The Breakthrough
After getting this information, Nadine went hunting on FamilySearch.org and discovered this:
Caterina CERACITANO
Birth: About 1840 Castelvetere, Reggio Calabria, Italy
Francesco PISCIONERI
Birth: About 1838 Castelvetere, Reggio Calabria, Italy
Marriage: About 1862 Castelvetere, Reggio Calabria, Italy
Bless Nadine, I have no idea how she made this connection from Jaratitano, but it sure looks like a match! The years are about right….although clearly imprecise. But we’re on to something now.
There is a note on the record that states:
Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. No additional information is available. Ancestral File may list the same family and the submitter.
There is still one thing that is a little odd — they were born and married in Castelvetere. Where is that?? They have a son, Nicola (one of the names on our list — a good sign) and he was born in Castelvetere, yet died in Caulonia. Would they have moved with a young child, and set up housekeeping in another town? Seems odd, but you never know. Still more research needed to confirm this.