Region: Basilicata Province: Potenza
Tracing your Italian roots back to Barile, in Potenza province, Basilicata region?
This comprehensive guide empowers you to understand the records available in Barile, unlocking your family’s rich history.
Where to Begin Your Ancestry Journey in Barile
If your ancestral trail leads to Barile, Italy, their vital records are likely housed in two key locations:
- Barile City Hall Archives: Established in 1809, these archives hold civil registry records like births, marriages, and deaths for Barile residents since then.
- Barile Parish Churches: For records pre-dating 1809 or for religious ceremonies, exploring Barile’s parish church archives might be necessary.
Civil Records in Barile
In towns and villages of Basilicata and in Potenza province civil registry offices were established in 1809: it means that you could find your ancestors records in Barile Town Hall archives as of that date.
(If your goal is to get your Italian Citizenship and you need official certificates from Barile Municipality, follow this link).
So, if your ancestors lived in Barile during the past centuries, then you should start your family research from the City Office of Barile to know more: our local expert is ready to help you in your research!
With his deep knowledge of people and local history he will assist you not only finding names and dates (births, marriages, deaths) but he will reveal to you many other precious information on the life of your ancestors available in the old registers.
- Professions: do you know what your ancestors did for a living? Our genealogist will be able to give you this info!
- Addresses: the house where your family lived (a great information if you intend to visit Barile !)
- Churches: where they were baptized or married
- Signatures: if your ancestors knew how to write, he will be able to show you their original signatures.
(If you can’t visit Barile, our researcher will give you the necessary info to find by yourself the relevant places on the maps available online)
Next picture shows the demographic trends in Barile from the Italian Unification (1861).
This is a necessary info to understand how many people lived in the town in the past.
To go on quickly in your research is important to know if the last name you are investigating is a frequent surname in Barile. As more your surname is common, as more it could be difficult to find the right branch of your ancestors family in Barile archives, expecially if you have not exact dates (there could be cases of homonymy).
It’s useful for you to know that the most common surnames in Potenza province are:
Albano, Bochicchio, Bruno, Calabrese, Caputo, Carlomagno, Carlucci, Cirigliano, Claps, Colangelo, Conte, Cosentino, Coviello, D’Andrea, De Bonis, De Luca, Ferrara, Fortunato, Genovese, Giordano, Grieco, Ielpo, Labanca, Lauria, Lombardi, Lorusso, Marino, Martino, Mecca, Nigro, Nolè, Pace, Pepe, Potenza, Rinaldi, Romaniello, Romano, Rosa, Russo, Sabia, Santarsiero, Santoro, Scavone, Sileo, Summa, Telesca, Vaccaro, Zaccagnino.
Church Records in Barile
Church archives in Potenza 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 Basilicata started during 1500!
Parish archives 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 Barile on your behalf to gather info about your family history during centuries.
In case you want to visit churches, these are the addresses of parishes active today in Barile:
S. MARIA DELLE GRAZIE – Via Roma
For our experience, if you plan to come here to visit Barile, we always suggest to start the research months before the arrival.
This because a comprehensive genealogy research is time consuming!
Starting from home, you will have time to get a complete research avoiding 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 and translated in your language before your arrival, you will have the possibility to plan carefully your visit.
In this way you will have more free time to enjoy your tour to the roots on your ancestors footsteps.
Another important source of information are the notary documents available to expert researchers in the State Archives of Potenza.
If you need a professional help from our local genealogist in Barile area , write to barile@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.
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 Basilicata and of course in Barile too.
Here below you can read the messages received from other visitors in Barile forum:
if you only want to discuss with other people interested in genealogy in Barile feel free to leave a message below.
Hello, I would like help with my family roots.
My great grandfather was born, I think on August 15th in Barile, Italy. He emigrated to the USA in 1890 while on a visit with his great uncle. During the emigration I understand he changed his last name to Nicholas D’Zio from Nicholas DelZio.
After raising a family and two world wars, he visited his hometown one time in 1962 to see his sisters and other family.
Best regards
Not sure if this website is still active? My great-grandmother was a Caputo from the Barile area. Her parents were Nicola Caputo1864 and Archangela Strozza 1867, grandparents Onofrio Caputo -1822 and C. Volonnino -1828. The furthest back that has been traced so far is Giovanni Caputo -1752 who was married to Maddalena Sepe 1755
Other name in the genealogy are Fusio and Sperra. I believe
I probably still have distant cousins in the area. My great grandfather took my grandmother back to visit relatives when she was a child and she talked about visiting relative near to Napoli, though I do not know if it was to Barile or not… I don’t think he was born in the area, his surname was Tedesco and I believe he may have been from the north.
