Ruoti Genealogy
Tracing your Italian roots back to Ruoti (in Potenza province, Basilicata region) begins with understanding which records exist and where they are preserved. On this page you’ll find a clear guide to the historical sources as birth, marriage and death civil and religious records available for family history in Ruoti.
Ruoti family history at a glance
- Region: Basilicata
- Province: Potenza
- Type of records: civil and parish records
- Civil registration: from 1809 onwards
- Parish records: often older than civil records (in some cases from the 1600s)
How to research your ancestry in Ruoti
Thanks to its network of local experts, Italianside has developed significant experience in genealogical research in the province of Potenza. For this reason, over the years it has become a reliable reference for those wishing to reconnect with their Italian roots and could be a key partner in the success of your research too. You can read the feedbacks of our customers on our testimonials page
Our experts in Basilicata region, conducted genealogy research on historical families from Ruoti, involving many surnames traditionally found in the town, including branches of the following families: Genovese, De Carlo, Scavone, Damiano, Pace, Berardi, Troiano, Summa, Faraone, De Leonardis, Mancino, Nardiello, Potenza, Sabia and others.
Many info relating to families and individuals available in public and private local archives include, in addition to names and dates, further information such as occupations, the address where family lived (a great info if you plan to visit Ruoti), and key social relationships within the community in past centuries.
The information in genealogy research derives from the archives available for on-site research in Ruoti and Basilicata. During the previous activities, our local genealogists developed studies, family trees, cross-referenced family relationships, occupational histories, deciphered or translated documents, residential patterns, and visual documentation useful to add information now forgotten to the history of your family.
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 available in private archives
Direct access to local archives and a deep understanding of the local context allow for more complete and accurate results. Research may be carried out using all available sources in both public and private archives.
Italian family history research: Beyond Names and Dates
Italian genealogy is deeply local. It can’t be reduced only about collecting birth and death dates.
In Basilicata, every municipality — including Ruoti — has its own archival history, record‑keeping traditions, and unique documentary sources. This is why Italianside is able to help you in your Italian ancestry research, through a national network of local experts, each specialized in the archives of their specific territory.
Our researcher who works in Ruoti and in the Province of Potenza will be of help to navigate local civil, parish, military, and notarial records, uncovering details that go far beyond basic dates. By combining national coordination and methodology with deep local expertise, our researcher will bring your ancestors’ stories back to life within the history of the Ruoti community.
Civil Records (Stato Civile) in Ruoti
In towns and villages of Basilicata and in Potenza province, civil registration offices were established in 1809. This means you can often find your ancestors’ civil records in the Town Hall archives of Ruoti from that year onwards.
(If your goal is to obtain Italian citizenship and you need official certificates from Ruoti, please follow this link.)
If your ancestors lived in Ruoti during the past centuries, the City Office of Ruoti 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 Ruoti.
- 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 Basilicata and specifically in Ruoti.
Population trends in Ruoti
The chart below shows the demographic trends in Ruoti 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 Ruoti
Church archives in Potenza 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 Basilicata, 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 Ruoti on your behalf and reconstruct your family history through the centuries.
In case you want to visit churches, these are the addresses of parishes active today in Ruoti:
S. NICOLA DI BARI – P.zza Marconi
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.
Historical and photographic sources available in private archives
Historical photographs, prints, and documents from private collections—including ItalianSide’s archive of vintage images from Ruoti and Basilicata region are available. Old pictures add significant value to your family history research and offer a real sense of the places where your ancestors once lived.
Military records
Conscription lists and service records documenting physical descriptions, dates and places of enlistment, units and ranks held, periods of service, military postings, transfers, and movements, often providing detailed insight into an individual’s life beyond civil registration.
Cadastral and property records in Ruoti
Historical cadastral and land records used to identify property ownership, track real estate transfers over time, and confirm the historical presence of families within Ruoti. ItalianSide provides professional assistance in accessing and interpreting these records, where available.
Planning a visit to Ruoti
From our experience, if you plan to visit Ruoti 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.
