Having entered more than 15,000 individuals into a Family Tree Maker database, with information gathered from the town’s vital records, many last names proved to be very common in the history of Baselice. The names that I now think of as Baselice names (or cognome) include:
- Agostinelli
- Alfieri
- Angiolillo
- Antonelli
- Anzuino
- Apicella
- Barbato
- Basile
- Basilone
- Bianco
- Bibbo/Bibbona
- Biscardi
- Bisceglia
- Boccamazzo
- Boffa
- Borrillo
- Bozza
- Brancaccio
- Branzzano
- Buontempo
- Calzone
- Canonico
- Capobianco
- Capozzi/Capozzo
- Capuano
- Caruso
- Casamassa
- Castelluccio
- Cece
- Cernese
- Chiusolo
- Ciello
- Cilenti
- Cimaglia
- Cinelli
- Ciotti
- Circello
- Ciufolo
- Civetta
- Cocca
- Colandrea
- Colarusso
- Colasanto
- Colella
- Colucci
- Cormano
- Corvino
- Corvito
- Costantino
- d’Agostino
- d’Alessandro
- d’Andrea
- d’Angelico
- d’Arcangelo
- d’Ariano
- deBellis/deBello
- delCavo
- deLellis/deLella
- delGrosso
- delPrete
- deLuca/diLuca
- delVecchio
- deMathia/deMatteis
- dePaulis
- deSanto
- diConna
- diCosmo
- diIura
- diNonno
- diPalma
- diPaola
- diRienzo
- diSalvio
- d’Onofrio
- Emanuele
- Facchiano
- Falso
- Fanzo
- Favarella
- Ferella
- Ferrannina
- Ferraro
- Ferro
- Filippone
- Finelli
- Forte
- Fortunato
- Fusco
- Galante
- Galasso
- Genovese
- Giampieri
- Gianquitto
- Giglio
- Giorgio
- Giovinetto
- Giusto
- Graziano
- Guarriello
- Iacobaccio
- Iadanza
- Ialletruso
- Iamarino
- Iammucci
- Iampietro
- Ianigro
- Iannello/Iannillo
- Iapozzuto
- Iarossi
- Iavasile
- Ielardi
- Intorcia
- Italiano
- Iuliano
- Izzo
- Lantella
- Lapastoressa
- Lembo
- Leone
- Lepore
- Lombardo
- Longo
- Luciano
- Lupo
- Maddalena
- Maesto
- Maffeo
- Mancini
- Marenzo
- Marinelli
- Marino
- Martucci
- Marucci
- Marzullo
- Mascia
- Mastrocinque
- Mattia
- Mazzone
- Moccia
- Montagano
- Montanino
- Morelli
- Morrone
- Mucci
- Musto
- Nista
- Orlando
- Pacifico
- Pallotta
- Palmieri
- Palumbo
- Paolozza
- Paolucci
- Parisi
- Pecora
- Pedicino
- Petrillo
- Petroccia
- Petruccelli
- Pettorossi
- Pietrorenzo
- Pilla
- Pinto
- Pirchio
- Pisciotti
- Pompeo
- Pozella
- Priore
- Pupillo
- Quattrocchi
- Rajola
- Recchia
- Ricci
- Ruggiero
- Russo
- Sacco
- Sagliocca
- Sanchelli
- Scrocca
- Silvestro
- Spinelli
- Stravato
- Summonte
- Tagliaferro
- Tambascia
- Tedesco
- Toro
- Torselli
- Tosto
- Tresca
- Turro
- Vaturro
- Velardo
- Verdone
- Verdura
- Viola
- Virgilio
- Zaccarino
- Zarrelli
- Zeoli/Zeolla/Zeuli
- Ziccardi
Families of Baselice 
Diann, I see that you have quite a few Zeuli/Zeoli family members in Baselice, Benevento. Is it possible that some of the Zeuli/Zeoli family moved to San Giorgio La Montagna (now called San Giorgio del Sannio) from Baselice and then eventually left Italy through Naples to New York?
