Region: Basilicata Province: Matera
Tracing your Italian roots back to Salandra, in Matera province, Basilicata region?
This comprehensive guide empowers you to understand the records available in Salandra, unlocking your family’s rich history.
Where to Begin Your Ancestry Journey in Salandra
If your ancestral trail leads to Salandra, Italy, their vital records are likely housed in two key locations:
- Salandra City Hall Archives: Established in 1809, these archives hold civil registry records like births, marriages, and deaths for Salandra residents since then.
- Salandra Parish Churches: For records pre-dating 1809 or for religious ceremonies, exploring Salandra’s parish church archives might be necessary.
Civil Records in Salandra
In towns and villages of Basilicata and in Matera province civil registry offices were established in 1809: it means that you could find your ancestors records in Salandra Town Hall archives as of that date.
(If your goal is to get your Italian Citizenship and you need official certificates from Salandra Municipality, follow this link).
So, if your ancestors lived in Salandra during the past centuries, then you should start your family research from the City Office of Salandra 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 Salandra !)
- 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 Salandra, 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 Salandra 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 Salandra. As more your surname is common, as more it could be difficult to find the right branch of your ancestors family in Salandra 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 Matera province are:
Andrisani, Bianco, Bruno, Carbone, Carlucci, Cifarelli, Colucci, Coretti, D’Alessandro, Di Cuia, Di Lecce, Di Pede, Ferrara, Festa, Fiore, Fortunato, Gaudiano, Giordano, Grieco, Guida, Iacovone, Lamacchia, Lauria, Leone, Manicone, Martino, Matera, Montemurro, Montesano, Nicoletti, Olivieri, Padula, Paolicelli, Papapietro, Quinto, Rinaldi, Rizzi, Romano, Rondinone, Rubino, Ruggieri, Russo, Sacco, Salerno, Stigliano, Tataranni, Venezia, Vizziello.
Church Records in Salandra
Church archives in Matera 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 Salandra 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 Salandra:
SS. TRINITA’ – Via Regina Margherita
For our experience, if you plan to come here to visit Salandra, 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 Matera.
If you need a professional help from our local genealogist in Salandra area , write to salandra@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 Salandra too.
Here below you can read the messages received from other visitors in Salandra forum:
if you only want to discuss with other people interested in genealogy in Salandra feel free to leave a message below.
I’m trying to track the lineage of my fraternal grandmother’s mother’s family.
Her name was Grace Carbone, born around 1884.
She immigrated to the USA around 1903 by herself.
I’m trying to determine who Grace’s parents are.
I believe she was born in Salandra/Potenza in 1884; the date may be March 15th.
My grandfather Francesco Branco and family immigrated to camden nj thru Ellis is island around 1919. Looking for information on Italy origin was told Salandra no living relatives to verify
I am looking for any history on my great great grandmother Grazia (born Uricchio?) Sarrubbi (married Marotta) in 1851 or so. Her daughter, Rosa Marotta (married Pucci) was from Salandra and was born in late 1880’s and emigrated to Camden NJ in 1901. Herr sisters were Angela, Guiovanna, and Donata Marrotta.
My grandfather, Antonio Ambruso emigrated to America in 1930. He was born in Salandra in 1914. Would like to contact any Ambrusos that are still in Italy.
I am looking for any information about my grandfather born 4-19-1877 in salandra. His name was Rocco Frumento. I’m trying to find out if I have any family left ther
I am trying to obtain Italian citizenship through Jure Sanguinis. I need to locate my grandfather’s birth certificate. He was born in Salandra on 3 December 1911. His name was James Acito and his father’s name was Frank or Francesco Acito. I am not sure of his mother’s name, but believe it to be either Mary or Vincenza. They came to the United States around 1914. Can you help me determine how I can find any information concerning my ancestors?
Grazie
I am trying to get Italian citizenship by way of Jure Sanguinis. I need to find my grandmother’s birth certificate. I believe she was born in Salandra in 1880 or 1881. Her name was Carmela Aspromonte and her father’s name was Giovanni Aspromonte. They came to the United States in 1893 on a ship from Naples. Can you help me determine how I can find her birth certificate?
Trying to find out any information regarding my great grandfather and/or my great grandmother’s family. My great grandfather’s name was Francesco Benjamin Angelastro, he was born in Salandra in 1890 and immigrated to Ellis Island in 1908. The only information I have on my great grandmother is her name Mary Panchelli (sp?). They lived in Philadelphia and had three children, my grandfather Erasmus (Ray), and Antoinette and Angelina.
Grazie xo
My Grandfather Antonio Paradiso was born in Salandra in 1873, His Father was Rocco Paradiso his mother was Rosa Locantore
I looking for information on my Family and for any relatives.
Grazie mille
My grandmother married Alessio Locantore. Alessio was born @1875. I think his fathers name was
Leonardo. I just started seaching
We must be related as my details are the same.
I think we’re related
My grandfather was born in Salandra on January 16,1889. His name was Nocola Zagaria and he had two brothers, Vincenzo and Rocco. His mother was Brigida Donella (sp?)and his father may have been named Joseph (Guiseppi). I am looking for any records that relate to our family. Thank you so much.
Mi piacerebbe conoscere la mia discendenza. Sto cercando per i record di Antonio Castale Daria, nato il 15 ottobre 1873. emigrato a New York ai circa 23 anni. Grazie!
I would like to find out about my ancestry. I am searching for the records of Antonio Castale Daria, born October 15, 1873. Immigrated to New York at approximately 23 years old. Thank you!
I am looking for informatioon my great grandfather – Francesco Ragone – and/or his extended family. He was born in Salandra in 1895
Looking for information regarding family Padula. Maurantonio Padula born 1871 married to Caroline Iezzo born Jan 26 1880, daughters Theresa born 1904, Mary 1907, Anna 1913. Maurantonio immigrated to USA 1906, 1913, listings cousins Rocco and Nicola Angelastro. Carolina immigrated to USA 1915 with three daughters. All are from Salandra.
Christi
Looking for birth record of my grandmother Angela/Angelina Maria Calabrese born I believe in July of 1886 in Salandra. Her mother was Maria Calabrese who was born in Salandra January 11, 1867 and her father is unknown to me so would very much like to know his name. I would also like to know the names of the parents of my great grandmother Maria Calabrese.
With thanks,
Grazie
Surnames in Salandra in 1800’s – LEONE, PARADISO, SAPONARO, PANELLA, DONADIO.
Looking for marriage of Anna Maria PANELLA to Giovanni LEONE about 1862 in
Salandra or maybe Potenza.
Grazie