If you search your ancestors in Altomonte, in the province of Cosenza, Calabria region, the documents about your Italian family are stored in the City Office archives and in the parishes in the town.
Civil Records in Altomonte
In towns and villages of Calabria and in Cosenza province registry offices were established in 1809: it means that you could find your ancestors records in Altomonte town hall archives as of that date.
(If your goal is to claim your Italian Dual Citizenship in Altomonte follow this link).
So, if your ancestors lived in Altomonte during the past centuries, then you should start your family research from the City Office of Altomonte 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 to search in Calabria and of course in Altomonte too!
Next picture shows the demographic trends in Altomonte from the Italian Unification(1861).
This is a necessary info to understand how many people lived in the town in the past.
To proceed faster with your research is important to know if the last name you are investigating is a frequent surname in Altomonte. As more your surname is common, as more it could be difficult to find the right branch of your ancestors family in Altomonte archives, expecially if you have not exact dates.
It could be useful for you to know that some of the most common surnames in Cosenza province are:
Aiello, Barone, Bruno, Caputo, Caruso, Chiappetta, De Luca, De Marco, De Rose, Esposito, Falcone, Ferraro, Filice, Fusaro, Gabriele, Gagliardi, Gallo, Garofalo, Gaudio, Gencarelli, Gentile, Giordano, Greco, Guido, Leone, Longo, Madeo, Marino, Martino, Mazzei, Morrone, Nicoletti, Nigro, Palermo, Perri, Perrone, Porco, Presta, Pugliese, Rizzo, Romano, Ruffolo, Russo, Salerno, Santoro, Spadafora, Sposato, Veltri.
Church Records in Altomonte
Church archives in Cosenza 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 Cosenza started during 1500!
They are far less accessible from abroad (and even not easy to browse and to read if you are not used and skilled) but our local genealogist can research the church archives of Altomonte on your behalf.
In case you want to visit churches, these are the addresses of parishes active today in Altomonte:
S. GIACOMO APOSTOLO – Via San Giacomo
S. MARIA DELLA CONSOLAZIONE – Piazza Tommaso Campanella
Anyway for our experience, even 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 time in the offices or in the churches dealing with italian bureaucracy and you will have more free time to visit the town and surroundings on your ancestors footsteps, starting from the info gathered by our genealogists.
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 genealogists write to altomonte@italianside.com or follow this link.
Our expert in Altomonte area will study your request and will reply to you with a plan and a quote for your family research.
Here below you can read the messages received from other visitors in Altomonte forum:
if you only want to discuss with other people interested in genealogy in Altomonte feel free to leave a message below.
Good day to everyone there. Checking to see if you got my email about going forward with the search? I’m also very interested in my great grandfather Guiseppe Sparano and my great grandmother Caterina Marie Puppia. My grandfather Frank Sparano was born in Altamonte Nov 1 1890.
My grandfather was born in Altamonte and I know nothing about my family there! Would like to get citizenship and learn everything I can please!!
My great grandparents were from Altamonte, Italy but I have been unable to find any other information regarding other relatives that lived there. My great grandmother’s name was Josephine Romeo and my great grandfather was Frank Aliano.
I would appreciate any help finding relatives from this area.
Hello: My maiden name was Conte. My fraternal grandfather was Vincenzo (James) Conte, born in 1885, who married my grandmother Maria Capparelli in the U.S. around 1906. His father was Tommasso Conte and mother Maria Victoria DeMarco. Both the Conte and Capparelli families came from Altomonte. Does anyone have information about my family?
Regards,
Joanne
By any chance are you in or from the Chicago area?? I think we might be related. My great grandmother was born to James conte and Maria capparelli in 1912 in Chicago.
My Grandmother was Mary DeMarco from Firmo now Calabria I think?
My dad ws Joseph Conte, fourth born son of Maria and James Conte in 1909. Yes, I live in the northwest suburbs of Chicago
Hi
My Great Grandfather
Francesco Capparelli and Delia Pacenza had son Giuseppe Capparelli dob 10/22/1888. ALTOMONTE Calabria.
We were searching for Francesco and Delia’s ancestors . Any pics and history greatly appreciated.
Hi my name is William Conte. My father, James W. Conte, was the first grandchild of James (Vincenzo) Conte and Maria Capparelli, and the son of Anthony Conte the second of James and Maria’s ten children. My sons, Elliot and Adam, and I have some information about the family, e.g. Maria Capparelli’s passport and documents from when she came to the U.S., death certificate, etc. but not much paperwork regarding James. Please feel free to contact us.
Hi my name is William Conte. My father, James W. Conte, was the first grandchild of James (Vincenzo) Conte and Maria Capparelli, and the son of Anthony Conte the second of James and Maria’s ten children. My sons, Elliot and Adam, and I have some information and documentation about the family, e.g. Maria Capparelli’s passport and papers from when she came to the U.S., death certificate, etc. but not much paperwork regarding James. Please feel free to contact us.
Hi, living in sweden and looking for more information about ancestors Vincenzo or Vincente Viteritto oh Vittorito (the spelling seems to change a lot) and his wife Pascuala Biancamano or Bianchimano born 1856. I know they had a the children Angela, Caolina, ninna, Vincente and maybe moore. Its Carolina who is down my lane, she and her little sister went to new york but I dont know with who and ended up in Uruguay. So exiting, looking for moore info about them and their parents.
Best regards/Gabriella
Hi, Gabriella,
I’m Lorenzo Mallo, born in Uruguay, living in Buenos Aires. My grandmother was Aurora Victorica Acosta. Victorica is what Viteritto has become. She used to speak about her grandmother Pascuala (she called her Pascualina). I ended in this page looking for “Pascuala Biancamano”, good I did! I remember my grandmother’s father name was Rafael. I will find out more. I knew they were originally from Cosenza, but Little more. Maybe we can help each other and know more about our ancestors, it seems that we are relatives!!! Good to know I have a “cousin”. If you reaad this, please write to me. If I made any mistake, please forgive me, my native language is Spanish.
Best Regards,
Lorenzo