Here are the family names who immigrated to New York through Naples:
John’s Zeuil (born in Italy about 1862 per 1920 US Census) + Pasquaine (born in Italy about 1862 per US 1920 Census) = Pasquale/Patrick John “Patsy” Zeuli, Charlie Zeuli (born in Italy about 1898 per 1920 US Census), and Antonette Zeuil (born in Italy about 1901 per 1920 US Census)
Patsy Zeuli (born 1895 in Naples, Italy per his US WWII registration, immigrated to New York about 1904 per 1930 US Census)
Below is my wife’s great-grandfather’s uncle immigration records from 1901:
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Giovenale Zeuli
Arrival Date: 13 Apr 1901
Birth Year: abt 1863
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Race/Nationality: Italian
Port of Departure: Naples, Italy
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Citta di Torino
Residence: San Georgio La Montagna
I have to assume that John, his wife, and his brother were all from San Giorgio La Montagna, Benevento.
If you have any records matching the above names or you can point me to someone with Zeuil family in San Giorgio La Montagna, please let me know.
Also, I came across someone researching back in 2009 the surnames of Benevento from the late 1800s and early 1900s for a book. The Zeuli/Zeoli surname was listed. Do you happen to have a copy of that book or know where I can get one?
Thank you in advance for your help!
~Josh
Hi, Josh. I’m not aware of the book you described, but I found a couple of resources for you. If you type Zeuli in the Cognome box at http://www.gens.labo.net, it shows that the name comes from several towns within Campania – maybe even several towns within the province of Benevento. At least into the late 1800s it was very uncommon for families to move out of their home town (one of my families is an exception to that rule, however), unless a man married a woman from another town. He would then move to his wife’s town. So maybe your wife’s family had been from San Giorgio la Montagna for generations.
The Mormon Church’s Family History Center does have microfilm of vital records for your town from 1809-1860 (same as they do for Baselice). This is a long URL, but at http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=486759&disp=Registri+dello+stato+civile+di+San+Giorg++ you can get the numbers you would need to order any of the rolls from your closest Family History Center, and you can view the film at their location. Maybe you can zero in on your wife’s family and piece a few relatives together. You can go here to see where there is a center nearest to you: https://www.familysearch.org/locations.
Also, don’t overlook checking the Italian white pages for people with that name who may still live in that city: http://www.paginebianche.it. I found someone still living in my grandfather’s house, and his last name is the same as my grandfather’s mother. I have to write to him!
DiAnn
I just added several more Baselice names to this list. Two of the names that are closest to me (Iamarino and Pilla) originated in the neighboring town of Colle Sannita, but some men moved to Baselice when they married, and raised their families there.
Looking for my gr.g pas father and mothers names…his name was domenicantonio ziccardi..born 1869…his wife marianna zampino…salerno area…thanks a ziccardi.
Hi, A. Ziccardi. To trace your ancestors it’s incredibly important to know exactly which town they came from. Did Domenicantonio Ziccardi leave Italy for another country? And if not, did any of his children emigrate? You need to find an immigration record – a ship manifest – that’s late enough to show the person’s hometown. If they came to America in the 1890s, the ship manifest would probably not include their hometown, but if they came in the 1900s, it most likely will.
The town I researched does have Ziccardi’s, but the records that I documented end with 1860, so your great grandfather is too young for that cut-off date.
DiAnn
I’m somewhere along the Piscotti line.
Hey there, my great grandparents lived in Baselice with the name Montanino. My last name is Montanino as well. I’m not sure if my Grandfather was born there before they took a ship to Jamestown, but his name is Leonard Montanino. Do you have much info on this surname?
Love the site, thank you.
