Thank you so much for your response. I am ashamed to admit that the only Italian my husband ever heard came from his Great grandmother and not one other person ever spoke it. They allowed the most beautiful language in the world to go to the way side.
I am also wishing I had taken Italian instead of spanish in school.
If this puzzle gets any bigger I may be bald by the time I find this family. I am spending 10 to 12 hours a day searching and nothing. its like they came to America and did not exist before that. But I am determined so that helps
Thank you for your info I will add it to my notebook and start looking for all variations of all the names I am searching for.