Genealogy in Sant’Arsenio
Tracing your Italian roots back to Sant’Arsenio (in Salerno province, Campania region) begins with understanding which records exist and where they are preserved. On this page you’ll find a clear guide to the civil, parish and historical sources available for genealogy in Sant’Arsenio.
Sant’Arsenio family history at a glance
- Region: Campania
- Province: Salerno
- Record types available: civil and parish records
- Civil registration: began in 1809 (when this area was part of the Kingdom of Naples)
- Parish registers: usually earlier than civil registration (sometimes dating back to the 1600s)
Research experience on families in Sant’Arsenio
Over the years, ItalianSide has conducted genealogy research on historical families from Sant’Arsenio, involving many surnames traditionally found in the town, including branches of the following families: Amabile, Aromando, Coiro, Costa, D’Amato, Damato, Graziano, Ippolito, Macchia, Pandolfo, Pecora, Pica, Sacco, Spinillo, Stabile and others.
Many records relating to families and individuals are already stored in our databases and include, in addition to names and dates, further information such as occupations, residential addresses, and key family and social relationships within the Sant’Arsenio community in past centuries.
Part of the information used by ItalianSide in genealogy research derives from a proprietary archive of on-site research conducted over many years in Sant’Arsenio and by our experts. This archive includes studies, family trees, and data not available online, such as cross-referenced family relationships, occupational histories, deciphered or translated documents, residential patterns, and visual documentation.
Research activities may include all major sources available at municipal, provincial, and regional level:
• civil records
• parish registers
• notarial archives
• military records
• historical and photographic sources
Direct access to archives and a deep understanding of the local context allow for more complete and accurate results than research conducted remotely or based on partial sources alone. Research may be carried out using all available sources in both public and private archives.
Genealogy in Sant’Arsenio
If your ancestors came from Sant’Arsenio, in Salerno province (Campania region), the first step is to identify the local archives where records are kept. Most family history research starts from the civil registry office at the Comune and continues in parish and notary archives.
Where to begin your ancestry journey in Sant’Arsenio
Vital records for people born, married or deceased in Sant’Arsenio are usually preserved in:
- Sant’Arsenio City Hall archives: civil records (births, marriages and deaths) available from 1809 onwards.
- Sant’Arsenio parish churches: in Campania, parish registers that can trace family lines back to the 1600s, and in rare cases even earlier.
Civil Records (Stato Civile) in Sant’Arsenio
In towns and villages of Campania and across Salerno province, civil registration offices were established after 1809, following Napoleonic reforms in the former Kingdom of Naples. This means you can often find your ancestors’ civil records in the Town Hall archives of Sant’Arsenio from that year onwards.
(If your goal is to obtain Italian citizenship and you need official certificates from Sant’Arsenio, please follow this link.)
If your ancestors lived in Sant’Arsenio during the past centuries, the City Office of Sant’Arsenio is usually the first place to start your family research. Our local expert can access these records on your behalf and interpret them correctly.
- Professions: discover what your ancestors did for a living.
- Addresses: find the street or house where the family lived in Sant’Arsenio.
- Family links: identify parents, witnesses and neighbours that appear in the records.
- Signatures and notes: see how your ancestors signed and read any marginal annotations.
If you prefer to contact the Town Hall by yourself, we suggest reading our genealogy tips for Italy. They include practical advice for research in Campania and specifically in Sant’Arsenio.
Population trends in Sant’Arsenio
The chart below shows the demographic trends in Sant’Arsenio from the Italian Unification (1861). Understanding how many people lived in the town over time is useful when interpreting migration and family movements.
Church Records in Sant’Arsenio
Church archives in Salerno province often preserve information that predates civil records. Parish registers include baptisms, marriages and burials and sometimes allow you to push your family tree back into the 1700s and 1600s.
In many areas of Campania, parish registers began around the 1500s. These manuscripts are not easy to access from abroad and can be hard to read without specific training.
