Region: Calabria Province: Catanzaro
Tracing your Italian roots back to San Mango d’Aquino, in Catanzaro province, Calabria region?
This comprehensive guide empowers you to understand the records available in San Mango d’Aquino, unlocking your family’s rich history.
Where to Begin Your Ancestry Journey in San Mango d’Aquino
If your ancestral trail leads to San Mango d’Aquino, Italy, their vital records are likely housed in two key locations:
- San Mango d’Aquino City Hall Archives: Established in 1809, these archives hold civil registry records like births, marriages, and deaths for San Mango d’Aquino residents since then.
- San Mango d’Aquino Parish Churches: For records pre-dating 1809 or for religious ceremonies, exploring San Mango d’Aquino’s parish church archives might be necessary.
Civil Records in San Mango d’Aquino
In towns and villages of Calabria and in Catanzaro province civil registry offices were established in 1809: it means that you could find your ancestors records in San Mango d’Aquino Town Hall archives as of that date.
(If your goal is to get your Italian Citizenship and you need official certificates from San Mango d’Aquino Municipality, follow this link).
So, if your ancestors lived in San Mango d’Aquino during the past centuries, then you should start your family research from the City Office of San Mango d’Aquino 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 San Mango d’Aquino !)
- 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 San Mango d’Aquino, 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 San Mango d’Aquino 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 San Mango d’Aquino. As more your surname is common, as more it could be difficult to find the right branch of your ancestors family in San Mango d’Aquino archives, expecially if you have not exact dates (there could be cases of homonymy).
It’s useful for you to know that some of the most common surnames in Catanzaro province are:
Aiello, Bianco, Caruso, Cimino, Colosimo, Cosentino, Critelli, Curcio, De Fazio, Donato, Falvo, Fazio, Folino, Gallo, Gentile, Gigliotti, Grande, Greco, Gualtieri, Leone, Mancuso, Marino, Mastroianni, Mazza, Mazzei, Mercuri, Molinaro, Muraca, Nistico, Paone, Paonessa, Perri, Procopio, Pugliese, Ranieri, Rocca, Rotella, Rotundo, Russo, Sacco, Scalise, Sestito, Talarico, Torchia, Trapasso, Vaccaro, Vescio, Viscomi.
Church Records in San Mango d’Aquino
Church archives in Catanzaro 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 Calabria 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 San Mango d’Aquino on your behalf to gather info about your family history during centuries.
For our experience, if you plan to come here to visit San Mango d’Aquino, 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 Catanzaro.
If you need a professional help from our local genealogist in San Mango d’Aquino area , write to sanmangodaquino@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 Calabria and of course in San Mango d’Aquino too.
Here below you can read the messages received from other visitors in San Mango d’Aquino forum:
if you only want to discuss with other people interested in genealogy in San Mango d’Aquino feel free to leave a message below.
Wondering if still have relatives there .
My grandpa was Nichola Torchia.
He passed away around 1979-1980.
Nardella was my grandmas maiden name .
Also Borgia was a family name .
i am looking for any coccimiglio or mendicino family in san mango daquino
Alexander Berardelli, 1st born son to Vittorio Berardelli and Maria Carmella Rosaria Frucasi was born in Calabria, we believe in San Mango D’Aquino. His siblings, Alfred and Lizzie (Louisa) were born in the US. We will be visiting Calabria and would like to track down any remaining relatives and more specific information on location. Any further information you could give us would be very much appreciated.
My grandfather was Felix Trunzo and married Rosina Notarianni. I would like to know if there are any relatives still living in SanMango D Aquino
Hello saw your post. So curious; my Nonna was a Trunzo
My grandfather was Natale Trunzo. He married Marianna Caputo. They were both from San Mango D’Aqunio and came to the United States and settled in Scranton PA.
Antoinette, please explain to me the “Trunzo aka Tunis” and “Tunis aka Trunzo” references I see for Natale and Marianna and especially their daughter Josephine Helen Tunis who married Malcolm Medley Green. Thanks!
My grandfather was pasquale Trunzo, born in San Mango D’Aquino in 1989 and immigrated through Ellis Island in 1914, settling in Scranton Pennsylvania.
1898
I am searching for a Giovanni “John” Antonio Leone and a Catarina (Firilli, Fiorello, Ferello) Saggio Leone (my great grandparents).
Catarina arrived in the US under the name of Saggio we believe in 1912. Giovanni arrived approximately 1907. They were married between 1912 and 1915.
Also looking for information on Francesco Leon, Mary Mancuso and Leopold Bonacci.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Any info on people named Ianni, Bonacci, Pileggi, or Taglialatela families from San Mango D’Aquino would be appreciated. I have an Aunt Cassandra Maria (Nina) Ianni Ferrari who went back in the 50s. There are 2 cousins left Rina and Nella. They married and had children. My maternal Grandfather was Federico Ianni. His wife was Tomassina Bonacci Ianni. Her nickname was Maddie’s.
