Tracing my family back to Sora, Italy

[sheronb]

Hello mrd

Yes and no, I wrote to the archives before I confirmed my g.grandfathers birth date, but I know he was born Sora, you do need the place of birth......I knew his father's first name as he was with him on the 1901 census and it was an unusual name, Amadio. On this info the archives found his birth act and this was with his name being changed! It was Tuzi in Italy and became Tuzio/Tuzzio.

Good luck.

[Tehmi77]

Hi mrd,

The italian researcher I have used was Ann Tantangelo, her e-mail address is
^(*).  She is excellent and very reasonable.

Ann can also get the birth act for you also for a very reasonable price and you would get it a lot quicker.

If you e-mail me directly I may be able to help you further.

my e-mail address is ^(*)

Tehmi77


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[mrd]

Thanks again everybody.

I've managed to piece together some interesting history. But would now like to explore the Italian records and see what comes up...

Tehmi77 - the email addresses have been blocked and can only be sent via PM system. I'd really like that contact!

I'll have to catch you online one day/eve? I think for the PM system.

sheronb - thanks. I've looked at the 1911 census and found that our name has been spelt both ways... It will be interesting to see what it says in Italy!

Cheers

[Tehmi77]

Apologies for adding personal data

Tehmi77

[Tehmi77]

mrd,

if you can't get hold of me I am on ancestry.co.uk you should be able to get hold of me there.

tehmi
x

[mrd]

Hi all,

Just thought I'd drop a quick note to say I had contacted Ann for some local Sora searching and she did come up with some information.

The information at this stage, for me, is a little shakey still, a few discrepancies, of which I hope that Ann will help me investigate... however, I've not heard anything back as yet regarding my request for 'phase 2'...

I'm wondering, do you know of any other researches worth contacting?

Also any other forums you guys have been using at all?

Look forward to hearing back when you can.


Best,
Carlo

[martywillis]

If you are certain that the relative was born in Sora, check out the LDS catalogue

https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F14568.

Good Luck,
MW

[tonymull2]

my great nan was amelia Iafrate  and my great grand father was Guiseppe Panacci, from Sora.they also had a Daugther (my grandmother) Winifred or in italian Asunta aswell as her brother Phillip and vincent.

[ronco]

Hello Sherond,
My family name is Corridore. My parents came from Sora, Frosinone and have lived in Canada since the 1950s. 
I am searching for family ancestors from Sora.
I can go back as far as I my great-grand parents.
What can you tell me about  Maddelina Corridore? She may be one of my great-grand parents sisters. Did she get get married in Sora or the UK?

Thanks for your help

Hello mrd.

Welcome!

I think in my previous posts to other members, I've given info on how to trace your Sora Ancesters, but also join this site:

http://italiangenealogy.tardio.com/

As to the name DeCianti. It could also be  De Ciantis. if you put that name into this site:

http://www.gens.labo.net/en/cognomi/genera.html

You will see it is common to the Lazio region, if you try your spelling, nothing....yet in 1744 the name was known in Sora:

http://www.italyworldclub.com/genealogy/surnames/lazio/frosinone/sora-onciario.htm

In my tree I do have a Vincenzo Di Ciantis born 1860 marrying Maddelina Corridore, she is the daughter of my great,great grandfather's sister.


The records from Sora, you can order at a centre and go view them, but as I have said before for the years 1872-ish, these were not indexed and were very,very hard to read unless you are fluent in reading Italian. I emailed the archives of Sora for my great grandfathers birth act, I did this in Italian,I recieved it after 3 months. Besides the records LDS have, census etc  are not online and you will need to pay a researcher to find these for you, they are well worth the money and very informative....

Do you have them on the 1901/1911 census? Most Italians in Birmingham were from Sora.

Anyway good luck, if you need any more help just ask.