Hi Greg,
I was surprised to get e-mail about your post. I almost forgot I had left one here.
It is probably going to be difficult to find the truth about the part of your story that took place in Sicily, but you can certainly find out a lot about ancestors once they got here.
While working on my Capitano family I became frustrated because almost every Capitano family in Tampa, Louisiana, and Pennsylvania has the same given names. I started charting miscellaneous Capitano records on a separate chart – Miscellaneous Capitanos -- a lot of families are emerging from that.
I do have some information on the Ernest Ignacio and Bendetta Carlise Capitano family. I also have information on a LaRocca family that went from Louisiana to Tampa where LaRocca was stepfather to Capitanos. I haven’t really sorted all that out but they may be connected to your Ernest C.
Send e-mail and maybe we can sort some of this out and I can send you what I have.
Cynthia
CynthiaBis@yahoo.com