Hi, Gelyn. My documentation of the whole town from 1809-1860 doesn’t include your Leonardo, but does have one large family named Montanino. I made a chart of the family and put it at http://www.forthecousins.com/files/Montanino.pdf. Print out the 3 pages and lay them side by side.
DiAnn
I am trying to find my maternal grandfather, Leonard Petruccello, born in 1905 in Baselice and immigrated to the US (through Ellis Island) in 1923.
Hi, Annette. I found your grandfather’s immigration record in 1923 and it says his mother was Filomena Fusco. My Baselice tree has 2 Filomena Fuscos who are about the right age to be his mother, but there’s no way to be sure. Do you have any other info about his parents? What did he name his first son? That may be his father’s name. too.
My research ends with 1860 records because that’s all that’s available publicly.
DiAnn
Hi DiAnn,
I found out my grandfather’s father’s name was Antonio. Antonio immigrated to the USA and died in a mining accident in Pennsylvania around 1910. My grandfather, Leonard, was an only child and never met his father.
Thank you.
Annette
Annette, see http://antenati.san.beniculturali.it/v/Archivio+di+Stato+di+Benevento/Stato+civile+italiano/Baselice/Nati/1878/796/101544851_00022.jpg.html. This *may* be the 1878 birth of your Antonio Petruccelli. His parents: Giuseppe and Caterina Marucci.
Or this may be him in 1877, parents Nicola Saverio and Maria Vincenza Russo (bottom half of page): http://antenati.san.beniculturali.it/v/Archivio+di+Stato+di+Benevento/Stato+civile+italiano/Baselice/Nati/1877/795/101545782_00081.jpg.html.
Or this may be him in 1874, son of Domenico (son of the late Michele) and Maria Giuseppa Iampietro (daughter of Domenico) http://antenati.san.beniculturali.it/v/Archivio+di+Stato+di+Benevento/Stato+civile+italiano/Baselice/Nati/1874/792/101544847_00030.jpg.html
Have you tried to find documentation on the mining accident?
I could not find him on the Ellis Island link but I am surw that is him. His mother was Filomena Fusco and his dad was Antonio. I would appreciate any links you can provide. Thanks. Annette
Annette, I grabbed the ship manifest from ancestry.com. Your grandfather is on line 17 on these two pages:
My research has 2 or 3 people named Antonio Maria Petruccelli who could be your great grandfather, but again, there’s no way to be sure.
It’s frustrating to have this gap between the 1809-1860 vital records and the immigrants to America. And it doesn’t help that there were a lot of Petruccelli’s in Baselice.
DiAnn
Thank you so much. That is him! I knew the year he came but not the name of the ship. His last name was also changed from Petruccelli to Petruccello for some odd reason. From: Families of BaseliceSent: Friday, December 16, 2016 10:15 AMTo: annette.whitlock@gmail.comReply To: Families of BaseliceSubject: [New comment] List of Surnames
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http://www.forthecousins.com/files/PetruccelliLeonardo1923-p1.jpg http://www.forthecousins.com/files/PetruccelliLeonardo1923-p2.jpg
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What can you tell me about Baron Petrucelli? My husband’s Macchiarolo family (from Colle Sannita) worked for him, including in the kitchen. They were with him in the latter part of the 19th century. I’ve not been able to find a website that gives any info about the good baron. THANKS!
Patricia, unfortunately the vital records that I documented don’t contain any stories or background information. It’s all names, dates and occupations. What was the Baron’s first name? It’s hard for me to look him up without his first name.
My husband’s grandparents, Nicole Macchiarolo and Antoniamaria Basilone were married in Chiesa S. Leonardo Abate on 9 August 1908.
Do you happen to have Antoniamaria Basilone’s parents’ names?
Hello,
I have been looking for years for records regarding my great-great-grandparents, and their parents. The main surname is Iavasile. I know that Pietro Iavasile, my grate-great-grandfather, was from Santa Croce del
Sannio. Also, I have not been able to find records of his wife Maria/e Corbo. If you have any record of them or know of anything I would be very thankful.