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Professional help for research in Ruoti
If you need professional support from our local genealogist in the Ruoti area, write to ruoti@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 Ruoti
Here below you can read messages from other visitors in the Ruoti forum. If you simply want to discuss genealogy in Ruoti with other people, feel free to leave a message.
my maternal grandfather was Michael Angelo Sileo, born in Ruoti on 3-24-1890. He immigrated to the US around the age of 16. Looking for relatives!
Hi Toni,
I have Sileo’s in my tree. What is Michael’s parents name?
My great grandmother was Mary Sileo – I wonder if any relation?
I think we are related. My grandmother used to talk about a Mary Sileo.
I think we are related. My grandmother used to talk about a Mary Sileo.
Interested in finding more info on my great,great,great grandparents: Guiseppe and Angella Nardiello. Left Ruoti in 1887 with their one year old daughter, Anna.. Moved to Naugatuck, CT.
My name is Renee De Nicola. Family from Ruoti. Grandmother was Josephina Nardiello. Grandfather was Domenico De Nicola. Any info please. Visited twice the cheese company Scavone. Still don’t know the whole story xcept they were most gracious when we visited.
Renee –
Hope the following helps:
Married 6 JUL 1896, Atto #15
Domenico Di Nicola, age 23, son of Vito Di Nicola and Angela Errico
Giuseppa (Josephine) Nardiello, age 21, daughter of Gerardo Nardiello and Vincenza De Carlo
Giuseppa Nardiello, born 21 NOV 1874, registered 22 NOV 1874, Atto #93, to Gerardo Nardiello, age 45, son of the deceased Giuseppe Nardiello, and Vincenza De Carlo, daughter of Felice De Carlo
Married 15 APR 1855, Atto #17
Gerardo Nardiello, age 29, Son of Giuseppe Nardiello and Rosa Mancino,
Vincenza Maria Di Carlo, age 19, daughter of Felice Mancino and Maria Scavone
Notes: groom born 2 NOV 1828, bride born 2 MAY 1836.
Gerardo Nardiello, born 2 NOV 1828, registered 2 NOV 1828, Atto #13, to Giuseppe Nardiello, age 30, profession “Proprietario”, and Rosa Mancino (also “Mangino”), age 25.
Married 14 FEB 1822, Atto #7
Giuseppe Nardiello, age 24, son of Giambattista Nardiello and Rosa Errico
Rosa Mancino (also “Mangino”), age 20, daughter of the deceased Francesco Mangino and Caterina Di Nicola.
Notes: bride’s father died 9 DEC 1818.
Rocco Giuseppe Nardiello, born 18 OCT 1797, to Giovanni Battista Nardiello and Rosa Errico.
Married 6 JUN 1778
Giovanbattista Nardiello (22 JAN 1752 – 20 MAR 1832) and Rosa Errico, born abt. 1762
Giovanbattista Nardiello, son of Giovanbattista (called Pietro) Nardiello (3 AUG 1708 – 24 JUN 1751) and Angela Buccico (1719 – 1788), married 25 SEP 1735
Giovanbattista (called Pietro) Nardiello, son of Francesco Antonio Nardiello (1674 – 8 NOV 1729) and Flavia Fiorentino (1681 – 4 AUG 1721), married abt. 1703
I only track the Nardiello families of Ruoti.
Rosaria Spadola came to New Yorkin 1884 with her husband Guiseppe Navigato.and.four children.Passedaway in New Jersey in 1916..Her mother was Vincenza and her father was Francesco.All the info I can find are their arrival here and after in US.
Looking for any relatives or info.
Rose, My grandfather was Angelo Spadola & my great grandfather was Rocco Spadola from Ruoti. We could be related.
My great grandfather was Rocco D Spadola married to Angela Paterna
Hi Maddalena, do you have any more info? My great grand father was Rocco Spadola also.
