If you search your ancestors in Camporeale, in the province of Palermo, 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 Camporeale
In towns and villages of Sicilia and in Palermo province registry offices were established in 1809: it means that you could find your ancestors records in Camporeale town hall archives as of that date.
(If your goal is to get your Italian Citizenship and you need official certificates from Camporeale, please follow this link)
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So, if your ancestors lived in Camporeale during the past centuries, then you should start your family research from the City Office of Camporeale 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 Camporeale too!
Next picture shows the demographic trends in Camporeale 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 Camporeale. As more your surname is common, as more it could be difficult to find the right branch of your ancestors family in Camporeale archives, expecially if you have not exact dates.
It could be useful for you to know that some of the most common surnames in Palermo province are:
Aiello, Amato, Barone, Battaglia, Bruno, Caruso, Catalano, Costa, Cusimano, D’Amico, D’Angelo, Di Maggio, Di Salvo, Ferrante, Ferrara, Gambino, Geraci, Giordano, Greco, La Barbera, La Rosa, Lo Cascio, Lombardo, Macaluso, Mancuso, Maniscalco, Mannino, Marchese, Marino, Martorana, Mazzola, Messina, Mineo, Orlando, Palazzolo, Parisi, Pecoraro, Piazza, Randazzo, Rizzo, Romano, Russo, Sciortino, Siragusa, Taormina, Tarantino, Vassallo, Vitale.
Church Records in Camporeale
Church archives in Palermo 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 Camporeale on your behalf.
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 Palermo
Address: Via Vittorio Emanuele, 31 – Palermo
Phone: +39 0912704001 .002 .003
Days and opening hours: monday – friday 08:00 – 18:00 saturday 08:00 – 13:30 weekly closing: Sunday and holidays; no reservation
If you need a professional help from our local genealogist in Camporeale area , write to camporeale@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 Camporeale forum:
if you only want to discuss with other people interested in genealogy in Camporeale feel free to leave a message below.
Coming to Camporeale in two weeks April 30- May 2 2024 for Genealogy. My great grandfather’s parents are Nunzio Liotta 1851 and Rosa D’aleo 1853 born and married in Camporeale. Nunzio Randazzo 1851-1931 and Santa Vaccaro 1854-1937 on my great grandmother’s side. Does anyone know if they have a grave yard? Love to find a connection with others from this area.
Info on Rosa LaPietra, Salvatore Mauceli
I am looking for information regarding my mother Vita (Veta) DiCapo (11-11-13) Her parents were Vincenzo DiCapo and Vincenza Liotta. Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated. I’m planning to visit Sicily next year.
Do you have the dates of your grandparents birth and city they were born in? I have Liotta’s also in my family line
I am visiting Camporeale next year and I’m researching my ancestors with the name Pisciotta. My grandfather is Vincenzo Pisciotta, born 1891, came to America around 1907-1908, his parents were Vincenzo and Vita (Adino) Pisciotta. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Church names from 1890’s would be appreciated as well.
I was also planning a trip to Sicily this sommer but canceled due to coronavirus. My grandfather was Luciano Pisciotta from Camporeale and his mother s was named Vita. Not sure her maiden name. I will hopefully visit next summer, 2021.
This is for Vince – hope you’re still tuned in.
My grandfather, Giuseppe Ferro, was from Camporeale and immigrated to the America via New Orleans. He and his brothers ( Stefano, Baldesarre (called Ben) – and another I can’t recall – eventually settled in Cheyenne, Wyoming and worked for Union Pacific Railroad. One of the brothers was killed in an accident at work. I wonder if there might be some connection between your ancestors and mine. Hope to hear from you.
I am planning a visit to Camporeale in October 2019. My grandparents are Giuseppe Ferro and Giuseppa Ferro (Lipari). My grandmother was from Camporeale and I believe my grandfather was also. They settled in Cheyenne, Wyoming in the United States and raised their family of 5 daughters there. My mother, Antonina was their youngest child. I would like to find out if there are relatives still in Camporeale.
I am visiting Sicily this summer & have a birth certificate for my paternal Grandmother. I would very much like to visit the town of her childhood, she emigrated to NY sometime in 1906-1908. Here is what I have:
Anna Maria Badolato, born April 1, 1892 in Camporeale; her parents were Stefano Badolato & Mattia Loyacana
All other documents date back to her marriage in Brooklyn to Gregorio Egiziano.
Can you help me find a location?
my mother is Angelina plaia she was born in comporeale on may 8 1921 she had 5 brothers and three sisters
she now lives in ridgewood new York she is 96 years old
Hi Carlo,
If your mother is able, PLEASE ask her about her relatives. Everyone from that generation in my family is gone. I have so many questions I wished I had asked
my mother is Angelina plaia she is 96,she was born may 8 1923 in comporeale her father is ignazio plaia her sister is maria plaia
My grandparents were Giuseppina Benenati and Giuseppe Giacone and were from Camporeale.They had two sons Giuseppe and Francesco in early 1900s. Any info available?
Wait……Tina? This is your cousin Joe
My grandfater, Cologero Rizzuto, was born in Camporeale on September 3, 1881. What is the address of where I would need to write to request a copy of my grandfather’s birth certificate?
Thank you
Rose Mary
My grandparents came from Camporeale around the turn of the century: Baldassare Licata (born 1877) and Maria Liotta (born 1888). Baldassare’s parents are Calogero Licata (born 1844) and Vita Mustacchia (born 1856). Maria’s parents are Antonio Liotta (born 1852) and Francesca Cannova (born 1868). This is where I am stuck. I am going to Camporeale next month–where is the best place to look for more information? Grazie mille.
