Genealogy in Spigno Saturnia
Tracing your Italian roots back to Spigno Saturnia (in Latina province, Lazio region) begins with understanding which records exist and where they are preserved. On this page you’ll find a clear guide to the civil, parish and historical sources available for genealogy in Spigno Saturnia.
Spigno Saturnia family history at a glance
- Region: Lazio
- Province: Latina
- Type of records: civil and parish records
- Civil registration: from the 19th century onwards (Papal States / post-unification)
- Parish records: often older than civil records (in some cases from the 1600s)
Research experience on families in Spigno Saturnia
Over the years, ItalianSide has conducted genealogy research on historical families from Spigno Saturnia, involving many surnames traditionally found in the town, including branches of the following families: Moschetta, Mallozzi, Simeone, Cristo, Santilli, Pensiero, Stagno, Tuccillo, Vento, Cardillo, Ciccione, Santamaria, Tedesco, Venturino and others.
Many records relating to families and individuals are already stored in our databases and include, in addition to names and dates, further information such as occupations, residential addresses, and key family and social relationships within the Spigno Saturnia community in past centuries.
Part of the information used by ItalianSide in genealogy research derives from a proprietary archive of on-site research conducted over many years in Spigno Saturnia and by our experts. This archive includes studies, family trees, and data not available online, such as cross-referenced family relationships, occupational histories, deciphered or translated documents, residential patterns, and visual documentation.
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
Direct access to archives and a deep understanding of the local context allow for more complete and accurate results than research conducted remotely or based on partial sources alone. Research may be carried out using all available sources in both public and private archives.
Genealogy in Spigno Saturnia
If your ancestors came from Spigno Saturnia, in Latina province (Lazio region), the first step is to identify the local archives where records are kept. Most family history research starts from the civil registry office at the Comune and continues in parish and notary archives.
Where to begin your ancestry journey in Spigno Saturnia
Vital records for people born, married or deceased in Spigno Saturnia are usually preserved in:
- Spigno Saturnia City Hall archives: civil records (births, marriages, deaths) from 1809 onwards.
- Spigno Saturnia parish churches: in Lazio religious registers, which can often take your research back to the 1600s and sometimes as far as the 1500s.
Civil Records (Stato Civile) in Spigno Saturnia
In the areas of Lazio that were part of the Papal States, including Latina province, civil registration offices were gradually established during the 19th century and after Italian unification. This means you can often find your ancestors’ civil records in the Town Hall archives of Spigno Saturnia starting from those years (the exact starting year can change from town to town).
This means you can often find your ancestors’ civil records in the Town Hall archives of Spigno Saturnia from that year onwards.
(If your goal is to obtain Italian citizenship and you need official certificates from Spigno Saturnia, please follow this link.)
If your ancestors lived in Spigno Saturnia during the past centuries, the City Office of Spigno Saturnia 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 Spigno Saturnia.
- 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.
Street names in Spigno Saturnia
The names of the street in Spigno Saturnia, can help identify ancestral addresses found in civil records, parish documents, and old family papers.
At today, some of the main streets in Spigno Saturnia are: VIA GIACOMO LEOPARDI, VIA TURRIMAI, VIA SATURNIA, VIA CAPODACQUA, VIA PISCINOLA, VIA VESPO, VIA FORNELLO, STRADA REGIONALE 630 AUSONIA, VIA MARAGONI, VIA RAPELLA, VIA SECONDA COSTA SATURNIA, VIA ROMA, VIA VIRGILIO ZANGRILLI, VIA CAMPEO, VIA VENALI, VIA ARACOELI, VIA PEZZELLARI, VIA PEDEMONTANA, VIA PONARO COCO, VIA MUNICIPIO and others.
If you want help to identify street names connected with your ancestors in Spigno Saturnia just follow the link below.
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 Lazio and specifically in Spigno Saturnia.
Population trends in Spigno Saturnia
The chart below shows the demographic trends in Spigno Saturnia 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 Spigno Saturnia
Church archives in Latina 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 Lazio, 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 Spigno Saturnia 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 Spigno Saturnia:
S. CROCE – P.zza S. Croce
S. GIOVANNI BATTISTA – Piazza Dante
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 Spigno Saturnia and Lazio 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 Spigno Saturnia
Historical cadastral and land records used to identify property ownership, track real estate transfers over time, and confirm the historical presence of families within Spigno Saturnia. ItalianSide provides professional assistance in accessing and interpreting these records, where available.
Planning a visit to Spigno Saturnia
From our experience, if you plan to visit Spigno Saturnia 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.