I have all of these names in my ancestry tree. It is Hetrick/Callaghan/Cefola/Scavone. It’s public so you look at it.
I believe my great great great grandfather came from barile. My last name is literally Barrile, is this a common surname or would it be easy to find my family?
My family came to the US from Barile:
Antonio Malanga (1884-1973) – bis nonno
Rosamaria Botte Malanga (1884-1972) – bis nonna
Nicola Malanga 1907-1972) – nonno
Michelina Perrone Malanga (1914-2001) – nonna
How can I find the names and dates of Malangas in Barile before them?
Thank you, Gary Malanga – San Diego, CA
Hello!
My great-great grandparents came to Pittsburgh, PA from Barile in 1913. My great grandfater was named John (Giovanni) Barone and grandmother was named Rachel Volomino (various spelling).
John had a brother named Anthony(Antonio), I do not know much about him.
John fought for the Italian Calvary.
On his death certificate, John’s parents are listed as Samuel Barone and Elaine Siza. I believe they remained in Italy.
I’ve seen the name Rachel Volomino quite a bit and am wondering how common that name was in Barile.
They were related to people with the surname Giordano.
If any of this sounds familiar, I would love to connect!
My Grandfather was Daniel Suozzo, born in Barile and married Antoinette Di Pasquale
His parents were Michael Angelo Suozzo (1855) and Raffaella Calarese (1860) also from Barile
Anyone with information on descendants still there, please let me know
My grandfather, Pasquale Mazzucca was born in Barile in approximately 1900 or 1901. Some of his
Siblings migrated to USA around 1919. I was wondering what siblings remained in Italy?
Amy,
My grandparents were both born in Barile, my grandfathers family stayed in Italy when my grandparents immigrated to NY around 1903ish. My grandmothers family mostly came around the same time to NY- 3 sisters.
My grandfathers last name was Mazzucca. contact me via email. I am told we have some family left in the area, not sure however.
Email me when you get the chance. Thanks
1. IAM LOOKING FOR FAMILY INFORMATION ON ANSELMO PRATA, BORN IN POTENZA BARILE ITALY IN 1868 (APPROX),
2.ALSO LOOKING FOR CARMINE GIULIANO AND ANTONETTA GIULIANO. ANTONETTA WAS BORN IN 1904 IN bARILE.
ANY INFORMATION WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ME.
THANK YOU
RONALD PRATA, RYE, NEW YORK 10580, USA
My grandmother Camilla Solazzo was born in Barile in 1900. My grandfather Giovanni Simone is from a town nearby. He emigrated to the US and she came here to marry him around 1915. They settled in Lowell, Mass. If anyone has any information, I would really appreciate it.
Tonight, I discovered my Grandfather, Nicholas Carlo was born in Barile, May 25, 1876. However, I don’t know if my Great Grandfather, Nicholas’ father, Pasquale Calendrella was also born or has lived there. I don’t know why their names are different. Grandpa Carlo married Angelina Pecoraro. Pasquales father, Nicolo Carlo
1789-1855 also must have lived there. Nicolo married Angela Schianpo.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
I am in Rionero in Vulture today and will be in the area for a few more days. Looking for family records for Brenna, Valluzzi and Papa. My Grandmother, Filomenia Papa, was suppose to be from Barile. My Grandfather, Giambattista Valluzzi, said he was born in Atella but we found no church records or records in the city hall for him. My Great Grandfather, Vincenzo Brenna, and my Great Grandmother, Maria Rosa Valluzzi, this was the second marriage for Vincenzo, had four children all named Valluzzi, Vito Rocco, Giambattista, Giuseppe and Maria Carmella.
In Atella we did find church and city hall records for one of my uncles, Vincenzo Valluzzi, that was born in Italy.
My great grandfather’s name was Pasquale M. Cirigliano, and he was born on March 18, 1875 in Potenza Basilicata. His wife’s name was Catherine Giliberti. She was born November 16, 1878. I believe they were married in Italy, but I am cannot find any records for that. More importantly, I cannot find any information about my great grandfather’s parents, siblings, etc. Any help would be appreciated!
My father Mike Sepe was born to Nicolo Sepe and Anita Sepe in Barile. Came to US around 1960s.