My great-grandparents are Calogero Licata and Vita Mustacchia. My grandparents are Vincenzo Licata and Maria Milazzo. Everyone is from Camporeale, Sicily. I am pretty sure that Vincenzo and Baldassare were brothers. Calogero died in 1921 in Cheyenne, Wyoming and Vita died in 1923 in Detroit, Michigan. If this sounds familiar get back to me
Wow, I just saw this! Yes, Baldassare has a brother named Vincenzo. Do you have more family information? We definitely are related!
Hi Anne, this is a very long longshot, I’ve been researching my great grandmother, her name was Vita Liotta, I don’t know very much about her or her background, she was from Camporeale, she married Santo Madonia and they had four children, one boy, three girls. The boy, Emmanuele, was my grandfather, he was also born in Camporeale in 1898. Vita and Santo migrated to Tunisia in 1900, they had the three girls there. Vita and Santo were both 21 years old when they married.
Liotta is a very uncommon name, and I was wondering if you have any more information about your ancestor, Maria Liotta. Could she be Vita’s younger sister?
Vita was from a wealthy background I understand, Santo was a farmer.
I’d love to hear from you, thank you for any information.
Annie
I am looking for a Stephania Vinci she was married to Saverio Occhipinti, he was born in 1852 in Camporeale but I can’t find any information on her
These are their children
Calagero Occhipinti 1878–
Vincenzo Occhipinti 1884–1956
Domenico Occhipinti 1887–1940
Giovanni Occhipinti 1889–1969
Antonio Occhipinti
I would appreciate any help you can give
Thank-You
Christy Ferro
I have a Antonio Occhipinti (1862-?) married to Francesca Lodato (1871-?) with a child Crocefissa Occipinti who married Calogero Plaia
Any connections?
We are related. Occhipinti, Lodato and Pisciotta. All cousins. From Camporeale.
I have a Vincenzo Occhipinti, born June 4, 1884. He was married to my Great Aunt Angelina Pipitone. His parents’ names were Stephania Vinci and Saverio Occhipinti.
My grandfather was Antonio Occhipinto. Don’t know if he was same family. He married Jenny DiCapo. His mother was Marie Soloano.
He had family in Cheyenne; Wyominh
I will visit Camporeale in April 2017.Looking for any family Civil or Parish information going back:
My great Grandfather Antonino Anthony Prestia, son of Francisco Prestia was born on 01 Nov 1857 in Camporeale,Palermo, Sicilia, Italy. He died on 08 Apr 1933 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He married Paola Pauline Ferro, daughter of Guiseppe Ferro and Raffaela Formusa in Camporeale,
Palermo, Sicilia, Italy.
My great grandmother Paola Pauline Ferro, daughter of Guiseppe Ferro and Raffaela Formusa was born on 03 Apr 1869 in Camporeale, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy. She died on 26 Aug 1929 in New Orleans, Orleans,Louisiana, USA.
Leon Prestia, son of Antonino Anthony Prestia and Paola Pauline Ferro was born in
1886 in Camporeale, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy. He died in 1891.
Francesco Prestia, son of Antonino Anthony Prestia and Paola Pauline Ferro
was born on 24 Jul 1888 in Camporeale, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy.
Guiseppi Prestia, son of Antonino Anthony Prestia and Paola Pauline Ferro was born on 05 Apr 1890 in Camporeale, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy.
I am going to Camporeale next month as well. What days will you be there? I will be in town April 18, Tuesday. Perhaps we can share tips!
My grandfather, Diego Sciara emigrated from Camporeale to New York in 1921. On the passenger list, he lists Liotta Antonio as his spouse. I’m trying to find any information on either Diego or Liotta. Not sure if Liotta ever came to the US.
My grandmother is Maria Liotta from Camporeale. Both of her parents emigrated around the same time she did around the turn of the century, as well as her siblings.I have some information on them if you would like it. I’m also going to Camporeale next month!
My Grand Father Ignazio Plaia was married twice. His second marriage was to Anna Pisciotta on 22 Dec 1907 in USA
He was married to a Vita (unknown last name) and had a daughter Maria Angela Plaia dob 9 Nov 1903 who was born in Camporeale or Palermo.
What is Vita’s last name and when were they married?
Thank you
Tom
hi tom my mother is Angelina plaia daughter of ignazio plaia my name is Carmelo
Hi Carmelo,
I do not show Angelina Plaia in my tree. I have a Maria Angela (1875-?) as a sister to Ignazio (1881-1923); but that link seems to be tenuous.
I am sure we are related somehow
hello tomaso
my mother is Angelina plaia she was born in comporeale in may 8 ,1921 her father was ignazio plaia and my mothers mother was Catherine pisciotta Pisciotta are you uncle gaitano ‘s son?
Hello tomaso while researching my grandmothers montalbano tree (daughter of nunzia cacioppo 1897) her sister providenza cacioppo oct 26,1899 death 3/6/71 (vita is a common aka )married Pietro pisciotta . They had 4 children i know of vita pisciotta, anna Pisciotta, Piera and Nino. Providenza mother was vita metranga (nee)6/20/1862 husband anthony cacioppo 5/20/1852. Maybe we are related from the elders. Send me an email if you have more info as i have no more on yours. Thank you so much
Penny