Hi, I’m currently working on my genealogical work and my great, great, great grandparents were Vito pascale and Lucia navicato. On their marriage certificate, it list Lucia’s parents as Giuseppe navicato and rosaria spatola. I wonder if these are the same people. If so, i’d love to exchange records. Feel free to contact me.
Hi, I’m currently working on my genealogical work and my great, great, great grandparents were Vito pascale and Lucia navicato. On their marriage certificate, it list Lucia’s parents as Giuseppe navicato and rosaria spatola. I wonder if these are the same people. If so, i’d love to exchange records.
Hello !
I am searching informations on my Great grandmother Maria Giuseppa IACOUZZI (I’m not sure she was born in Ruoti) who married Giuseppe PASCALE (born in Ruoti) around 1925 and whose children were born in Ruoti.
So if anyone has any information… 🙂
I have visited scavone family in routi that is in the cheese/ dairy business. I would like to know more about the Scavone family name and background. Many of my ancestors are not with us anymore and I would like to pass along family history to my kids .
Any information on Phillip Felix Gentilesca born in 1866 in Ruoti? He and his parents emigrated to the US. His mothers name was Domenica Spadola. Thanks
My name is Jack Gentilesco,from Pennsylvania. I know we are also related to Spadolas and I’m sure my ancestors were from Ruoti and Brindisi di Montagna, also in potenza province. I’m going to Italy in July and would be happy to meet any relatives.
Jack, Were you able to make it to Ruoti? If so, did you happen to find any Spadola family members? I’d appreciate hearing about your trip to Ruoti. Thanks!
I am looking for any information on my family name Errichetti n Lampriella (not sure of that spelling) from Potenza Ruoti area. They emigrated in the early 1900s to New Jersey Chicago and Connecticut USA.
Michele, I am a Simone and we are cousins with the Errichetti family from Camden
Hi Dianne, We are from Camden. My grandfather was Angelo Errichetti and my grandmother was Angela. His brothers were Andrew who stayed in Italy and Rocco and Frank. My grandmother visited Italy and sent and wrote back and forth. Who is your father and mother? And grandparents? Were you close to the camden Errichettis? I’d like to hear more.
Michelle, the Simone and Errichetti families were very close as they were cousins. My family actually lived next door to the dry cleaning store on Sheridan street while we built our home in Pennsauken. I remember Junior (your father as we called me)very well. I was contacted by a Simone relative living in Belgium who gave me a lot of family history. We should get in touch.
Hi Diane , I just checked back and saw you said you have information from Belgium relations we should definitely talk more about it and that you knew my dad.
My Family name is Errichetti, living in/around New Jersey/New York. Though as far as we’re aware we don’t know connections to anyone else with the name Errichetti.
Ciao, volevo sapere di mio nonno GIOVANNI FIERRO figlio di MICHEL FIERRO e di RIZZO MARIUCCIA, dove vissero perché nel mese di maggio sarò in visita a Salerno richiedere la cittadinanza italiana
My great-grandfather, Felice Vaccaro, was born in Ruoti in 1859. His parents were Giovanni Vaccaro and Anna Troiano. His grandparents were Angelo Vito Vaccaro and Angela Maria Tripaldi. His parents were originally from Avigliano. My great-grandfather immigrated to America in 1886. His entire family remained in Ruoti. His siblings were:
Angela Maria Vaccaro Sabia
Maria Filomena Vaccaro Angiolillo
Angelo Vito Vaccaro
Antonio Vaccaro
Domenico Maria Vaccaro
I would like to find any information about them. Felice Vaccaro died in Newark, NJ in 1914.
I posted a couple of days ago, but I don’t see it for some reason. My name is Gerard Ruoti. My gramdfather, Rocco Ruoti, was born in Potenza in 1879.
I had asked if anyone knew the origin of the town Ruoti.
