Genealogy in Capestrano

If you search your ancestors in Capestrano, in the province of L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy, Abruzzo region, the documents about your Italian family are stored in the City Office archives and in the parishes in the town.This is where to start your family history research.

Civil Records in Capestrano

In towns and villages of Abruzzo and in L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy province registry offices were established in 1809: it means that you could find your ancestors records in Capestrano town hall archives as of that date.

(If your goal is to get your Italian Citizenship and you need official certificates from Capestrano, please follow this link)

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So, if your ancestors lived in Capestrano during the past centuries, then you should start your family research from the City Office of Capestrano to know more: our local expert is ready to help you in your research!

Otherwise, if you think to contact the town hall by yourself, we suggest you to read our tips for your search. They are useful advices to search in Abruzzo and of course in Capestrano too!

Next picture shows the demographic trends in Capestrano from the Italian Unification (1861).
This is a necessary info to understand how many people lived in the town in the past.

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To go on quickly in your research is important to know if the last name you are investigating is a frequent surname in Capestrano. As more your surname is common, as more it could be difficult to find the right branch of your ancestors family in Capestrano archives, expecially if you have not exact dates.
It could be useful for you to know that some of the most common surnames in L’Aquila province are:
Bianchi, Bisegna, Bonanni, Centofanti, Cipriani, Colangelo, D’Alessandro, D’Amico, D’Andrea, D’Angelo, De Angelis, De Santis, Di Benedetto, Di Carlo, Di Cesare, Di Domenico, Di Felice, Di Girolamo, Di Loreto, Di Marco, Di Paolo, Di Pietro, Di Renzo, Di Stefano, Gentile, Giuliani, Graziani, Leone, Liberatore, Mancini, Mariani, Marinucci, Morgante, Pace, Paris, Parisse, Persia, Petrella, Presutti, Ricci, Rossi, Sabatini, Santilli, Santucci, Silvestri, Tarquini, Valentini, Venditti.

Church Records in Capestrano

Church archives in L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy province may store even older information. You will find religious records of the same events (births, marriages and deaths) but, most important, you could go further back in time!
So in case you would like to go back in centuries, it’s good for you to know that the parish registers in Abruzzo started during 1500!

They are far less accessible expecially from abroad and very hard to read and decipher if you are not used and skilled.
But our local genealogists, are graduated in history and archivistics so, with their expertise, they can research the church registers of Capestrano on your behalf.

In case you want to visit churches, these are the addresses of parishes active today in Capestrano:

S. MARIA DELLA PACE – 67022 CAPESTRANO AQ

Anyway for our experience, if you plan to come here, we always suggest to start the research months before the arrival.
In this way you will avoid to waste your holidays in the offices or in the churches dealing with italian bureaucracy .
(Remember that archives are not open to public and officers and priests are not required by law to give you access to the local archives)
With the results gathered by our genealogist before your arrival, you will have more free time to visit the town and surroundings on your ancestors footsteps.

Another important source of information are the notary documents available to expert researchers in the State Archives.

If you need a professional help from our local genealogist in Capestrano area , write to capestrano@italianside.com or fill the form here.

Our expert will study your request and will reply to you with a plan and a quote for your family research.

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22 thoughts on “Genealogy in Capestrano”

  1. I’m looking for information on my great-great grandparents Vincenzo Di Iulio married Antonia Visioni from the Capistrano area. Birthdates (maybe around 1840’s), dates of deaths.. anything would be appreciated.

    I know they had 3 children Luigi, Filomena and Alessandro. I have their death records.

    Thanks so much, Ann

  2. Interesting, My name is Anthony Waite and my grandfather (Verdoni) immigrated to the us from Capestrano in about 1910 at age 15. He also ended up in Hurley/Iron Mountain. Met my Grandmother and then mover to Tosa. I have visited Capestrano several times and connected with our family, it great. Hope you had a great trip!

  3. Hello. I’m trying to research Stefano D’Agostino of Capestrano. Born abt. 2 FEB 1890
    I know that the D’Agostino name is not as common in Capestrano, but am still having a hard time. My italian is not very good and so reading websites in Italian is very difficult. If anyone maybe has a link or some type of local knowledge, I would much appreciate the help.
    -Susanna

  4. My name is Debbie Smith and my grandparents both immigrated from there. My Grandpa Luigi Colasacciarrivex in the US in 1896…he was born there in Mabt 1878z. My Grandma was a Domenica Verdone from Capestrano and immigrated in 1993. I am trying to find out who there parents and grandparents are?? Am so hoping you will be able to help me!! Thank you Debbie Smith

  5. Just to let anyone who is on here, do research for birth certificates,death,marriages, children, naturalization in the US if they came here, where they came in at, and make real sure you check all the censuses where they lived here in the states. I found out I am a Italian citizen but not recognized yet going through these procedures. My great grandfather came to the states from Capestrano and tried to become a citizen but was turned down.waited ten more years again to try and succeeded . He got married and had all of his kids prior to being naturalized here in the states. If it wasn’t for looking up the 20’s censuses, never would have known the children were born before he was naturalized. Going to Detroit in May to the Italian consulate to have it recognized for duel citizenship. Hope it helps. Good luck!