My grandfather’s name is Raffaele Botte and he was born in Barile, Italy sometime around 1888 and he came to Brooklyn, NY sometime around 1903. He came on a ship called the La Sicilia. My grandfather had five brothers and one sister. Only my grandfather and two brothers came to America (Antonio & Giovanni). The other three brothers and sister stayed in Barile. My grandfather was the oldest of all the siblings. My grandfather did marry my grandmother Julia Barbera, I do not know if she was from Barile but I think she was. My grandparents had three children my father Luigi Salvatore Botte, and two daughters Rachel and Mary. I would like to visit Barile, and I would like to find out if I still have any relatives that live there.
Hi, Ralph. My great grandmother (bis nonna) was Rosamaria Botte Malanga (1884-1972). She married Antonio Malanga, also from Barile. I wonder if she was related to your Raffaele Botte. Do you have any information?
Thanks, Gary – San Diego, CA
Have you gone to Barile since your last post?
Hello my father Joseph Suozzo was born in Barile, 1902. He immigrated to the US as a teenager. He had a sister Marietta who married Pasquale Pennella. My father’s family were farmers. My father had brothers as well, but I’m told they were killed in world war 1. can you help me locate family? thank you
I’m hoping to visit Italy, so I can possibly find out more about my ancestors from Barile, Potenza. (They were Italian, yet spoke an Albanian dialect, which they referred to as, “Gheggity”.) I’ve found a several ancestors’ names, but I’m not sure of their birth-dates:
– Giovanni Alianiello, married to Archangela Palese (Son was Andrea Alianiello born in Barile in 1846)
– Nicola Placido, married to Lucia Mazzeo (daughter Alessandra Placido, born 1849, Barile)
– Vito Monaco, married to Anna Maria Paternoster (daughter Cherubina Monaco, born 1840, Barile)
– Vincenzo Carnevale, married to ?? (son Pasquale Carnevale, born 1837, Barile)
– Giuseppe Botte, married to ?? (son Emanuele Botte, born 1827, Barile)
– Filippo Giura, married to Rosantonia Corrubia (daughter Caterina Giura, born 1833, Barile)
I would love to learn more about them, or how I could find more information on them. Thank you.
Hi, Jennifer. My great grandmother was Rosamaria Botte who married Antonio Malanga. She was from Barile, born in 1884. I wonder if she is related to Giuseppe and Emanuele Botte.
Hi, Jennifer. My great grandmother was Rosamaria Botte from Barile, born in 1884. Could she be related to Emanuele botte (daughter)/granddaughter?) She married Antonio Malanga, and then moved to Chicago and then San Diego.
My entire family is Botte .. My nonno is Gennaro botte , my nonna is immacolata Botte .. my father is Giuseppe Botte .. there’s a ton of brothers sisters ect .. my family owned a wine and winery called Gennaro Botte e Figli and I’m probably related to all of you
Hello
My great grandmother was a Corrubia I think her name was Rose. Trying to find any Idice or Capuziello
My grandmother was Palma paternoster.She was from Barile,Italy.She came to united States around 1917. My grandfather was from Melfi. His name was Rafael Convertito. My grandmother had two brothers,Ralph and Luigi and a sister Josephine who also came to Americs. They lived in Bridgeport,Ct. I know there is a winery named Paternoster in Barile. I would like to know if there is some relation. I am coming to Italy on May 16,2015. I plan on visiting Barile and Melfi. Hope to hear back from someone.
My sister and I are going on a lifelong dream trip to hopefully meet our Italian ancestors. Our Grandfather and Grandmother were born in Barile. His name was Donato Volonnino and her name was Philomena Silvestro. We are hoping with all our hearts we meet any family members that are there now. We would be so grateful if you can provide us with any information you can so we may contact them. We will be staying in Positano from 28 Sept. to 5 Oct.
Grazie, Peter
My friend whom I am helping to research family has a grandmother who was from Barile. Rachela Volonnino (Volomino) age 19 traveled to New York with her brother Donato Volonnino age 16. In 1907 their last residence was Barile.
Later in 1912, , she traveled with her 2 year old son Bartolo Talia to visit her father Michael in Barile returning on 21 October 1912 to White Plains, New York where they lived. Her husband’ s name was Vincenzo Talia. Rachela died after having 4 children on October 16, 1918. Her husband later remarried and had more children.
He made a lovely tombstone with her picture at her grave in Mt Calvary cemetery in White Plains, New York.
I am wondering if her Donato was your grandfather.
Suzanne for Donna
Hi Suzzanne. I know it’s 10 years since you posted your questions and i was currently looking for any information on my father William Talia and his father Nicola Talia who were born in Barile and came to the USA between 1914 and 1918. Do you have any information on the name Talia? I would greatly appreciate any information.