Professional help for research in Spigno Saturnia
If you need professional support from our local genealogist in the Spigno Saturnia area, write to spignosaturnia@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 Spigno Saturnia
Here below you can read messages from other visitors in the Spigno Saturnia forum. If you simply want to discuss genealogy in Spigno Saturnia with other people, feel free to leave a message.
Looking for information on my grandparents from Spigno. Grandmothers parents were Giovanni Vaccarelli and Maria Carmina Parenti, grandfathers parents were Giovanni Moschetti and Antonia Santamaria. My grandfather immigrated to Pittsburgh and did my grandmother and her parents. Any help is appreciated. I also have a great grandmother Antoniette vento married to Vincenzo Vacararello. Thank you for any help
My family is listed on ship manifesto as being from Spigno Saturnia. Name is Gaudino. Settled in Pittsburgh via Ellis Island. Putting a feeler out there to see if it generates a response and maybe a connection. Family history stalled at the Italian parish level.
Thank you for reading.
Hi Dan! My Great Grandmother was from there and was born Francesca Gaudino. Her Mom was Rosa Marie Simeone(May have mis-spelled) and her father was Domiano Gaudino. All from Spigno Saturnia.
Hello, My name is Kristina.
My family is from Spigno, Italy, and I am trying to find family background information to share with my family in the U.S.
My great grandparents were agnes mary vento, her parents were rose and anthony vento. My great grandfather was guiseppe (joseph) simeone and his parents were speranza or speranzia cianci and I think Guiseppe Simeone Sr.
I have found census records showing that my great grandparents took in a louis orgera as a boarder for some time. I think there might be a family connection there. I have also heard that there are Tedescos in our family. From what I hear it is a small place (or was a small place) and these families were all very close.
Thank you,
Kristina
I have Simeone lineage from Spigno Saturnia and I have Tedesco’s as well. I would love to compare
My grandfather, Tommaso Tedesco. Grandmother, Francesca Moschetta. Greatgrandmother, Caroline Garofalo. (born 1869)
I’m very interested in finding out my family roots. My grandfathers name was Frank Sineone, he was my mother’s father, and he was born in Spigno Saturnia. Any information would be appreciated.
My grandfather was Alfred Simeone. Also born in Spigno Saturnia. Came from Otsly to Pittsburgh.
My daughter wants to build a family tree
my grandparents were vincenzo pampena and graziela or (maria grazia) zavolta
I know that we are of spanish decent that came to the region in 1537 and that they had 3 sons
How or where may I get more information?
Yhank You
my Grandfather was Salvatore Orgera (Ortenzo) his grandmother was Marta Pampena my grandfather also said they were from Spain by way to Spigno. Our DNA shows we have Iberia blood lines. I live in Pittsburgh. I would like to hear from you.
My name is Linda Cocomello. My father Giuseppe was born in Spigno Saturnia in 1927 to Pasquale and Francesca Cocomello. Dad had three sisters, Angelina, Lucia and Maria. Angelina stayed in spigno, Lucia and Giuseppe went to Australia and Maria went to live in Canada. Is it possible to give me any information on Angelina and her family. Her name may possibly be Arcangelina.
I am wondering about the immigration of my grandfather, Alessio Costanzo, in the late 1920’s or early 1930’s. My grandfather’s wife’s name was Maria (I believe). He had five children and was a stone mason.
Jean, this is cousin Steve (Evelyn’s son). I have some records I found
after going through my mothers things after she passed.
My name is Ethel (Zangrill)Putthoff and I am the daughter of the late Ralph and Sophie Zangrilli formerly of Pittsburgh, Pa. My grandfather was Vincenzo Zangrilli and his wife was Nioletta of Spigno Saturnia. I believe my father and Pasquale Zangrilli were first cousins. I used to visit Pasquale and Virginia on Sunday’s as a child and knew their children quite well: Albert, Esther and Dominic. I have visited Italy but have never been to Spigno. Myra if you have any info you can share on the family, please let me know, it would be appreciated.
My name is Frank Zottola my mother was Genevieve Zangrilli Zottola. Her father was Francisco Zangrilli, she had 4 sisters Maria, Erminia, Lucia and Angelina. Years ago I was in touch with Myra, maybe she still remembers me.
I am sitting here with my cousin Myra Ortenzo, my grandfather is Rafaelle Zangrilli your grandfather’s brother. I live in Monticello, NY. Are you still residing in Warwick.
Frank, I just came back from Spigno and visited
Franca and Eduardo. My cousin Ann and I are planning a Zangrilli reunion for next year are you interested? I need info.