I have a little info on your family. I’ve been chatting with someone who is also related to you and just gave her the names of Tomassina’s grandparents. Her mom was Cassandra and her grandparents were Isabella and Basile Bonacci. We are related thru Isabella and Basile.
Which Pileggi’s you looking for. If you are looking for the family of Gesualdo and Francesca Pileggi, I have it all.
I would love to share more info. We’ve just begun the San Mango research. However, I think we have common ancestors.
I’m looking for information on my great grandfather Giovanni Montoro and his wife Filopina Mendocino. They had two sons, Francesco and Nicola Montoro. Both came to the United States. I’ll be traveling to San Mango this summer and I’d like to trace more family history.
My grandfather Francesco Montoro was born Jan 1, 1896 in San Mango D’Aquino. I am seeking information on the church he may have been baptized in. His father was Giovanni and his mother was Filopina Mendicino. I am interested in where they may have lived or are buried.
My grandfather Francesco Montoro and his brother Nicola Guiseppe were born in San Mango. Francesco emigrated to Scranton, PA and his brother to Wilkes Barre, PA. Francesco’s parents were Giovanni and Filopina Mendicino Montoro.
My grandmother was Caterina Saggio and emigrated to USA IN 1912.
Any info would be appreciated.
My Mothers side is from San Mango D’Aquino name BERRARDELI?
My great-grandfather, Ambrosio Sacco, was born in San Mango. He was married to Rosa Arcuri and they were the parents of my grandfather, Pietro Sacco, who emigrated to the United States. My father was Ambrose Sacco of Scranton, Pa. I am looking for birth records for Pietro, and information about any siblings, as well as information as far back as possible. Gracie.
Sacco- My aunt Mary (Sacco) Flora lives in Clark Summit PA. She married Rudy Flora, son of Dominick and Vivian (Bonacci) Flora both from from San Mango. Her brother and family live in Scanton Pa. Tony and Pat are her nephews and have a pizza parlor in Scranton. Everyone is getting old, but if your interested, and this is new info to you- just reply- you could learn a lot if you dont know these peeps.
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My father’s family came from San Mango. I believe I have a cousin with the same name as mine-Gesualdo Pileggi, currently living in San Mango. I have been in San Mango twice, the last time about thirty years ago. My grandfather’s name was Gesualdo Pileggi, and he was married to Francesca Bonacci. Any current information you can give me will be appreciated.
i think Grandma Vivian Bonacci Flora, from San Mango had a sister named Frencesca.
Gram Viv died in 1992 she was 98 years old- b1895. The name something like Pellegrino ar Pegrini– we arent sure exactly the name, was supposed to be the Mom or Grandma of Vivian. …….? any help?
Hi Tammy, My dad has passed away since he wrote the previous message. do you know for sure that she had a sister named Francesca? My Francesca was born 1870 and a 15 year gap is not unusual. She married Gesualdo Pileggi..Close to Pellegrino/Pegrini! I have been having difficulty finding who Francesca’s parents and siblings were. If you have found any information I would appreciate it. In the meantime, if I can help you or anyone finding info on Bonacci’s or Pileggi’s, please let me know. I have a bunch of it, some related directly to me, some not, from a distant cousin in San Mango.
My great grandfather was also Alfonso Trunzo , my grandfather was his son Gasper Tronzo . I live in Punxsutawney Pa . Have you found anymore information ?
My father’s parents were born in San Mango d’Aquino. His father was Saverio Ianni and his parents were Anna Trunzo and Luigi Ianni, Luigi’s parents were Giocchino Ianni and Camella (Carmina) Cicco. His mother was Marianna Fiorillo and her parents were Vincenza Mendicino and Tommaso Fiorillo. Vincenza’s parents were Tommaso Mendicino and Rachele Ianni. Tommaso’s parents were Lorenzo Fiorillo and Guesa Cicco. If anyone has any information on the family I would greatly appreciate your help. Thank you.
I am looking for relatives from San Mango D’Aquino. My mothers name was Gina Ianni. She had a sister Nina, her fathers name was Federico Ianni, her mothers name was Tomassina. I believe her maiden name was Bonaccio. They had property in San Mango. My mother had one sister Nina. My grandfather went back to Italy in the early sixties. He died there. My moms sister had 2 daughters Rina and Nella.
My great grandfather was born in San Mango d’Aquino according to my genealogy research. His name was Alfonso L. Trunzo b. 6 Jul 1850. He was the son of Luiggi and Catherine (Pirelli) Trunzo. I believe his siblings were Nicolo and Francesco. He had 3 children that were born in Italy, and 3 that were born in the US. Any information on this family’s life in Italy would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! Jill