In the book ITALIAN AMERICAN ROOTS, Volume 1 (1851-1861), Civil Records
of
Births - Marriages - Deaths of Alia, Sicily the author Albert J.
Robichaux,
Jr., has abstracted information from the filmed records of Alia, a town
in
Palermo Province, Sicily Region. Many Italian immigrants from Alia
entered
the United States through the port of New Orleans and settled in
Louisiana.
The book may be purchased from Hebert Publications, PO BOX 147,
Rayne LA 70578 USA. Telephone 318-873-6574.
The information in the book is the civil vital records for Alia. The LDS
(Mormon) Church has microfilmed the civil records for Alia for the
period 1821-1910, parish Church records for 1823-1825 and census records
for 1714-1748.
The FHL catalogs can be searched on-line at
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp.
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David E. Zerga
SYSOP Genealogia Section,
Compuserve's Italian Forum ITALFOR
POINTer 2230
Searching ZEREGA, MAGIOLO, CUNEO, FERRETTO, RATTO,
VALENTE, MILANTA, SAMMURI
Coreglia Ligure and Dezerega, Genova, Liguria
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