If you search your ancestors in Corleone, in the province of Palermo, Sicilia region, the documents about your Italian family are stored in the City Office archives and in the parishes in the town.This is where to start your family history research.
Civil Records in Corleone
In towns and villages of Sicilia and in Palermo province registry offices were established in 1809: it means that you could find your ancestors records in Corleone town hall archives as of that date.
(If your goal is to get your Italian Citizenship and you need official certificates from Corleone, please follow this link)
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So, if your ancestors lived in Corleone during the past centuries, then you should start your family research from the City Office of Corleone to know more: our local expert is ready to help you in your research!
Otherwise, 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 Sicilia and of course in Corleone too!
Next picture shows the demographic trends in Corleone 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 Corleone. As more your surname is common, as more it could be difficult to find the right branch of your ancestors family in Corleone archives, expecially if you have not exact dates.
It could be useful for you to know that some of the most common surnames in Palermo province are:
Aiello, Amato, Barone, Battaglia, Bruno, Caruso, Catalano, Costa, Cusimano, D’Amico, D’Angelo, Di Maggio, Di Salvo, Ferrante, Ferrara, Gambino, Geraci, Giordano, Greco, La Barbera, La Rosa, Lo Cascio, Lombardo, Macaluso, Mancuso, Maniscalco, Mannino, Marchese, Marino, Martorana, Mazzola, Messina, Mineo, Orlando, Palazzolo, Parisi, Pecoraro, Piazza, Randazzo, Rizzo, Romano, Russo, Sciortino, Siragusa, Taormina, Tarantino, Vassallo, Vitale.
Church Records in Corleone
Church archives in Palermo 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 Sicilia started during 1500!
They 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 Corleone on your behalf.
In case you want to visit churches, these are the addresses of parishes active today in Corleone:
MARIA SS. DELLE GRAZIE – Via Madonna delle Grazie
S. LEOLUCA – Via S. Leoluca
S. MARIA DI GESU’ – P.zza S. Maria
S. MARTINO – P.zza Garibaldi
S. ROSALIA – Piazza Federico II Loc. Ficuzza
S. MARIA DI GESU’ – P.zza S. Maria
S. ROSALIA – Piazza Federico II Loc. Ficuzza
Anyway for our experience, if you plan to come here, we always suggest to start the research months before the arrival.
In this way you will avoid 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 before your arrival, you will have more free time to visit the town and surroundings on your ancestors footsteps.
Another important source of information are the notary documents available to expert researchers in the State Archives.
If you are in Sicilia and you are able to decipher old italian handwritten documents you can reach the archive here:
Archivio di Stato di Palermo
Address: Via Vittorio Emanuele, 31 – Palermo
Phone: +39 0912704001 .002 .003
Days and opening hours: monday – friday 08:00 – 18:00 saturday 08:00 – 13:30 weekly closing: Sunday and holidays; no reservation
If you need a professional help from our local genealogist in Corleone area , write to corleone@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.
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Here below you can read the messages received from other visitors in Corleone forum:
if you only want to discuss with other people interested in genealogy in Corleone feel free to leave a message below.
Looking for any information regarding great and great great grandparents born in Corleone Sicily.
Charles (not sure of Italian name) and Lena DiPuma
son: Vincenzo Dipuma married Antonina(Marino) in 1889 – one daughter born in Sicily
Anna around 1890-1891.
Then migrated thru New Orleans around 1897
Trying to find more information regarding their lives in Corleone Sicily area.
Thanks
Thomas , Charles and John DiPuma all came to Chicago area around that time. Three brothers from Corleone. I’m grandson to Thomas.. . My brother Bernard did a search on the family a few years ago. Some DiPuma’s went to Chicago, some to New York ans some to Louisiana and Texas… It seems John, Charlie and Thomas were common family names!!
Hello,
I am desperately looking for information and records from my great-grandparents. His name was Domenico Gebbia or Jabbia, born est.1860-1862 in Corleone, Palermo. His wife was Natalia Ficarrotta, born est. 1863 – 1865, same town.