Our local genealogists, graduated in history and archival studies, can consult the parish archives of Sant’Arsenio on your behalf and reconstruct your family history through the centuries.
Notary records and other historical sources
Another important source of information is represented by notary documents, which preserve wills, dowries, property sales and contracts. These records are usually kept in provincial and State Archives and can provide valuable details on the social and economic life of your family.
Planning a visit to Sant’Arsenio
From our experience, if you plan to visit Sant’Arsenio we always recommend starting the research months before your arrival. This way you avoid spending your holidays in offices or churches dealing with bureaucracy.
Remember that archives are not open to the general public and officers or priests are not required by law to grant direct access to the records.
With the results collected by our genealogist before your trip, you will have more time to enjoy the town and its surroundings, walking in the footsteps of your ancestors.
Professional help for research in Sant’Arsenio
If you need professional support from our local genealogist in the Sant’Arsenio area, write to santarsenio@italianside.com or fill the form here. Our expert will study your request and reply with a research plan and a quote tailored to your family history.
Messages from other visitors in Sant’Arsenio
Here below you can read messages from other visitors in the Sant’Arsenio forum. If you simply want to discuss genealogy in Sant’Arsenio with other people, feel free to leave a message.
Hello, I am looking for the family of Aresenio Parrella from Sant’Arsenio who lived in the house attached to the church there. He was the sextant and caretaker who played the organ. He also owned an appliance business. Arsenio, who we called ‘George’ had been with us in New Jersey in America for many years back in the 1960s. He had two sons, Rafaele being one, who also stayed with us for a short period of time in America. Any contact information on Rafaele or relations would be greatly appreciated. Rob
Dear record keeper,
Are there any records of arsenio pecora in sant arsenio?
He may have been My great grandfather who immigrated to the USA in 1890s.
I visited San Arsenio September 2022 and found relatives. Margherita and Giuseppe Pica. The loveliest people you could ever meet! It has prompted me to want to research my family history. My maiden name is Diane Pica. I live in New England in USA.
Does the surname Orletti come from Sant. Arsenio?
Searching for information about the Bosco family from San Arsenio. The family came to the United States in the between 1910 and 1919? Guiseppi Bosco and Catherine my great great grandparents and their children were John, Joseph, Maria ( my grandmother) and Rose. I am told there are relatives who still live in San Arsenio .
Searching for information about the Bosco family from San Arsenio. The family came to the United States in the between 1910 and 1919? Guiseppi Bosco and Catherine my great great grandparents and their children were John, Joseph, Maria ( my grandmother) and Rose. I am told there are relatives who still live in San Arsenio .
Have been searching for paternal 2nd great grandparents family… Jos Fisher (Joseph perhaps?) born circa 1850 and came to USA in 1881. Information on his past is unknown… BUT it appears he met his wife before leaving Italy.
His wifes name is Rosa/Rose Armando born approx. 1861 in Sant Arsenio Italy. Her parents (and my 3rd great grandparents) appear to be Gabriel Aramando and Maria Vericella also from Sant Arsenio but the trail ends there. 🙁
Alas further information on the Fishers, Aramando or Vericella is greatly appreciated.
