Region: Campania Province: Salerno
Tracing your Italian roots back to Auletta, in Salerno province, Campania region?
This comprehensive guide empowers you to understand the records available in Auletta, unlocking your family’s rich history.
Where to Begin Your Ancestry Journey in Auletta
If your ancestral trail leads to Auletta, Italy, their vital records are likely housed in two key locations:
- Auletta City Hall Archives: Established in 1809, these archives hold civil registry records like births, marriages, and deaths for Auletta residents since then.
- Auletta Parish Churches: For records pre-dating 1809 or for religious ceremonies, exploring Auletta’s parish church archives might be necessary.
Civil Records in Auletta
In towns and villages of Campania and in Salerno province civil registry offices were established in 1809: it means that you could find your ancestors records in Auletta Town Hall archives as of that date.
(If your goal is to get your Italian Citizenship and you need official certificates from Auletta Municipality, follow this link).
So, if your ancestors lived in Auletta during the past centuries, then you should start your family research from the City Office of Auletta 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 Auletta !)
- 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 Auletta, 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 Auletta 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 Auletta. As more your surname is common, as more it could be difficult to find the right branch of your ancestors family in Auletta 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 Salerno province are:
Alfano, Amato, Annunziata, Apicella, Bruno, Califano, Caputo, Cirillo, Coppola, Cuomo, D’Amato, D’Ambrosio, D’Angelo, De Luca, De Martino, De Rosa, Esposito, Ferraioli, Ferrara, Gallo, Giordano, Greco, Grimaldi, Iannone, Lamberti, Landi, Manzo, Marino, Napoli, Pagano, Palumbo, Pellegrino, Pepe, Rinaldi, Rizzo, Romano, Ruggiero, Russo, Santoro, Senatore, Sessa, Sica, Sorrentino, Tortora, Trotta, Vitale, Vitolo, Volpe.
Church Records in Auletta
Church archives in Salerno 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 Campania 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 Auletta 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 Auletta:
S. NICOLA DI MIRA – Largo Cappelli, 40
For our experience, if you plan to come here to visit Auletta, 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 Salerno.
If you need a professional help from our local genealogist in Auletta area , write to auletta@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 Campania and of course in Auletta too.
Here below you can read the messages received from other visitors in Auletta forum:
if you only want to discuss with other people interested in genealogy in Auletta feel free to leave a message below.
my grand grand father was born in Auletta his name Pasquale Via his father Vicente , his mother Rosa Muccioli also looking for relatives and perhaps interesting stories… thank you
My father Italo was born in Auletta in 1927. My grandmother was Rosa Soldiviero and my grandfather was Valentino Soldiviero. Looking for any living relatives. May be visiting there in June 2023
My mother Teresina Tortorello was born in auletta. She came to America with other family but left behind sister Angelina cillibert wha had married. She had one Son and he had 2 sons. Last heard from them in 1950. Any relatives please respond.
I am in Salerno Italy and am in the process of becoming an Italian citizen I have some documents and certifications don in Auletta I would like a Genealogist from Auletta or a geneologist that is familiar with the opromolla family lineage in Auletta or salerno , …………Return a message for more details Thank you and sincerely LEONARD OPROMOLLA
Family history has that my father’s mother was born in Auletta, Feb., 1870. Her family name is Quarinello or Guarinello. She traveled to the US as a young girl approximately 10-12 years old and accompanied her aunt. I would be interested in any information regarding the family with either name. Thank you for any information.
How can I find information on The Massacre st Auletta which occurred circa 1862 .. looking for names of those killed
Looking for history on Carlos Auletta late 1800’s and Giovanni Auletta and his wife Mariangela Frecciia. ( probably mid 1800’s) . Those were Carlos’s parents I believe , Pasquale Auletta Carlos’s son was my great grandfather. Who came to the US around 1905 through Ellis Island and started a family in Huntington Long Island NY. They were. From the town of Auletta, Italy
Giovanni Casalaspro born around 1880 in or near Auletta, Salerno, Campania
Giuseppantonio Rumolo Caslalaspro born around 1884 in or near Auletta, Salerno, Campania
Any information on exact dates of birth, marriage, addresses and when they left Italy for the USA?
Hi, My name is Sharon and I am 35 years old, from New York City, USA. My family tree dates back to 1880- with Joseph Scaramuzzo. His son, his son, his son and his son, are all named Joseph. That is the furthest back I can trace is that far. The women in my family that married the Scaramuzzo men, all seemed to have been arranged, each woman coming from Italy. It seems a large part of Italian immigrants, came from Auletta region, many settling in my neighborhood here in Staten Island, Rosebank. I would like to see if there are still any Scaramuzzo family that remain in Auletta or anywhere. Thank you so much. Please help direct me where to go.
Sharon
My Grandpa Joe Casella had cousin in Rosebank They both were from Auletta His Name was Nicola
My Grandmother was a Nicoli and married a Cafaro. Vera and Pat. They lived in Rosebank. Some of us still do.
do you think everyone from rosebank was from there?
My grandfather settled in Rosebank when he came over from Auletta in the early 20,s. I believe he had cousins already living there