They are both listed in the 1920 US census – he is said to be 59 years old then. She is said to be 57 years old.They had a daughter named Rosa.
Please, any help or information would be greatly appreciated.
My Grandfather was born in Corleone, Palermo. His name was Pietro Gebbia (changed to Jabbia) His is Mother’s name was Rosa. I cannot find any information on my grandfather’s family as he came to the USA and settled in Louisiana. He came alone at the age of 15.
I’m looking for my grand parents birth certificates in corleone Sicily whoes name is Salvotore Reina. It could also be Riina.
I am interested in finding out the number of the house in which my grandfather, Francesco Saltaformaggio, was born on Via Candlelora In Corleone, Sicily. He was born on 1/30/1856 on Via Candlelora. I am traveling to Corleone in March and would love to see it. His parents were Vito Saltaformaggio and Rosalie DiMaggio or so it appears on his birth certificate. He married Maria Concetta DiCarlo, who was also born in Corleone on 9/23/1866. I have a copy of their marriage certificate, but I can’t read it. It looks like they were married in 1884. What is the best way to find out the location of this house if it is still there? Thank you, Elaine
Elaine, My great great grandfather was Anthony “Papa Tony” DiCarlo and he migrated from Corleone to Louisiana in 1890. Maybe we have some relatives in common!
Also, I understand that perhaps cousins of the Catinella family are “Comiso’s”. My grandparents are also the Comiso family from Monreal…..Mt great grandfather had the last name Comiso and served in the Italian army and eventually moved to Chicago in the late 1800s. Thank you, Linda
DiPuma from New York here. My dad’s family is from Canicattì and Corleone. Came to New York late 1800’s.
Linda, my great grandfather, Dominick Catinella was married to Rosa Comiso. They had 13 children. I do not know if my great grandmother had siblings. They moved to Chicago. I would love to talk with you more about this.
Hi. My great grandma’s family was from Corleone. Her maiden name was “Catinella.” My great grandmother’s family came to Chicago probably in the late 1800s. Maria Catinella was born in Chicago but her family was from Corleone. Thank you.
I am also a Linda with grandparents named Comiskey and Catinella. Thomas Comiso died in 2001 and his mother Mary Catinella married Nick Comiso in Chicago from Bridgeport area
My great grand parents from corleone moved to Chicago late 1800s. Nick Comiso Mary catinella. I understand there were 14 kids in her family 8 boys 6 girls. All I know about the Comisos nick. Brother Tom. There mother Agnes was raised in a convent supposed to be a illegitimate daughter of the king or prince. In Chicago there were Very active with Chicago chapter of the union sicileone. I would like to learn much more of the catinella s
JOSEPH, THIS MUST HAVE BEEN A VERY COMMON OCCURANCE. MY GRANDMOTHER BORN IN CORLEONE IN 1870 SAID SHE WAS THE ILLEGITIMATE DAUGHTER OF A PRINCESS OR MAYBE IT WAS A PRINCE. HER NAME WAS FILOMENA SOBO CAME TO AMERICA IN 1905 WITH 3 CHILDREN AT THE AGE OF 35. i CAN’T FIND ANY INFROMATION OTHER THAN WHAT SHOWS ON HER PASSPORT. SHE SETTLED IN NYC. I HOPE YOU’VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR SEARCH.
I am visiting Palermo for three weeks in August ’15, and plan to spend a few days in Corleone researching my family. My GGrandfather was Filippo Listi, m. Maria Rosa Spinella. I have each of their birth certificates, marriage license, and know the parents names (Agostino Listi, Lucia Provenzano; Luciano Spinella & Maria Vernagallo.
I am interested in finding out 1. Who Filippo’s brothers were, their grandparents, etc., and if I have any livng family there.
I have exhausted the internet sites, Can you make suggestions as to where I might go to in Corleone to find this information? Thank you, Tena