D’Amato, Arsenio early 1900’s , migrated to USA
Orange NJ, Sebastiano
Hi,
My GG Grandparents were Sebastiano CORIO/COIRO, b.~1840 AND d. in Sant’Arsenio and Rosa PECORA CORIO, b.~1843 and d. in Sant’Arsenio. They had 5 children that I know of: My G Grandfather – Francesco CORIO b. May 1858 in Sant’Arsenio d. May 1906 in Jersey City, NJ. In 1880 he married Elisabetta COIRO/CORIO. The other known children of CORIO/PECORA were Maria CORIO IPPOLITO(Mrs. Luigi IPPOLITO) ~1860-~1930 Sant’Arsenio ;
Margherita CORIO- ? b.~1862 Sant’Arsenio d. Buenos Aires, Argentina; Gaetano CORIO b.~1864 Sant’Arsenio m. Rosa EPISCOPO; and Antonio COIRO b.~1866 Sant’Arsenio d. 1932 m. Maddalena SPINILLO COIRO. On the Elisabetta COIRO/CORIO side, she was the daughter of Antonio COIRO b.~1838 in Sant’Arsenio d. 1915 in New York City. Their known children were Felice (?Phillip?) COIRO b. ~1855 Sant’Arsenio d.?; Maria COIRO TERRANOVA (Mrs. Arsenio George Terranova) b. May 1860 in Sant’Arsenio d. >1920 in Jersey City, NJ; William Guglielmo COIRO b. ~1861 Sant’Arsenio d.? m. Amanda ? in Pennsylvania < 1900; then my GG Grandmother Elisabetta COIRO/CORIO b. Mar 1862 in Sant'Arsenio d. Dec 1947 in Trenton, New Jersey m. Francesco CORIO in 1880 in Jersey City, NJ; Arsenio George COIRO b. 1864 in Sant'Arsenio d. Jan 1900 in Jersey City, NJ m. Maria DuLUCCA COIRO in Aug 1886 in Jersey City, NJ; Caterina COIRO AMABILE (Mrs. Arsenio Amabile) b. Mar 1867 in Sant'Arsenio d. Dec 1939 in Jersey City, NJ Her second marriage was to Pasquale MASI; Michael Angelo COIRO b. Dec 1871 in Sant'Arsenio d. Feb 1941 in Queens, NYC, New York. 1st marriage to Anna GIFFONI; 2nd marriage to Maria GRECCO/GRIECO. I am in the hopes that someone will read this large post and connect their family to mine. I have used the spellings COIRO and CORIO interchangeably because that is what I have been told and have seen in records in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. There is a connection to the families that left Sant'Arsenio for New York City and settled in Jersey City area as well as families that settled in the area of New Castle, Pennsylvania, but I am unclear how they are connected. Thanks in advance for your help. Peg
I’m also looking for information about Sebastiano Coiro & Rosa Pecora – they are my husband’s GG Grandparents as well. His great grandparents were Antonio & Maddalena Spinelli Coiro. Their son Giuseppe / Joseph Coiro was his grandfather who lived in New Castle, PA. I hope you will consider sharing your findings! Thanks so much.
I am sorry that I have not checked back here in so long! Just about all that I know was included in that 2018 post. I am aware of the Coiro’s and Coiro’s who migrated to New Castle, PA. Most of what I learned about them was gleaned from the higher subscription tier. That local New Castle area newspaper is a treasure trove of stories, BMD’s, and photos. My DNA also matched DNA to members of these branches. Unfortunately I became overwhelmed by the different branches who share a small pool of first names(Francesco, Sebastiano, Arsenio, Luigi, Antonio, Guiseppe, Filippo, Antoinetta, Rosa, Elisabetta, Anna, and so on) and marriages to similar surnames: Corio, Coiro, Pecora, Ippolito, Franco, Grieco, Episcopo, and Terranova. My focus shifted to the lower hanging fruit in my other trees. Thank you for sharing your husband’s information. Hopefully it will break down one of my brickwalls and I will go back to researching my Sant’Arsenio roots. On a light hearted note. I searched an Italian site and Google translated the text to English. It even translated Rosa Pecora to Pink Sheep. I know -0- Italian and wondered why “pink sheep” showed up in the translated text. I will return to this site if I can update what I find.
