Region: Calabria Province: Cosenza
Tracing your Italian roots back to San Vincenzo La Costa, in Cosenza province, Calabria region?
This comprehensive guide empowers you to understand the records available in San Vincenzo La Costa, unlocking your family’s rich history.
Where to Begin Your Ancestry Journey in San Vincenzo La Costa
If your ancestral trail leads to San Vincenzo La Costa, Italy, their vital records are likely housed in two key locations:
- San Vincenzo La Costa City Hall Archives: Established in 1809, these archives hold civil registry records like births, marriages, and deaths for San Vincenzo La Costa residents since then.
- San Vincenzo La Costa Parish Churches: For records pre-dating 1809 or for religious ceremonies, exploring San Vincenzo La Costa’s parish church archives might be necessary.
Civil Records in San Vincenzo La Costa
In towns and villages of Calabria and in Cosenza province civil registry offices were established in 1809: it means that you could find your ancestors records in San Vincenzo La Costa Town Hall archives as of that date.
(If your goal is to get your Italian Citizenship and you need official certificates from San Vincenzo La Costa Municipality, follow this link).
So, if your ancestors lived in San Vincenzo La Costa during the past centuries, then you should start your family research from the City Office of San Vincenzo La Costa 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 Vincenzo La Costa !)
- 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 Vincenzo La Costa, 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 Vincenzo La Costa 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 Vincenzo La Costa. As more your surname is common, as more it could be difficult to find the right branch of your ancestors family in San Vincenzo La Costa 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 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 San Vincenzo La Costa
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 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 Vincenzo La Costa 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 San Vincenzo La Costa:
S. VINCENZO MARTIRE – Vico II Municipio
For our experience, if you plan to come here to visit San Vincenzo La Costa, 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 Cosenza.
If you need a professional help from our local genealogist in San Vincenzo La Costa area , write to sanvincenzolacosta@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 Vincenzo La Costa too.
Here below you can read the messages received from other visitors in San Vincenzo La Costa forum:
if you only want to discuss with other people interested in genealogy in San Vincenzo La Costa feel free to leave a message below.
We want to visit/take our farther back to La Vincenzo la Costa. Shouldn’t be that difficult. My father is Gaetano and I am Irene
Any clue as to the name of Catholic church in Gesuiti, near San Vencenzo La Costa, on or near via Alassandro Manzoni and Corso V Emanuele? What is it now? How do I find where sacrememt records are held. They are not at the diosese in Cosenza. My grandmother had said San Antonio, when she married there in 1910.
Is there any way to search for an orphan? My gr….grandmother was an Esposito which means orphan and she was born at the end of 1700’s. Thanks
Esposito means exposed and was a surname for foundlings. Foundlings had unknown parents and were treated unkindly. Orphans had known parents but deceased and were treated kindly. Very different. They were not housed together.
If you see this, I just did some work on a foundling from this town and might be able to help. The birth records were in a funky place in the register books and hard to find. Though oops, end of 1700s is pre Napoleonic civil records, so you’ll probably need church records. A local genealogist might be best.
I’m looking for relatives of Orlando DeFilippis and wife Lucy Pimpinelli. Orlando left there in 1912 but I’ know he left brothers and sisters. His dad was Vittorio and Mom. Ermenia.
great site hope there is someone who can give me any info thanks
Any clue as to the name of Catholic church in Gesuiti, near San Vencenzo La Costa, on or near via Alassandro Manzoni and Corso V Emanuele? What is it now? How do I find where sacrememt records are held. They are not at the diosese in Cosenza. My grandmother had said San Antonio, when she married there in 1910.
My son in law is half Italian. His grandparents are Livio Fallico and Francesca d`Alessandro, both born about 1928 in San Vincenzo la Costa. We do not know their parents or ancestors.
Hi Helen,
Livio Fallico was my uncle (dad’s brother). My father was Francesco Fallico. And actually, Zio Livio baptized me. Who is your son in law? Must be one of my cousin’s son.
