[TI] Cerda FHL Films

[Paul J. Caito]

Yes, I made copies of the records that I needed, but they were only for the 
surname of Ardizzone Caito.  I did brief searches for other family names of 
mine but didn't find any Mascari's or Rini's in the Cerda records that I can 
recall.  Many of the records were handwritten, as you said, but not really 
any more difficult to decipher than anything that I found in the Termini 
records.  There was only one family of Ardizzone Caito's that lived in Cerda 
and the Cerda records noted that the family was originally from Termini and 
gave the mother and father's name from Termini in the Cerda marriage 
records.  The descendants of this family emigrated to Perry, New York and a 
few were in Geneva, New York (not far from Rochester).  All the US records 
for this family say that they are from Cerda and my goal was to determine if 
this family was originally from Termini and therefore related to me.  My 
mission was accomplished and I was able to link the family up to some other 
Caito's that I'm researching in the US, but not my direct line.

Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gloria Otto" <gotto at ameritech.net>
To: <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: [TI] Cerda FHL Films


> Oops! Sorry Paul. Now I see that you have seen the Cerda records. Wow you 
> are fantastic! 7 films in such a short time. Did you also make copies of 
> the records you needed.I am anxious to hear more. Thanks. gloria
>
> ----- Original Message ---- 
> From: Paul J. Caito <pjcaito at frontiernet.net>
> To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 9:12:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [TI] Cerda FHL Films
> Correction: I was researching the Ardizzone Caito family in Cerda when I
> went through all the birth, marriage and death records in just 1 and 1/2 
> days.
> PJC
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul J. Caito" <pjcaito at frontiernet.net>
> To: <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 9:51 PM
> Subject: [TI] Cerda FHL Films
>
>
>> With all the discussion of Cerda and surrounding towns....you might be
>> pleasantly surprised to know that Cerda was such a small town that all of
>> it's birth records (1820-1910) fit on just seven (7) FHL films!! Compare
>> this to Termini where it takes 31 FHL films to cover the time period from
>> 1820-1910. It is not difficult at all to order the films and go through
>> almost 100 years of births in very little time. When we met in Salt Lake
>> city in 2005, I was researching the Ardizzone Caito family in Termini and 
>> I
>> was able to do all the birth, marriage and death records in just about 1 
>> and 1/2 days! The marriage records are recorded in just four (4) films 
>> and  the  death records are recorded in five (5) films. The Allegati 
>> records, on
>> the other hand, are quite large by nature and they take up 21 films. I 
>> only
>> used the Allegati films for searching after I found a marriage in the 
>> regular marriage films.
>>
>> I have a compiled list of all the films for Cerda. If anyone would like 
>> to
>> have it for reference for ordering films from the FHL or for use the next
>> time we all go to Salt Lake City (or if you go there on your own -
>> definitely a worthwhile trip), e-mail me OFF LIST at:
>> pjcaito at frontiernet.net
>> I suspect other surrounding towns would also have their records in just a
>> few number of films.
>> Paul J. Caito
>> Rochester, NY
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Gloria Otto" <gotto at ameritech.net>
>> To: <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 9:21 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TI] Dolce from Aliminusa-Gloria
>>> There must be some connection between Termini and the nearby towns. My
>>> great aunt, Lucy Longo, married a Rinella from Campofelice. I noticed
>>> also
>>> that our family names are in Cefalu also as well as Cerda Mascolino's.
>>> Some day it may all make sense. I have yet to look into Aliminusa. I
>>> wonder if the Communes of Italy list has people investigating these
>>> towns?
>>> I have a paternal ggaunt born in Montemaggiore Belsito, PA. My great
>>> grandparents were married in Cerda and all their children were born in
>>> Cerda except for one and she was in the middle. Maybe they were just
>>> visiting or went there for work. I hope to visit all these towns 
>>> someday.
>
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