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From: "Rod Saunders" <>
Subject: Re: [Anglo-Italian] Searching in Italy
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 12:36:52 +0100
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Hi Leonard, in reply to Christine you wrote:

>Picinisco is near to Villa Latina.

And it's about 15km, as the crow flies, from Sant'Elia Fiumerapido -
probably 25km or so by road.

As I mentioned in a previous post, the land my grandfather sold to Luigi
D'Agostino, who was married to one of my Melaragnis, was situated close to
Sant'Elia.

When my wife and I visited Sant'Elia's graveyard a few years ago, there were
many D'Agostino names there, but only one Melaragni. On our last day in
Cassino, I intended to visit the Italian Cassino cemetery before driving on
to Naples. I got the directions from our hotel and set off. It was supposed
to be 25 kms in the direction of Naples. When we found the place, it was an
Italian military cemetery, not the municipal one that we expected...and with
Sorrento beckoning we carried on in the direction of Naples. The visit to
the municipal cemetery is going to have to wait for another visit to
Italy...and for my Italian lessons to progress.

>You don't have to research via Italy. All
> these birth, marriage and death records are easily obtainable through The
> Church of the Latter Day Saints ( Mormons).

About the LDS records for Italy, are they as comprehensive as that?

Rod Saunders
Cassino: Melaragni, Persechini, Lanna, D'Agostino
Settesorelle di Vernasca: Dadomo
Unknown origins in Italy: Tomasso, Capella/Capela, Bartolomeo
UK variations of Melaragni and Tomasso: Melarangi, Melarange, Tomassio


----- Original Message -----
From: "Leonard D'Agostino" <>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 7:12 PM


> Hi, Christine, I came a bit late into this discussion. A branch of the
> Coppolas ended up in Edinburgh. I remember them well. Had a cafe called
the
> Rendezvous I think.They must have come from Picinisco where the early
> wave of Italians and my family came to Edinburgh in the late 19th century.
> The war memorial in Picinisco reads like the Edinburgh telephone book.
> Picinisco is near to Villa Latina. You don't have to research via Italy.
All
> these birth, marriage and death records are easily obtainable through The
> Church of the Latter Day Saints ( Mormons). They have a branch in every
big
> city. Costs peanuts and fun to do.
> Ciao
> Leonard D'Agostino
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 1:05 PM
>
> > Hello Everyone,
> > I'm heartened by recent Emails re Rovetto and have made note of the
ideas
> and
> > suggestions.
> > I am about to tackle the search in Italy for the first time(with some
> > trepidation) does a check list or something similar exist to aid my
> search?
> > My grandfather was Francesco Coppola born 24 September 1879 in possibly
> Rome
> > or Villa Latina. He immigrated to Manchester in the late 1890s and died
> there
> > on 15 March 1929. He had a brother who immigrated at about the same time
> and
> > set up an ice cream parlour in O'Connell Street Dublin which I think was
> in
> > existance as late as the 1940s. His father was Ferdinand Coppola who as
> far as I
> > know never left Italy.
> > Best wishes
> > Christine
> >

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