Ethel,
I have Zangrilli info I am willing to share with you. Do you live in Pittsburgh?
Hi, I’m from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and my grandfather says our family comes from Saturnia. Anyone have a Cardillo or Simeone connection?
My uncle, Joseph Feloso , was married to Clara Simeone.
They lived in Pittsburgh, PA.
My name is Andrea, my grandpa was F. James Fellis which was changed from Feloso. He and his brother Tom moved to San Diego from Pittsburgh while in the Navy. I am positive, I am related to you through the Feloso side. All the men came over and I have a few Ellis Island records with names and sponsors. I would greatly appreciate finding out more information about my family.
Hi. I’m researching my husband’s side and he is connected to the Cardillos and Simeones from Pittsburgh. How are you connected?
How can i get your info so we can compare! My grandfather is John Simeone, and his parents were Salvatore Simeone and Maria Cardillo
Myra you contacted me a couple of years ago but I have lost your phone number. I am the daughter of Ralph and Sophia Zangrilli and I reside in Springfield, MO. I was born in Pittsburgh as were my parents. My dad was brother to Lydia Fiorucci and Annie Tunno, also several brothers. Can you email me with any information?
Any info you have will be appreciated.
Myra please get in touch with me. You did so at one time but I lost the info. My daughter is working on the Zangrilli family tree. Actually it would be better if you contacted her at the address below
I just came across this. Myra I live in MO. I recall my father’s sister (Lydia Fiorucci) mentioning your name when I was younger. Would love hearing from you
Hi Ethel My name is Jodi (Zangrilli) Cook and I am Albert’s daughter and Pasquale and Virginia’s grandaughter. My dad passed away when I was 13 and my Aunt Esther passed away when I was 2. I would love to learn more about my ancestry.
My grandfather was born in spigno saturnia in and1894. He has two brothers, Salvatore,Domunick.If you have some info on them that would be great.But I know nothing about my grandmother, Her maiden name is Lucy siberina born in 1890. If you can find out anything that would be wonderful thank you.
My mother was born October 6, 1921 in Pittsburgh, PA. Her father was August Tedesco; and her mother was Elvira Vento, sister of Josephine Vento (Ralph Santilli, husband), and brother of Anthony Vento. All of Spigno Saturnia. My mother’s ancestors all migrated to the United States, and settled in Pittsburgh, PA. I am arriving in Rome, Italy on July 4, 2015, and will depart Italy on July 11, 2015. I plan to visit Spigno during my visit to Italy. There is a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary that was donated and placed in the Spigno Saturnia Church in the memory of my grandmother (Elvira Tedesco. It is my intention to visit this church so that I may see the church and the statue. My uncle Pat Tamburino, is the general manager of the Spigno Saturnia Club in Pittsburgh, PA and I believe is related to the major of Spigno . . . I truly would love to get in touch with friends or relatives, so that our visit will be forever remembered and enjoyed . . . I am very excited to make this pilgrimage.
Buddy Piccolino (my father’s family and relatives are in the nearby village of Salvega)
Buddy, I hope you’ve found all that you were looking for and had a wonderful trip. I put in two of my ancestor’s names with the location of Spigno Saturnia and found this post of yours. I was pretty blown away. Several of my ancestors came to the US around 1900 from Spigno Saturnio and share surnames with your family. They were all located in Pittsburgh, PA and lived there for several decades. My maiden name is Tamberen, it appears it was originally Tamburino. My father’s father was Charles Tamberen, his father was Charles (originally Pasquale) Tamburino, his father was Luigi Tamburino. Luigi and his wife, Rose Tedesco Tamburino, emmigrated from Spigno Saturnio in 1900 with their newborn Pasquale.
I’d be VERY interested in connecting with your uncle Pat Tamburino. I’m sure it’s a common name, but I wonder if many of the Tamburino family members were related. I’d LOVE to hear of any family finding you have. Even if we aren’t related, it confirms the original spelling of my surname! That’s a huge breakthrough for me!
Pat Tamborine was a friend of the family. Last time I saw him, he gave me a beer at the Club in Pittsburgh. Great man.
searching for information on Zangrilli gamily who immigrated to Pittsburgh in late 1930’s. Mothers name was Virginia, daughter Esther and son Dominic. My wife is daughter of Esther Zangrilli who was born born in Spigno Saturnia sometime in 1920’s
My wife and I plan to visit Spigno Saturnia town in March 2015
Anthony
Ester Zangrilli’s father Pasquale was my grandfather’s brother Dominico’s son. I have a good bit of info on the family. I live in Gibsonia, PA.