Ciao, I am researching the PROVINZANO - GRILLO family of Alacamo, Trapani Prov, Sicily. Living in the US is making this difficult. I would really appreciate any help you can provide. I am including the churches they attended and am attachingattaching some family group sheets that contain the basic information that I've collected. Any and all information you can find and add to these would be fantantastic! Churches: Provenzano......Parrocchia Maria SS. Assunta-Basilica-Chiesa Madre-Alcamo Grillo...............Santi Apostoli Paolo e Bartolomeo Family Group Record 1 (Immigrant generation) ============================================================= Husband: PIETRO (Peter) PROVENZANO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Birth: 15 Feb 1892 Alcamo, Provincia di Trapani, Sicily, Italy Immigration: NY Death: 29 Apr 1949 Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI Burial: Woodlawn Cem, Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI Marriage: 30 Jul 1921 Centerville, Appanoose Co, IA Father: GIUSEPPE PROVENZANO (b 1859) Mother: MARIA ANTONINA RUISI =============================================================Wife: MARIA VINCENZA GRILLO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Birth: 18 Sep 1899 Alcamo, Provincia di Trapani, Sicily, Italy Immigration: NY Death: 22 Apr 1989 Wyoming, Kent Co, MI Burial: 26 Apr 1989 Woodlawn Cem, Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI Father: GIUSEPPE GRILLO (b 1856) Mother: FILIPPA CORACI ============================================================= Children ============================================================= 1 M JOSEPH GERALD PROVENZANO Sr. Birth: 17 Feb 1922 Centerville, Appanoose Co, IA Death: 27 Aug 1995 Wyoming, Kent Co, MI Spouse: WELMA LORETTA COLE (m Oct 1950) ============================================================= FAMILY NOTES Marriage(1): General: Peter & Virginia are buried side by side in Woodlawn Cemetry in section F, lot 951, 2 center graves. Virginia is in grave 6 next to Peter. ========== Grandmother Rogers stated that Pete & Virginia went to stay with her relatives in Beaumont, TX from IA after birth of only child.. They grew potatoes and shrimped for a living, but when not successful, they went back to MI. Found the only Grillo in Jefferson Co, TX in 1920....see below: 1920 Cen: Texas, Jefferson Co, Beaumont V 104, ED 114, Sht 17, Line 69 7 Feb 1920 325 - 331 lives on Spindle Top Road....many Italian neighbors Grillo, Louis head 42 Italy Italy Italy 1914-PA farmer O/A Truck Farm Frances wife 36 Italy Italy Italy 1914 Frank son 15 Italy Italy Italy 1914 Catherine dau 10 Italy Italy Italy 1914 Felix son 6 Italy Italy Italy 1914 Josephine dau 4 TX Italy Italy Concetia dau 2 TX Italy Italy Carmiella dau 1 TX Italy Italy Anthonette dau 4mo TX Italy Italy Mother tongue for parents & oldest three children = Italian; Father speaks English Oldest three children attend school. ============================================================= Family Group Record 2 (Paarents and siblings of Immigrant "Peter") ============================================================= Husband: GIUSEPPE PROVENZANO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Birth: ?????? 1859 Alcamo, Provincia di Trapani, Sicily, Italy Marriage: ============================================================= Wife: MARIA ANTONINA RUISI ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Birth: ???? Alcamo, Provincia di Trapani, Sicily, Italy ============================================================= Children ============================================================= 1 M PIETRO (Peter) PROVENZANO Birth: 15 Feb 1892 Alcamo, Provincia di Trapani, Sicily, Italy Immigration: ????? 1920 NY Death: 29 Apr 1949 Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI Burial: Woodlawn Cem, Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI Spouse: MARIA VINCENZA GRILLO (m 30 Jul 1921) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 M Nunzio PROVENZANO Birth: 25 May 1898 Alcamo, Provincia di Trapani, Sicily, Italy Immigration: 1921 NY Citizenship: 22 Aug 1938 Detroit, Wayne Co, MI Death: 24 Oct 1974 Mt. Clemens, Macomb Co, MI Burial: 28 Oct 1974 Mt. Olivet Cem, Detroit, Wayne Co, MI Spouse: Maria Antonina LUCCHESE (m 1 Jul 1922) Spouse: Patrina (m 1929) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 M Salvatore PROVENZANO Birth: ????? Alcamo, Provincia di Trapani, Sicily, Italy Residence: Camporeale, near Alcamo, TP, Sicilia, Italy Death: ????? Spouse: ????? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 M Vito PROVENZANO Birth: Alcamo, Provincia di Trapani, Sicily, Italy Death: Spouse: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 F Anna PROVENZANO Birth: 10 Nov 1899 Alcamo, Provincia di Trapani, Sicily, Italy Death: ????? Spouse: ????? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 F Vita PROVENZANO Birth: ????? Alcamo, Provincia di Trapani, Sicily, Italy Death: ????? Alcamo, Provincia di Trapani, Sicily, Italy Spouse: ????? