MORITORIO is not at all a typical surname from Genoa (Genova-Italy). Are you sure of this spell ? Anyway, do you know where -exactely- did he come from? Barbara (Genova - Italy) > I have been trying to find out if there is an italian surname of > Moritorio. I am not sure of the spelling of this last name. My great > grandfather came over from Italy in the late 1800's from Genova. He > supposively changed his name once he came over to Moriarty. Any > suggestions.

"C E L I N I A N A" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > MORITORIO is not at all a typical surname from Genoa (Genova-Italy). > Are you sure of this spell ? > Anyway, do you know where -exactely- did he come from? > Barbara (Genova - Italy) > > > > I have been trying to find out if there is an italian surname of > > Moritorio. I am not sure of the spelling of this last name. My great > > grandfather came over from Italy in the late 1800's from Genova. He > > supposively changed his name once he came over to Moriarty. Any > > suggestions. > > I have posted this reply some days ago on the soc.genealogy.italian news group. Believe the name was probably Muratorio. ================================================ There is a Muratorio. Ellis Island records show three of them. 1. Angelo Muratorio Cittariova, Italy 1913 36 2. Attilio Muratorio Genova, Italy 1920 20 3. Guido Muratorio Castiglione, Italy 1908 18 There are 3 Muratorio listed in Genova in the Italy phone directory found at http://www.infobel.com/italy You can see the distribution of the name in Italy by going to the site http://www.gens.labo.net/ ================================================== Joe Pessarra in Texas