Sorry for the delay in answering to your previous posts. I am pretty ashamed especially because you were quite helpful and spent a lot of time in helping me, but I had problems with my job and...well the truth is that in the mess I forgot about this post. I will have to elaborate all the information contained in the post. Some of it is quite surprising. I am giuseppe rindello and we come from Sicily (well, my father came, my mother is from Romagna), actually I owned I shop with three other associate. Rodolfo Rindello is my uncle, but I never heard about Gianfranco Rindello, I suspect I am not the last male of the Rindello family, at this point. About the surname Rindello: I alway knew it came from the norman name "Rinaldo". All the similar surname have this origin: rinaldi, rinaldini, ...the normans as you know came to Sicily a lot of time ago and the name became, with variations, a surname. let me elaborate all the information and if you are stil there thank a lot for the moment "Fabio Parri" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio news:[email protected] > On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 18:11:17 GMT, "rindus" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Any Rindello out there? I am the last one (male) in Italy. > > Hi, let's see what we can find out about Rindellos ? Are you from > Calatafimi ? Looks out the surname is a Sicilian one and from that > area. > > <http://www.castellammareonline.com/segesta/chiese.html> > There's mentioned a Nicolò Rindello, Calatafimese painter, born in > 1819. Also here: > <http://www.storiapatria.it/Perc_Scol_Museo.htm> says Nicolò did a > painting of Pope Pius IX > > <http://www.csa.trapani.it/graduatorie/permessistudio/secondogrado.htm> > Found a Rindello Gianfranco, born on 09/04/1968. Is that you ? Found > him mentioned here as well: > <http://www.madonnaditrapani.com/QUINDICINA.htm> > > Found another Rindello Giuseppe, who has a shop in Bologna. More: > <http://www.datarecovery.it/bc.asp?Regione=Emilia+Romagna> > > Found a Ricevitoria Rindello here, always in Bologna: > <http://www.happysoft.it/ricevit/ric_emil.asp> and here: > <http://www.valledelreno.provincia.bo.it/autorizzazioni02.asp> > It belongs to Rodolfo Rindello > > Found a Giuseppina Rindello living in France: > <[email protected]> > > Found a reference to a writing by a Rindello published in 1936: > "Rindello (1936). Investigación sobre la lisozima en relación a > algunas cuestiones intersantes de la oftalmología. Boll Ocul (Italia) > 1936. Ref Brit J Ophthalmol 1937; 21:388." here: > <http://www.oftalmored.com/ojoseco/bibliogr.htm> > > Also, I've found 2 Rindello's who migrated to US through Ellis Island > > 1st one is Rindello Maria, formerly resident in Calatafimi, aged 48 at > her arrival, on April 30, 1909, which makes her born about 1861. > Occupation: none (housewife), able to read/write: yes. > Her father back in Italy is named Nicolò and her mother Paola. She > went to US tohether with 3 children: Angela, Girolamo and michele, > aged 23, 11 and 28. They were headed to Brooklyn, at 186 Johnson > Avenue. Her husband name was Sebastiano Monte and he lived at 170 > Johnson Avenue. On Ellis Island there's their height and colour of > eyes and hair, too. > > 2nd one is Rosario Rindello, arrived on March 02, 1913, at the age of > 26, single, from Calatafimi. At his arrival he had 30$ with himself > and he paid his travel ticket himself. He was headed to his cousin's > place, in Brooklyn, 218 Melrose Street. His cousin was a certain Di > Giacomo Franti (? can't read well). The father of Rosario, back in > Calatafimi, was named Sebastiano Rindello. > > For other info, you can check at the nearest Family History Center > (http://www.familysearch.org) > > You can find for the town of Calatafimi: > > 1. Riveli di beni e anime, Calatafimi (Trapani), 1681-1815 Sicilia. > Deputazioni del Regno (Censi) > 2. Registri ecclesiastici, 1534-1910 Chiesa cattolica. San Silvestro > Papa (Calatafimi, Trapani) > 3. Registri ecclesiastici, 1619-1910 Chiesa cattolica. San Giuliano > Martire (Calatafimi, Trapani) > 4. Registri dello stato civile, 1832-1926 Calatafimi (Trapani). > Ufficio dello stato civile. > > You should be able to go way back with your research ;) > > PS. Any idea about the origin of the Rindello surname ? I've found > there are Rindell and Rindelle's in France. > > Hope it helps, > > Fabio