Comments on: Sicilian Surnames – History and Onomatology [Luigi Mendola] http://www.italiansurname.com/sicilian-surnames-history-and-onomatology-luigi-mendola/ Connecting Families One Name at a Time Fri, 27 Sep 2019 23:18:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Rich http://www.italiansurname.com/sicilian-surnames-history-and-onomatology-luigi-mendola/#comment-1255 Fri, 27 Sep 2019 23:18:35 +0000 http://www.italiansurname.com/?p=289#comment-1255 The problem with Luigi Mendola’s historical account is that Russo means a Russian, from Medieval Latin from Rus, he rows or the men who row and is NOT a variant of the Italian word Rosso. So, who were all these Russians? The Rus Vikings. All Vikings or Normans (French for a Norseman, i.e, Viking) were called Rus by the Byzantine Greeks. This is why we find the name Russo so common not only in Sicily where it is the most common name, but also in Southern Italy in exactly the regions that the Vikings had conquered and turned the lands over from the Byzantine Orthodox Greeks to the Roman Pope. Look at any map of Sicily of 1154 and it should be obvious.

]]> By: Nuccia http://www.italiansurname.com/sicilian-surnames-history-and-onomatology-luigi-mendola/#comment-986 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 08:02:34 +0000 http://www.italiansurname.com/?p=289#comment-986 Hi Angela. Have you tried looking through https://www.familysearch.org ? There are quite a few records for Sicily available but many are browse only files. Since you don’t have the correct town it my be worth going through the records to see if you can locate for grandmothers birth act. Hope this helps.

]]> By: Angela Giovanniello http://www.italiansurname.com/sicilian-surnames-history-and-onomatology-luigi-mendola/#comment-985 Mon, 25 Feb 2019 04:34:23 +0000 http://www.italiansurname.com/?p=289#comment-985 I am trying to find my grandmother’s family in Sicily. Her name is Maria Vesso born sometime around 1894. I believe she comes from the Palermo-Agrigento area. Any help would be appreciated.

]]> By: Nuccia http://www.italiansurname.com/sicilian-surnames-history-and-onomatology-luigi-mendola/#comment-21 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 07:05:28 +0000 http://www.italiansurname.com/?p=289#comment-21 In reply to Johnette Cappadona.

What type of information are you looking for – U.S. or Italian? What research have you done [if any] so far? Some records for Trapani are already available on the Family Search Website so that may be a good place to start. Of course I do suggest you try and do as much of your U.S. research first. Hope this helps.

]]> By: Johnette Cappadona http://www.italiansurname.com/sicilian-surnames-history-and-onomatology-luigi-mendola/#comment-20 Mon, 04 Jan 2016 21:00:36 +0000 http://www.italiansurname.com/?p=289#comment-20 Looking for information on my Grandfather …
Town of Castelvetrano
Providence of Trapani
Moved to USA (Louisiana) in later 1800’s

Name: Antonio Cappadonna

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