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From: "Leonard D'Agostino" <>
Subject: Re: [Anglo-Italian] Searching in Italy
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2031 11:13:17 -0400
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Rod,
Reading again one of your messages I should have answered. Yes the LDS
records are commprehensive, the microfilm is of the original birth, death
and marriage certificates and you can make copies for pennies. A little hard
to read but worth it. I searched the records of the small village of
Picinisco but only back to1800. The local priest will go back further if he
is amenable. I just searched the LDS Family History Library Catalogue
website for you and Sant'Elia Fiumerapido came up in the place search. It
doesn't mean you can access the records from the Internet but it means the
LDS have them and you can search them on microfilm at the local LDS office
for a small fee.
It's worth it. I'm from Edinburgh but I live in Toronto where LDS have
magnficent search facilities. I asked the Edinburgh LDS office if they can
get the records and they said yes and wondered why more Scottish and/or
Anglo Italians did not make more use of the service.
Did you know there were far more Italians ( per capita) in Scotland in 1900
than in England? Why is that? Well, when they travelled north to Scotland
there was nowhere else to go!! Just joking
Good Luck
Leonard D'Agostino.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rod Saunders" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Anglo-Italian] Searching in Italy


> 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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