Mi bisabuelo Francesco Coiro Ippolito nació el 23.05.1868 en Sant Arsenio Provincia de Salerno ( Italia ) y falleció en el Departamento de Paysandú ( Uruguay ) el 25.04.1954 ,se casó con Dolores Isabel Bergara Gómez nacida el 03.11.1872 en Paraguay y falleció el 21.01.1947 era hija de José M. Bergara ( Paraguayo ) y de Senona Gómez ( Uruguaya ) .- Ambos se casaron el 12.12.1892 en el Paraje Don Esteban en el departamento de Río Negro ( Uruguay ).-
Don Don Francesco Coiro Ippolito partió a Uruguay con 22 años el 28.12.1889 desde el puerto de Génova ( Italia ).-
Los padres de Francesco Coiro Ippolito son Domenico Francesco Coiro y Carminella Ippolito ambos nacidos en Sant Arsenio Provincia de Salerno ( Italia ) .-
quisiera encontrar datos anteriores de estos nombres y apellidos que acabo de mencionar.- Agradezco a quien aporte datos para avanzar en mi árbol genealógico y si alguien aporta datos como conseguir de mis antepasados en Paraguay .-
My question is: are are the birth/marriage records for Sant’Arsenio for years greater than 1865 on-line and how can I find them?
Background:
Looking for birth record for my great grandfather Arsenio Saporito in Sant’Arsenio.
I’ve seen birth years of 1865,1868,1871, and 1875 in US records, so I don’t have the exact year.
His passenger list to US lists Sant’Arsenio as his last residence in Italy.
Also have parents listed as Antonio Saporito and Marie Greco from his NY marriage certificate. (Marie Bruno on death certificate, but I believe marriage certificate more accurate)
I will look through the records myself, but the latest I’ve found specific to Sant’Arsenio is year 1865 under Archivo di Stato di Salerno/Stato Civile della Restaurazione .
The Archivo di Stato di Salerno/Stato Civile Italiano doesn’t list Sant’Arsenio as a location, so where would I find records for years greater than 1865 for Sant’Arsenio?
Thanks!
You can find them in family search. I found my great great grand father, also named arsenio saporito, but he was born in 1841, in Sant Arsenio
Hello, I am in the beginning stages of trying to locate information on my mother’s side of the family. My maternal grandparents are Pasquale and Anna Cavallo and my mother Luigia was born on May 1, 1937, in Sant Arsenio, Italy, the youngest of six children (Angelo, Nicola, Francesco, Margeritta, Antonietta–spellings?–all immigrated to the United States except Angelo who relocated to Roscigno, Italy). My grandfather died sometime before May 1 in 1953. My grandfather was an only child but my grandmother–who was born in 1900 in the United States when her family temporarily immigrated before returning to Sant Arsenio–had several older siblings who were born in Italy including a Caterina (spelling?); her maiden name was Ippolito (spelling?) It is my understanding that they lived in the older (historical) section of town. Any information that can be provided would be useful. I am truly hoping to locate as much as possible, since I hope to travel to Sant Arsenio in the near future and would love to understand my family history before doing so. Thank you for any insights.
My husbands family is from st Arsenio. His father was Guiseppe born in 1914 and my mother in-law was born Guiseppina Leopardi and her mother was a Costa. Also my father In laws mother was an Ippolito.
Hi Rosalie, my grandfather was a Leopardi and my great grandmother was an Ippolito. I believe the families were from St. Arsenio. We were born and raised in the Bronx. I have been working on my family tree for years! I noticed your post just now and saw the names!
We are Leopardi and Ippolito too! We believe our ancestors were from Sant Arsenio. We are from the Bronx. Please write back to me thank you!
I am looking for information on Christopher Tierno who died as an infant. My grandfather was Guiseppe Tierno and my grandmother was Filomena Tierno and their kids were Francesca Tierno, Agnes Tierno, Mario Tierno, Sam Tierno, Peter Tierno, Teresa Marie Tierno and Joseph Tierno. My mother is Maria Teresa Tierno-Woodworth and I would like to get any information on Christopher who died as an infant between the time of 1935 – 1940 as my mother and family have no information on his birth, christening and death.