Hello to my Italian brethren …My surname is Scavone…I currently live in Northern New Jersey…My ancestors immigrated to Brooklyn . New York sometime in the mid to late 1800’s…I know for sure they came from Ruoti…I have never been to Italy but I hear that there are many Scavones in Ruoti…I’m hoping to come to Ruoti soon to finally meet some of my Scavone ancestors…I would love to hear from some of you to get some information on our family history…ciao
My grandfather Vito Nicola Tolomeo was born in Ruoti, Italy on June 27, 1865. I would like to know the name of the church he was baptized in and/or the name of the church in Ruoti at that time. Thank you for any help you can give me. I’m planning on visiting Ruoti this summer and need any information on our family.
Looking for info. on my great aunt Vincenza Mariano born after 1907 in Ruoti, who is the daughter of Donato Vincenzo Maria Mariano B.1867 D. 1907-1914 and Maria Rosaria Santoro B. 1875 and the wife of Rocco Boccicio.. I have searched the Ruoti birth indexes, but they are only available thru 1910. thank you for any help you can offer 🙂
Hello, looking for information on
Roccantonio Guiseppe Mastropietro married to Rosina W.Iacouzzo (iagauzzi) in 1913/1914. He immigrated to US in 1914 and she followed in 1920 with their son Francesco. They were supposed to live in the Ruoti area. Many thanks.
They came over on the Taormina 02/14/1920 with my Great Grandmother Vincenza Brunetti and my Grandfather Rocco Mariano. Both husbands were here while the women and children stayed behind in Ruoti. They were friends. Mariano settled in New Brunswick, NJ while yours went to CT. I think Bridgeport or Naugatauk.
My grandfather (Angelo Palermo b: abt 1862) and his family were from Ruoti. His father was Giacomo and his mother was Maria Domenica Florio.
Giacomo & Domenica came to the USA about 1875. Angelo & his brother Vito arrived in the USA, Sept. 20, 1878. I would like any information on any members (living or deceased) of either the Palermo or Florio families. Thank you.
Hi marge this is Chris Joseph on my Nana’s side the Palermo’s that is my great great great grandfather Angelo Palermo. My uncle David palermo had looked up our geneology as well. We have a lot of Palermo’s living in Pennsylvania. Merry Christmas
Hi Marge,
I believe my husband’s family is of the Angelo and Vito Florio your mention. If so, they are the brothers of my husband’s great great grandfather! I have a family line that starts with Giuseppi (b 1770) and his wife Domenica Fiore (1768-1812). I look forward to hearing from you!
What Catholic Churches were in Ruoit, Italy in 1865. Thank you
My father’s family immigrated from Ruoti sometime in the late 1890’s/early 1900’s to settle in Chicago. My father’s father was born in 1904 and was one of 8 children. I’m trying to find a record of my great grandfather and grandmother’s family. I know my great grandmother’s name was Santa Rocco but I do not have her maiden name.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
I am looking for possible Italian relatives in Ruoti, Italy(Basilicata/Potenza) and any other areas of Italy of the Francesco Santoro and Angela Maria Sardonio family and their three sons, (1) Rocco Santoro (born 1868 or 1849) married to Angela Pollito, (2)Vito Antonio Santoro (born 1870-1873) wife Maria Domenica Salinardi, (3)Antonio Santoro. My grandparents, Vito and Maria, arrived in the US with two children through Ellis Island on the Trojan Prince on January 7, 1899. They ultimately became parents to a total of twelve children one which was my Father, Frank Santoro. I have learned that Vito and Maria may have stayed in New Jersey with his brother Rocco for a time; however, they eventually moved to Buffalo, New York. Any help to verify this information and assistance to locate other members of the Santoro/Sardonio/Salinardi Italian family will be much appreciated. Thank you, Dianne
Hi Dianne,
I’m a Salinardi and my grandparents are from Ruoti. I’m as well from Italy, but I moved to California 3 years ago.
I wonder if Maria Domenica Salinardi was an ancestor of mine which would make us distantly related.
Thanks,
Mike
Hello Diane. My grandmother is Lucia Santoro. Daughter of Maddalena & Michele Santoro. My grandmother stayed with a cousin in buffalo prior to entering the United States. In the early 60’s we could possibly be related.
