If you search your ancestors in Siculiana, in the province of Agrigento, Sicilia 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 Siculiana
In towns and villages of Sicilia and in Agrigento province registry offices were established in 1809: it means that you could find your ancestors records in Siculiana town hall archives as of that date.
(If your goal is to get your Italian Citizenship and you need official certificates from Siculiana, please follow this link)
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So, if your ancestors lived in Siculiana during the past centuries, then you should start your family research from the City Office of Siculiana 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 Sicilia and of course in Siculiana too!
Next picture shows the demographic trends in Siculiana 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 Siculiana. As more your surname is common, as more it could be difficult to find the right branch of your ancestors family in Siculiana archives, expecially if you have not exact dates.
It could be useful for you to know that some of the most common surnames in Agrigento province are:
Alaimo, Amato, Argento, Arnone, Bellavia, Bono, Burgio, Butera, Cacciatore, Carlino, Castronovo, Ciaccio, Cipolla, Colletti, Costanza, Cuffaro, Cusumano, Di Caro, Ferraro, Gallo, Gambino, Giardina, Greco, Iacono, Indelicato, La Porta, La Rocca, Lauricella, Licata, Lombardo, Mangione, Maniscalco, Marino, Messina, Miceli, Montalbano, Morreale, Mule’, Palumbo, Patti, Piazza, Rizzo, Russo, Sanfilippo, Tuttolomondo, Vaccaro, Vella, Volpe.
Church Records in Siculiana
Church archives in Agrigento 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 Sicilia 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 Siculiana on your behalf.
In case you want to visit churches, these are the addresses of parishes active today in Siculiana:
B.M.V. IMMACOLATA – Via Roma, 182
SS. CROCIFISSO – P.zza Umberto I
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 are in Sicilia and you are able to decipher old italian handwritten documents you can reach the archive here:
Archivio di Stato di Agrigento
Address: via Mazzini, 185 – Agrigento
Phone: +390922602400
Days and opening hours: from monday to friday 8.00 – 18.00; saturday 8.30 – 13.30. weekly closing: Sunday; no reservation
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Archivio di Stato di Agrigento. Deposito sussidiario
Address: via Piersanti Mattarella, 237 – Agrigento
Phone: +39 0922602400
Days and opening hours: 9:00 – 13:00; no reservation
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Archivio di Stato di Agrigento. Sezione di Sciacca
Address: via Figuli, 28/30 – Sciacca
Phone: 092524896
Days and opening hours: monday: 08,30-13,45 tuesday: 08,30-13,45;14,30-17,15 wednesday: 08,30-13,45 thursday: 08,30-13,45;14,3-17,15 friday: 08,30-13,45 saturday: 08,30-13,45 weekly closing: Sunday; no reservation
If you need a professional help from our local genealogist in Siculiana area , write to siculiana@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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Here below you can read the messages received from other visitors in Siculiana forum:
if you only want to discuss with other people interested in genealogy in Siculiana feel free to leave a message below.
Looking for information on Giuseppe Callea who died in prison around 1934-1939. Unsure of exact year.
His spouse was Josephine Calllea. They had two children Josephine and Antonio who survived.
Josephine the daughter is my grandmother.
I’m looking for Muglia’s that live in Siculiana or surrounding towns
I am interested in the Zambito and Modicamore history. Sometimes people write Modica Amore . I don’t know which is correct or why it is written as one name or two separate names. Does anyone know why?
My grandmother Rosina Zambito married Giuseppe Modicamore both from siculiana. When were they married and the name of their first born who died around 2 years old. They had a Gerlando, Leonarda , Francesca and Margherita .
Looking for information for my great grandfather Pasquale Contino married to Teresa Cambisano. They had 5 children: Guiseppe, Manuele, Calogero, Francesco and Leonarda. Pasquale Contino passed away about 1933ish. Any information would be appreciated.
Hello I’m trying to pin point exactly what part of Sicily my family is from. The last name is Letizia , once in America, my family settled in Philadelphia pa,. Any information on where or how to start my search would be great.
Hi Micheal I am also looking into my family name which is also Letizia. My Great Grandparents came from Sicily and had my Grandma in Ohio. I wonder if there is any connection!
Potrei conoscere i miei diretti antenati?
Mio padre si chiamava Andrea Bentivegna(nato in (Siculiana)e mia madre si chiamava Gerlanda Salvo nata in (Siculiana).
Grazie!
My grandfather Francesco Migliarese had a daughter Anna Migliarese born April 22 1836. I believe his wife’s name was Antonia Ravasco. Any information on this?
Hello…..I would like found some kind of info to the last name La Gambina.
thanks a lot!!!!
Hi
I know you posted this a long time ago but I think your grandfather Pietro Marino could be my grandfather’s brother Prospero Marino. My dad was born in Siculiana in 1915 by parents Prospero Marino and Domenica Alfano. He immigrated to Oakville, Ontario Canada in 1958. His name Natale Marino.
Any info on La Gambina
Hello my father was born here in 1920 Siculiana from father di Pietro Marino and Mother di marsala Giacoma . Any information would be great .
Hi
I know you posted this a long time ago but I think your grandfather Pietro Marino could be my grandfather’s brother Prospero Marino. My dad was born in Siculiana in 1915 by parents Prospero Marino and Domenica Alfano. He immigrated to Oakville, Ontario Canada in 1958. His name Natale Marino.