Posted by
km2001- AT - earthlink  -- NAME: Ken Menard
on 11/27/02 at 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: Discenza
In Reply to: Discenza posted by Joseph Discenza on 06/10/02 at 7:42 AM:
My great-grandfather and grandmother were from Ferrazzano
His name was Errenio and hers was Carmella (Perella).
They emigrated to the USA in, I believe, 1888 and settled
in the Boston, MA area. By 1900, per the census, they
were spelling the name Descenza.
My grandmother was born in Ferrazzano, also and came here
with her parents.
I went to Ferrazzano in May, this year. To see this
village, rising to your left, as you leave Campobasso,
is astounding. It looks like the "magic kingdom".
While there, we (my cousin Mary and I) were able to see
my grandmother's baptism record, from 1881, at the
church. We did find,that to research other relatives
records, you have to know their birthdate, or birth year,
at least. Town officials are not about to search through
the record books and YOU are not allowed to.
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