Hello, The surnames that I am researching are families that immigrated from Italy and settled in Clarksburg, Piedmont, Keyser, Grafton, Mt. Clare & surrounding areas. If you have any info on the following surnames, please let me know. I am most interested in any connections that I can find with these families as I have come to believe that they are all somehow related. The surnames are: ANDY, AUDIA, CIMORELLI, CIRCOSTA, GENTILE, GERACITANO, LOPEZ, LORIA, LUCENTE, LUPIS, METTICA (MITTICA), PINTI, PRESTININZI, SACCOMANNO, SOTIRE, SPADAFORE, SPATAFORE, VIALONGA & MANY MORE. I would greatly appreciate any information that you might be able to share on these families. I attended the WVIHF and found several of our cousins and it was very interesting to see how many Italians immigrated to these towns in WV. I thank you for your time. Good luck in your search! Kyra

Staley is also from Italy. ----- Original Message ----- From: <KYRAFAITH@aol.com> To: <VA-Harrison-Monongalia-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 6:49 PM Subject: [VA-Har-Mon] SURNAMES: Italian immigrants to WV > Hello, > The surnames that I am researching are families that immigrated from Italy > and settled in Clarksburg, Piedmont, Keyser, Grafton, Mt. Clare & surrounding > areas. If you have any info on the following surnames, please let me know. > I am most interested in any connections that I can find with these families > as I have come to believe that they are all somehow related. > The surnames are: > ANDY, AUDIA, CIMORELLI, CIRCOSTA, GENTILE, GERACITANO, LOPEZ, LORIA, LUCENTE, > LUPIS, METTICA (MITTICA), PINTI, PRESTININZI, SACCOMANNO, SOTIRE, SPADAFORE, > SPATAFORE, VIALONGA & MANY MORE. > > I would greatly appreciate any information that you might be able to share on > these families. > > I attended the WVIHF and found several of our cousins and it was very > interesting to see how many Italians immigrated to these towns in WV. > > I thank you for your time. > Good luck in your search! > Kyra >