Lucia Santoro married Felice Spadola son of Domenico Antonio Spadola: my grandfather was telling me how he had uncles and family already in New York that we’re much older than him that he never met before. However my grandmother was brought into the us by staying with a cousin in Toronto Canada.
My grandfather was Angelo Spadola from Ruoti
My mother and father met at a family summer party in Waterbury Connecticut in 1930. My mother’s grandmother was Felicia Zarillo (I dont know Felicia’s maiden name, but one of her parents may have been a German. After Felicia’s husband passed, she remarried to a man named Scorpion(e?) while they were in Ruoti and emigrated to Waterbury. Mr. Scorpion’s daughter married a man named Rocco Meo, whom I believe was also a Ruoti. So my father’s mother and my mother’s father were both Ruoti people.
I’m planning to visit Ruoti in October of 2017 to research this. I will deeply appreciate any information you can give me. I believe the Rocco Meo (a barber) left Ruoti in about 1873. He was one of the earliest Italian settlers in Waterbury and in fact the state of Connecticut, which has the highest percentage of Italian Americans in the US, at 20 percent.
Grandfather was Vito Paterno Gabriele
He migrated to USA in 1912
I am looking for any records on him. He is listed as being from Touti
He was also my grandfather. He moved from Ruoti on a boat in 1912 with his little sister, There’s. He moved to Albuquerque and married Leisa Widmer. Haven’t seen you for decades, Richard.
Hello — looking for more information on great and great great grandfather Isaia Angelo Longhi and Felice Longhi. Both were from Ruoti, Isaia born in 1904 & immigrated to the US in the early 1920s. Any information or advice on where to start would be helpful.
Hi Ashton H.,
My grandfather Felice(Felix) DeCarlo had a sister named Ann Marie DeCarlo. Her husband’s name was Felix Longhi. They were from Ruoti, Italy. I don’t have any other information at this time. My grandfather came to America in 1906.
Hello Philip,
I just started using “Italian Side” and noticed your post from January 2019. I’m interested in Felice DeCarlo (or maybe DiCarlo). He was from Ruoti and married Maria Schiavone. Their daughter Caterina DeCarlo was my Great Grandmother. Caterina was born November 6, 1850, in Ruoti and died July 14, 1932, in Brooklyn, NY. Caterina was married to my Great Grandfather, Gerardo Sileo. Gerardo and Caterina came to New York from Naples in April 1898 with their five children. One of their children was my grandfather Antonio Sileo. Please let me know if this is the Felice DeCarlo in your family tree. Thank you for your time.
Albert
I am looking for Birthbay Records or Baptisom for Vincenzo Ciuffreda, from the town of Ruoti. He was born on December 23rd. 1887. He died on June 1948 in Bronx, New York. Daniel, Rocco, Josephine and Lena. Father name was Vito ciuffreda, Mother unknown. One brother remained in Italy his name was Domenico was born on August 14, 1899. He died on October 29th, 1988. Also I believed it was a sister named Immacolate she died on April 1st. 1986. Thank you
My 2nd great-grandfather was Vito Antonio Ciuffreda, born in Ruoti June 7, 1836. His children, that I know of, are Maria Teresa, Domenico, Angelo, Angela Marie, Rocco, Teresa, Anna, Gerardo, Mary, Philip, Nunziata, Michelangelo and Josephine – all born between 1867 and 1898.
Am interested in locating some information on my great grandfather–Gerardo Navagata born in August 1849 in Ruoti and died August 1919 in Brooklyn,NY. He immigrated to the US in 1875 with his wife (name not known) and one child named Michelangelo (born in 1874). I would like to have information and then visit Ruoti with my family.
Thank you
My grandparents came from Routi and my grandmother’s name was Maria Claps – a very common surname in Potenza – made famous (infamous) by the disappearance and murder of Elisa Claps in 1993, as told in the book by Tobias Jones, “Death at the Alter”.
I am very curious about the origins of the un-Italian Claps surname. Does anyone know anything?
