PJ,
I am also trying to work on the Sferlazza/Sperlazza family tree. My husband's mother was Laura Sperlazza whose mother was Concetta Vento and her father was Pietro Sferlazza. She was born in 1916 in Waterloo, New York. Her mother's mother, Concetta, had brothers names Giuseppe Vento and Mariano Vento. There was also another sister named Maria.
I have all the family names sent to my husband by a cousin, Margaret Salerno Brown. If you are still working on your family tree, contact me via email at
teachbaj@yahoo.com.
The Ellis Island website gave me some information, but the last name of Sferlazza was misspelled in several different ways. I think that Laura's family wanted to come so they just let the folks at the island spell their name anyway. Just a thought.
Barb Jones