I am looking for information on my grandfather- Arsenio Costa- son of Luigi Costa and Angela Terranova. He was born in San’t Arsenio Italy. He married Pasqualina Frecetese in the jersey city nj, USA. Any info would be helpful
My great grandfather – Nicolas Coiro was born in Sant’Arsenio circa 1875. He emigrated to New York City and lived at 174 East 205th Street, Bronx, NY. He married a 16 year old girl named Marguerite after arriving to America. We do not know what her maiden name was. Their children: Joseph born 1896, Nicolas born circa 1900 and a third brother named Edward born circa 1902, plus four daughters named: Angelina, Marguerite, Mary and Rosalie.
Might there be any church/baptism records?
Thank you very much,
My great-grandmother Chiara Pica (b. 1880 in Sant’ Arsenio, arrived 1904 @ Ellis Island, d. 1910 in Boston) married Nicola Tierno (b. 1875 in Salerno)in Boston around 1905. Chiara’s sister Maddalena (b. 1887 in Sant’ Arsenio, arrived Ellis Island 1910) married Nicola Tierno after Chiara’s death.
Will be visiting Sant’ Arsenio in early spring, hoping to find more info there.
Please let me know where in Sant’ Arsenio you went to locate church and government records of your family? Were the records easily available?
Hello, I am researching my family from Sant’arsenio. My great grandparents are Arsenio Ippolito and his wife, Philomena. I have conflicting information about my great grandmother’s maiden name. Her death certificate says her father is Andrew Viggitalli, but everyone thought her maiden name was Capuano or Capallano. Philomena’s mother is Angelina, but I don’t have the last name. Is there anyway I can clarify this information? Where do I begin?
Hello Roxane, My grandfather, Luigi Ippolito, was born in Sant Arsenio in1893 . His father was Arsenio Ippolito, his mother was Mariana (don’t know her maiden name. He left Italy for New York City around the age of 18 . His family were peasants who lived , i believe, in the hills. He left home for a better life. I am also looking for info on his family.
Susan, I have in front of me a page of notes gathered by my father during a visit to Sant’ Arsenio in the 1960s. It shows details on the family of Arsenio Ippolito and Marianne Pica … and their four children: Maria, Luigi, Guiseppe, and Angelina. I would be happy to scan it and send you a copy.
Hi Bill I’m Susan. You responded on May 14 ,2019 to my post from Feb 6, 2016. Any info on the Ippolito family would be greatly appreciated . Susan Ippolito
My grandmother came to the US from Sant’Arsenio and I am currently
looking for more information on her grandparents and their families.
My grandmother was Antonia Armagno, sister of Giovanni Batista Armagno,
who has a street named after him in Sant’Arsenio. I would like to know
his birth date and death date if possible. Their grandparents were
Antonio Armagno, 1830-28 Oct 1915 and Antonia Amabile. They had 2
children that I know of: Rose Armagno and Arsenio Armagno. Their
maternal grandparents were Angelo Macchia and Annunziata Franco. I
would appreciate any help you could give me.
Caporal maggiore ARMAGNO GIOVANBATTISTA di Arsenio , nato il 15 novembre 1895 del 16esimo Reggimento Bersaglieri , morto il 27 marzo 1916 per ferite in combattimento . ☆☆ Motivazione della MBVM : ” In zona intensamente battuta da una mitragliatrice nemica , durante la marcia di avvicinamento , sprezzante del pericolo , incitava con l’ esempio i propri inferiori a portarsi avanti , finché cadeva sul campo . Monte Pal Piccolo 27 marzo 1916 . “
I am researching the Episcopo surname from Sant’Arsenio. Angelo (b. abt 1852) married Marie Amabile (b. abt 1856) in appox 1882. I believe they had two or three children before coming to the US. They settled in Kearny, NJ. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated! I have been unable to locate anyone in Italy.
Thank you.
HI:
HAVE ALL THE INF ON THE EPISCOPO FAMILY.
Hello, I am working on my research into family in Sant’arsenio but have hit a dead end. I have up to my great-grandparents names but that is all. I really don’t have the money to hire someone in Italy to help me, never mind go myself. (Although I would love to go and take my Mom). What advice can you give me?