  6. hello-
    My husband’s grandfather, Alberto Di Iulio immigrated to Hurley, WI in 1924 to work in the Iron Ore mines. He listed Capestrano as his hometown on the immigration papers. We are hoping to visit Capestrano this summer and would love to have any information there might be about him or any other Di Iulio family members. We do not know anything else about his life in Italy.
    Thank you-
    Ann

    1. Hi I am also planning on going to Capistrano this year my family name is DiUlio it is interesting how you spell your name with 2 I’s but I have heard that the spelling can change when they come to the US. My family lived in Hartford Connecticut

    1. Nikki, my grandparents were josephine and romauldo rutulante. Their children were Louise, Dominic and Viola( my mom).I think I answered you on another site but moved soon after and changed my email. If you would like to get in touch my name is cindy.

  7. Looking for records for my paternal 4th great grandparents, Pietro Alessandroni, birth ca 1725 and death 20 Mar 1805, in Capestrano. He married a woman named Teresa ? Is there any way I can get stato famiglia or any birth death or marriage records from this time period from the Church archives?

  8. My maternal grandfather was born in Capistrano in the 1880s. His name was Benedetto Nevica. He and his wife immigrated from LaCavare in 1907. He was an orphan and listed Capistrano as his home on his marriage certificate found in Pescara. Please advise on how I might research his name in Capistrano or L’Aquila.
    Grazie’ mille, Mark

    1. Mark,

      I have family from Capestrano and do research there. The Benedetto Nevica / Nevico you speak of does not have parents listed on his birth record from Capestrano, only ‘a woman who does not wish to be named’. This is also the case for an Andrea Nevica born there the year prior. My family and one (or both!) of Benedetto’s parents have some nearish relation, as Benedetto’s descendants are starting to DNA test more and are turning up as matches to my family. Please feel free to reach me if you are interested in learning more.

  9. Hi, my name is Mike. My great grandfather was born in Capestrono, Italy on Aprl 5, 1885. I was wondering if you can help with obtaining his birth certificate, or how to even see if it’s available. What church? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am in the states and very hard to get any information from there. Thanks, Mike

  10. Hello,

    My cousins and I are visiting Capestrano in September. Both of our grandparents were born there. Our grandparents’ names are:
    Domenico (Dominic) Paolini/Paolino and Paulina Gargano. We know when they were born, when they arrived in the U.S., on what ship, etc. due to research for a family reunion in 2013. Is there a way to find out what streets they lived on (the houses are probably long gone)? We’d love to walk the same street(s) and come full-circle.

    Thank you,
    Judy

  11. Susan Senatori

    Sam Senatori and Maria Corsi immigrated from Capestrano to Evelyn, Minnesota in 1921, then moved to Iron Mountain, Michigan. Sam had one sister who remained in Capestrano. Sam and Maria’s family would like any additional information.

  12. Hi,

    I live in Iron Mountain, Michigan. Many original inhabitants of our city came from Capestrano to work in the iron mines. Among them was my great grandfather, Domenico Fontana. He later sent for my great grandmother Rosalia Amicangelo or Amicangioli. They married in Iron Mountain. Rosalia’s sister Lucia also came and married Giovanni Rainaldi also of Capestrano. If you can offer any information, I would be greatly appreciative.

    Domenico Fontana b. 19 Dec 1873 (Broncossi Fontana & A. Santaciassi)
    Rosalia Amicangelo b. 6 Jun 1879 (Carmine Amicangelo & Linjensa Senatori)
    Lucia Amicangelo b. 1871
    Giovanni Rainaldi b. 1865

    I am hoping to find if they had other siblings or anything else that would be available.

    Thank you,
    Nicole

    1. Susan Senatori

      Hi, Nicole,

      My in-laws, The Senatori’s, lived in Iron Mountain and also immigrated from Capestrano. Their names were Sam and Maria(Corsi)Senatori. Sam came to work in Eveyln, Minnestoa,then return to Capestrano to bring back his wife. Eventually they made their way to Iron Mountain.

    2. My maternal grandfather’s last name was Amicangioli. First name Domenico. He was born about 1880 and lived in Michigan for several years working in mines there before returning to Capestrano just after WWI. Unless there was more than one family with that name they must have been related.

      I am named after him.

      Domenic

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