The best advice I can give is to dream up every misspelling you can think of and start new searches. Sometimes foreign names often turn out to be transcribed in two names...an actual example---A NAME OF FRED TINO was found as Ford Torino! Be creative...and if you are using ancestry, try advanced. Good luck, Judie Cook Granny@liquidgravity.org On May 16, 2013 10:51 PM, "Linda Mock" <lindamock@webtv.net> wrote: > Hi Listers, > I am trying to help a nurse friend find her ancestors by the name of > DICIOLLA, starting in San Francisco Area, 1902 or earlier. I believe the > name is orginally from Italy, but not that sure. Obit list Dominic DICIOLLA > as born in Bari, Italy, He ran several business in SF, one being a poolhall > and also maybe a resturant???, He married Elizabeth PINTO, b: Chicago, IL. > Any help would be appreciated. > My friends parents are: Victor DICOLLA, b: 23, Nov. 1925, Chicago, IL. > Her Mother was Mary DELGADO, b: 02,Nov. 1924, she may have been born in > Hilo, Hawaii, both her parents born in Valencia,Spain, and had children, > Tony, Earl, Joseph, Mike, Sandy, Albert, Isable, and Mary. > > ~hum.Linda~ > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >