JBL Melilli Database

The following is a list of Melilli Family Names that have been researched and are in the JBL Melilli Database.

This list is by no means complete as there are over 1,000 different surnames and over 11,500 individuals in the Database.








































































Massachusetts

Bedford

Boston

Braintree

Haverhill

Holyoke

Lawrence

Northfield

Quincy

Revere

Wakefield

New York

Bedford

Bronx

Brooklyn

Fairport

Milton

New York City

Newton

Schenectady

White Plains


Sebastiana Grimaldi

 Born October 2, 1880 Melilli, Siracusa, Sicily, Italy

Died November 14, 1958 Middletown, Connecticut, USA

Final Destinations of the Emigrants of Melilli


                    Sebastiana Misenti Grimaldi Midwife Log

If you would like more information on a Melilli Family name

​please email JBL@melilligenealogy.com

Melilli Families


Carmelo Branciforte Family

Melilli, Siracusa, Sicily, Italy

circa 1930's

*JBL Direct Ancestors

Salvatore Branciforte Family

Middletown, Connecticut, USA

circa 1931

Melilli, Siracusa, Sicily, Italy


Sebastiano Barone & Salvatore Barone Families

​Melilli, Siracusa, Sicily, Italy

circa 1930's

Melilli to America

Database of Emigrants of Melilli

Research for Melilli to America Database was started in July 2005 and completed in May 2010.

The years included are 1897 – 1957, with a concentration on the years 1897 – 1924.

The people included are those who listed Melilli as their last residence on the ship’s manifest

or listed as going to Middletown, Connecticut or Cromwell, Connecticut.

The database is not to be considered a complete list of all people who emigrated from Melilli in that time period.

The Database has:

4,776 entries – New York 4,667, Boston 99, Philadelphia 10.

1,220 Manifests

812 Arrival Dates

148 Ship Photos

Joanne Branciforte Lukasik

May 2010

Abramo

Airo/Aro

Albanese*

Alessi

Amenta

Annino

Arancio

Aresco

Barone*

Bartolotta

Bellobono

Blancato

Bordonaro

Borgia

Branciforte*

Brunetto

Cannamela

Cannata

Carta

Carrenti*

Cassarino

Cosentino*

Costanzo*

D'Alfonso

Daidone*

D'Alicia*

DiMauro*

DiPaolo

DiPrato

Dolce

Emanuele

Failla*

Farina*

Fazzino

Fiducia*

Flores*

Formica*


Passamano*

Passanisi*

Pattavina*

Pirruccio

Pisa

Pitruzzello

Pizzo

Rafala

Ranno

Ribera

Rigalia*

Ripa

Romano

Rubino

Ruffino

Russo*

Sampieri

Santostefano*

Saraceno

Scionti

Scirpo

Scutella*

Siena*

Siracusa*

Sortino*

Spada

Sudano*

Tarallo

Tedesco*

Tine*

Tosto*

Trifiro

Turnello

Vecchitto

Vinci

Zappulla*

Zimmitti*

Fortuna

Gallitto*

Garofalo

Gianni*

Giardino

Gionfriddo

Giuliano

Giurgenti*

Grasso*

Greco

Grimaldi

LaBella

Lagana

Lappostato

LaRosa

Lastrina

LoGiudice*

Lombardo*

Magnano*

Marchese*

Marino

Matuluci*

Mazzotta

Messina*

Milardo*

Misenti

Monarca*

Moncada

Morello*

Motta

Muscatello*

Nanfito

Nettis

Nicosia*

Nocera

Pagliaro*

Parisi

Rhode Island

Greenwick

Newport

Providence

​New Jersey

Bayonne

Patterson

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

Pittsburg

Nebraska

Omaha

Missouri

St Louis

Illinois

Chicago


Connecticut

Andover

Ansonia

Cromwell

Derby

East Haddam

Haddam

Hartford

Ivoryton

Kensington

Manchester

Meriden

Middletown

New Britain

New London

Plainville

Portland

Seymour

Wallingford

Waterbury

Willimantic

Winsted