My grandfather, Louis (Luigi?) Triano, was born on October 26, 1886 in Ruoti, Potenza, Basilicata. I believe he immigrated to New York between 1889 and 1902. I understand his parents (my great grandparents) were named Angelo, circa 1865, and Angeline, after 1865. It is possible my grandfather was the child of an earlier marriage by Angelo and came to America on his own as a teenager. In America my grandfather married my grandmother Mary Mariano who was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on January 29, 1890. Her parents, Rocco Mariano and Maria Spadola were born in Italy circa 1869 and 1875, respectively. I believe they were from the Potenza province. My grandparents were married in the United States circa 1918. I appreciate any information you are able to provide regarding my Italian roots and assist me in the building of my Family Tree.
My wife, my sister and I will be touring Italy for the first time in 2016 and plan to make a side trip from our scheduled tour to Ruoti. We would love to see where our family is from and those homes/places where they may have lived. Thank you so very much.
My Mother was also from Ruoti I remember her mentioning the names mariano and spadola I don’t think I can be of any help to you but I’m curious how you’re going to get to Ruoti, as I’m going as well, to Sicily then Ruoti but very hard to find transportation to get there.
My great grandparents,
Nicola and Carmela Sabia were born in Ruoti about 1875-18880. I understand they were of a branch of Sabia known as ‘Sabia Stozza’. Does anybody know what this means? I went to Ruoti in 1991 with a historian from Potenza by the name of Geraldo Salinardi.
Hi Frank. Do you know if Nicola had a brother named Rocco? My great-grandfather, Felice Vaccaro, had a sister named Angela. Angela and her husband, Angelo Sabia, had a son named Rocco Sabia that immigrated to Naugutuck, CT. I don’t know much else about him. I was searching the birth records from Ruoti online but they only went up to 1876.
I am looking for information on Felice Florio who we think was born in Ruoti, Italy about 1830-40. His wife was Agatha (?) Barbarita and she was born in the 1840s. They had at least 4 children whose names were: A Vito Florio, Angelina Florio, Rosa Florio, and Saverio or Savenis Florio.
If you have any information that could help us connect some dots, it would be most appreciated.
Thank you so much!
Cindy
My father, Rocco Anthony Mariano was born in Ruoti Jan. 27, 1909. His father was Guiseppi (spelling may be incorrect) Mariano (known in USA as Joseph) mother Vincenza Burnetti.
My family name is Zarrillo, and I understand that our ancestors originated from Ruoti. Two names I managed to discover are Fannie Zarrillo (Fannie Jarrillo) and her husband Rocco Zarrillo. Fannie Zarrillo was born in 1865 in Italy and emigrated to the United States in 1885. Do you have any information on either set of their parents?
Thank you for your time.
My grandfather was Gerardo Spadola, born in Ruoti on 23 April 1890. His mother was Angela Marie Sileo. I see there are a lot of Sileo’s still in Ruoti. I was always told that his father was Gugiemo Spadola, but on a birth cirtificate from his sister who was born in NY, it said his father’s name was Vito. My grandfather immigrated in 1895 to NY. Any birth information on him or his parents, I would love to find.
Thank you,
Elizabeth
My grandfather was Angelo Spadola and his father (my great grandfather) was Rocco Spadola from Ruoti. I would like to know if you were able to obtain any information from the Spadola side. Thank you.
Elizabeth,
Your grandfather was my grandfather’s (Frank) brother. Their father was Vito Antonio Spadola and was married to Angela Sileo. Vito arrived at Ellis Island 10/24/1894 aboard the ship Wieland. It departed from Naples. He returned to Italy and then back to New York 7/22/1902. Vito was born in 1868.
My grandfather is Frank Spadola. He is from Ruoti. He was born in 1883 and immigrated to the U.S. in 1901. He named one of his son’s Rocco. Any infor you have on his relatives from Ruoti, would be appreciated.
Patricia, My great grandfather was Rocco Spadola from Ruoti. I’d love knowing if you received any further info on relatives from Ruoti!