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 F Domenica PROVENZANO Birth: ????? Alcamo, Provincia di Trapani, Sicily, Italy Death: ????? Alcamo, Provincia di Trapani, Sicily, Italy Spouse: ????? ============================================================= FAMILY NOTES ** There may be more children.........Also need parents of HUSBAND GIUSEPPE PROVENZANO and WIFE MARIA ANTONINA RUISI CHILD NOTES: PIETRO (Peter) PROVENZANO (FGS 1) need birth record info for Peter as below for Nunzio CHILD NOTES: Nunzio PROVENZANO Birth(3): Extracted from the Registry of the Actions of Birth for year 1898 Received from the Official of Civil State the ACTION OF BIRTH of a bamino of male sex Cognome: PROVENZANO Nome: NUNZIO Parents: GIUSEPPE PROVENZANO and MARIA ANTONINA RUISI “born in Alcamo via Parrino #12 alle ore VENTITRE of the day vento tto (25th ?) of the month of May and the year of 1898 Birth Record # 674 Date of Record: 25 May 1898 Father: Giuseppe Provenzano, age 39 yrs, peasant, Domicile = Alcamo declared that at ? ore., today, in the house via Parrino #12, Antonino Ruisi, his wife gave birth to a male child named Nunzio CHILD NOTES: Salvatore PROVENZANO General: He died there, but descendants still live there. CHILD NOTES: Vito PROVENZANO CHILD NOTES: Anna PROVENZANO Birth(5): Birth Record # 1247 Date of Record: 10 Nov 1899 Father: Giuseppe Provenzano, age 40 yrs, peasant, Domicile = Alcamo declared that at 3 a.m., today, in the house via Parrino #12, Antonino Ruisi, his wife gave birth to a female child named Anna. General: Birth Record # 1247 Date of Record: 10 Nov 1899 Father: Giuseppe Provenzano, age 40 yrs, peasant, Domicile = Alcamo; Declared that at 3 a.m., today, in the house via Parrino #12, Antonino Ruisi, his wife gave birth to a female child named Anna. CHILD NOTES: Vita PROVENZANO CHILD NOTES: Domenica PROVENZANO SOURCES 1. Official birth record from the UFFICO DELLO STATO CIVILE in Alcamo, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. Vol 1, Parte 1, Serie 0, N. 187. 3. Ibid. Vol. 1, Parte 1,Serie 0, N.674. 4. Death Cert. Local file # 788. 5. GS# 1339589 Registri dello stato civille, 1898 - jun 1902. Birth record #1245. NOTE: Antonella.....I'd like to have all the info in the records for births, christenings, marriages, deaths and burial for all the children people on this FGS. ============================================================= Family Group Record 3 (Parents and siblings of Maria Vincenzo Grillo) ============================================================= Husband: GIUSEPPE GRILLO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Birth: ????? 1856 (?) Alcamo, Provincia di Trapani, Sicily, Italy Marriage: ????? Death: ????? Burial: ????? ============================================================= Wife: FILIPPA CORACI ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Birth: ????? Sicily Death: ????? Burial: ?????? ============================================================= Children ============================================================= 1 F MARIA VINCENZA GRILLO Birth: 18 Sep 1899 Alcamo, Provincia di Trapani, Sicily, Italy Immigration: 1921 NY Death: 22 Apr 1989 Wyoming, Kent Co, MI Burial: 26 Apr 1989 Woodlawn Cem, Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI AKA: Virginia Grillo Provenzano Spouse: PIETRO (Peter) PROVENZANO (m 30 Jul 1921) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 M Joseph GRILLO Birth: Alcamo, Provincia di Trapani, Sicily, Italy Death: aft 22 Apr 1989 Burial: Spouse: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 F Josephia GRILLO Birth: Alcamo, Provincia di Trapani, Sicily, Italy Death: aft 22 Apr 1898 Burial: Spouse: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 F Francisca GRILLO Birth: Alcamo, Provincia di Trapani, Sicily, Italy Death: aft 22 Apr 1989 Burial: Spouse: ========== SOURCES 1. GEDCOM file imported on 12 Sep 1999. 2. Official birth record from the UFFICO DELLO STATO CIVILE in Alcamo, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. Vol 2, Parte 1, Serie 0, N. 1032. 3. Death Cert. County Recorder, Kent Co, MI Death Certificate No. 22029. 4. Treasury Department, IRS. US Social Security Act Application for Account Number. ============================================================= FAMILY NOTES ** I know there are more children of this marriage....maybe the priest can find them in his records. Also need parents, etc. of HUSBAND GIUSEPPE GRILLO and WIFE FILIPPA CORACI and their children. CHILD NOTES: MARIA VINCENZA GRILLO Birth(2): Extracted from the Registry of the Actions of Birth for year 1899 Received from the Official of Civil State the ACTION OF BIRTH of a bamino of feminine sex Cognome: GRILLO Nome: MARIA VINCENZA Parents: GIUSEPPE GRILLO and FILIPPA CORACI and that it turns out to have been born in Alcamo on Chiusa Galati Street at the hour of Eleven and 0 minutes of the day Eighteen of the month of September and the year of 1899 (Birth reported in US as 17 Sep 1899.) ----- Birth Record # 1032 Date of Record: 22 Sep 1899 Father: Giuseppe Grillo, age 33 yrs, peasant, Domicile = Alcamo; declared that at 12 p.m., on the 18th day of current month, in the house via Chiusa Galeti, Filippa Coraci, his wife gave birth to a female child named Maria Vincenza. Death(3): An article in the Grand Rapids Free Press. Date Printed: 23 Apr 1989 Page: A2, Column 1 Title: Provenzano, Virginia (88 yrs old) Pedestrian hit, killed by delivery truck in Wyoming. . MI. Obituary printed in the Grand Rapids Free Press Date printed: 24 Apr 1989 PROVENZANO - Mrs. Virginia Provenzano, aged 89, of Wyoming (MI), Burial: Peter & Virginia are buried side by side in Woodlawn Cemetry in section F, lot 951, 2 center graves. Virginia is in grave 6 next to Peter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The birth, etc., places are really important because it takes me to the next place the ancestors may have come fom. I know I'm being "greedy" but this is such a labor of love. Anything you can help with will be greatly appreciated. I'd like to travel in your pocket.... :<} Any questions write me back.....regards, --------------------------------- Constance Callaway cecall@earthlink.net cecall46@hotmail.com