spelling in your subject line. However, I know similar spellings can be related, and those in the info you provide above have only one T. The 3 SCHIRATTO listings are all in the 10010 postal code area, not in the Veneto Region of Italy. But the directory has 177 listings of SCHIRATO (one T). You might consider contacting some of those in the Veneto Region, if that is what you mean by your Veneto Province. The following site shows the outline of the Veneto Region, with some towns shown. You could look through the listings of SCHIRATO for only those towns in the Veneto Region. Similar postal codes would help you select only those you are interested in. It might be tedious work, but it might get you some answers. A good Italy atlas would help you in your search. http://www.winecountry.it/regions/veneto/ Also, an Internet search for Schirato+genealogy will get you about 179 hits. Some might be of help, and you might find others searching for that surname. Good luck. Joe in Texas joepessarra@cox.net