Ida
Responding to Emily,
Just an FYI! Your grandfather Antonio was my grandfater Fortunato’s
Younger Brother. My grandfather came to the US
In 1903 and he traveled with an Aiello. They wen
To Port Chester NY to work with his friend/cousin Aiello’s Father or
Relative. I have their names. Your grandmother Millie may be related
To those Aiellos. We all lived in Bay Ridge/dyker Heights
And my mom knows your family very well
And misses Tessie very much! She is 96
And the last Magnifico sibling! Hope to hear from Emily
On ancestry or this wonderful site.
I am interested in clarifying information on my great grandparents. My great grandmothers name was Angelina Coscarelli born around 1874 and died 1946, my great grandfather Gaetano Zuccarelli born 1869 died 1965. My grandmother Adelina Zuccarelli born October 15, 1906 and died March 26 either 1930 or 1932.
Adelina Zuccarelli married Adolfo Zangari – don’t have date
had two children – my father Giovanni Gaetano Zangari born February 28, 1928
– my aunt Maria Zangari- born October 1925
Adolfo Zangari born October 15, 1906 died Feb. 5, 1950
parents – father- Adolfo Zangari born 1876 ? died 1951?
– mother – Maria Sansosti born 1881? died 1956?
My father married my mother Ida Palma Rocchetti on February 6, 1949, my mother’s family is from Rende. Her parents were Francesca and Francesco Rocchetti.
Most of the information I have is from a document from the Commune Di S. Vincenzo La Costa for immigration purpose dated 12/4/1952.
Whatever information you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance, if there are any charges to gather this information please provide me with the information.
Vicky
Hi There came across your comment written in 2017 just wondered if your great grandparents and my grandparents are the same people my grandmothers name was Angelina died in the forty’s my grandfathers name Gaetano Zuccarelli died in the early sixties. They were from Gesuiti in San Vincenzo la costa in Cozenza. My fathers name was Pietro he came from a family of nine. My father was born in September of 1913 in the above town and region. Hope there is some connection
Best regards
Gaetano Zuccarelli
I am interested to learn whether there is still family in San Vincenzo La Costa. Both my grandparents were from there. My grandfather was Antonio Magnifico and my grandmother was Emelia Aiello. My grandmother’s parents were Nuziato LoFeoda and Vincenzo Aiello. They had 7 children: Frank, Emelia,Sam,Erminia, Louisa, Ernesto, Peppino (joseph). I also believe that Erminia, Ernesto and Peppino remained in Cosenza, the others migrated to the US and Canada.
Any information would be wonderful. Thank you
Hello,
My Grandmother is from the same town. Her name is Elena Ciancio. My grandma knows Ernesto, Peppino, Erminia. She thinks Ernesto married her aunt Emilia. We would love to know if you have any info. Thanks!
So 3 years later….. My grandmother ‘s mother was Madeline Ciancio. Married Antonio Corrado. All family is from in and around San Vincenzo. Montalto Uffugo, Gesuiti, San Fili.. Surnames also Calomino and Cribari and more…… Contact me.
Hi Trish, my surname is Bevacqua, on my 2 grandparents’ side, since they were cousins and got married.
My maternal great-grandmother was María Michelina Antonetta Cribari (born in 1876 in Montalto Uffugo), married to Francesco Antonio Bevacqua (veterinarian, born in 1875 in San Vincenzo la Costa). They had 5 children, one of which was my grandmother María Luisa Bevacqua who emigrated to Argentina in 1933. Hope you read this!!
I am Giuseppe from Gesuiti. My friend Renzo Zuccarelli,now living in Canada was also a grandson of Gaetano Zuccarelli whom had various children, Emilio and others living in Giuranda, Gesuiti.
Good evening to you Giuseppe Gaetano fioravandi Zuccarelli my Nonno was also Gaetano born and died in Gesuiti have a half brother Renzo married to Tonina living now in Ontario Toronto and a sister nunciatta as well.Our father Pietro. Passed in South Africa in 2003. We are seven brothers and two sisters eldest Nancy 87 yrs then Renzo 85yrs on 4 November now soon is Renzo’s birthday and the youngest is Laura 54 yrs. nice to reply to you Giuseppe, we are all planning a family reunion next year sometime will definitely be in touch with you. Thank you for your post keep well Ciao
Gaetano
do you have criminal record available from 1915 to 1930?