Thank you!
Elle, the documents you need are available online — http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/v/Archivio+di+Stato+di+Benevento/Stato+civile+italiano/Santa+Croce+del+Sanniooggi+Santa+Croce+del+Sannio/. What year do you think Pietro Iavasile was born? I can help you get started finding what you need.
Hello,
Thank you for responding! I am not sure when Pietro was born. But his son, Sabastion , was born in 1903. I don’t know if that helps.
Thank you!
I found some documents for you. When you click the links below, click the image to enlarge it. Then right-click and save that enlarged image to your computer. You’ll be able to zoom in really far.
Sebastiano Iavasile was born 17 Feb 1903 to Pietro (age 20) and Maria Corbo at Via Colle Amaro, 3. You can see that address on bing.com/maps, but not on Google.
http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/v/Archivio+di+Stato+di+Benevento/Stato+civile+italiano/Santa+Croce+del+Sanniooggi+Santa+Croce+del+Sannio/Nati/1903/7981/101688391_00017.jpg.html
Pietro Iavasile was born @1883, but the documents are not available. He probably married in 1902, since he was only 20 when Sebastiano was born, but the marriage documents from that time are also not available. There are death records available for 1931-1942. There is a possibility Pietro died during that time. His death record will include his parents’ names.
Maria Corbo born 29 Feb 1884 at Via Colle Amaro, 42 (also on Bing Maps) to Domenico, son of Tommaso (age 28) , and Antonia Grasso, daughter of the late Vitangelo; the witnesses were Giuseppe Antonio Corbo, son of Tommaso, age 31, and Pietro Corbo, son of the late Francesco, age 66.
http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/v/Archivio+di+Stato+di+Benevento/Stato+civile+italiano/Santa+Croce+del+Sanniooggi+Santa+Croce+del+Sannio/Nati/1884/7963/101688381_00033.jpg.html
Hello there!
I was in communication with you before searching for some records, which have been most helpful! I was wondering if you could look for a man named Giorgio Iavasile from Colle Sannita. I am hoping that he might help fill in some missing information. (In relation to Pietro or Onofrio Iavasile.). Thank you so much for your help!
Elizabeth Dewey
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Elizabeth, about when was your Giorgio Iavasile born?
Hello,
Possibly 1878? I believe her was 29 in 1907. Thank you!
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Here is a Giorgio Iavasile born in 1878: http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/v/Archivio+di+Stato+di+Benevento/Stato+civile+italiano/Colle+Sannita/Nati/1878/2774/101577260_00070.jpg.html
Hello,
Thank you so much that really helps. If you wouldn’t mind could you also check for Pietro or Onofrio Iavasile in Colle Sannita. Pietro would have been born around 1883, and Onofrio before 1863. Thank you so much.
Elizabeth
On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 11:32 AM Families of Baselice wrote:
> DiAnn commented: “Here is a Giorgio Iavasile born in 1878: > http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/v/Archivio+di+Stato+di+Benevento/Stato+civile+italiano/Colle+Sannita/Nati/1878/2774/101577260_00070.jpg.html > ” >
Pietro Iavasile, son of Onofrio and Lucia Pugliese, born 9 Dec 1882:
http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/v/Archivio+di+Stato+di+Benevento/Stato+civile+italiano/Colle+Sannita/Nati/1882/2778/101577262_00031.jpg.html
I haven’t found his father Onofrio, who should have been born around 1844 (according to Pietro’s birth record). Onofrio may have been his middle name, which requires looking more closely at the birth indexes.
Ok, thank you so so much. This is of much help.
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Hello
My name is Joe and I was born in Brazil. I am looking for my Italian great-grandfather who immigrated to Brazil around 1888. After years of research I managed to locate his marriage in Brazil and then connecting evidences I found this person that I believe may be my great-grandfather.
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/L2WV-N1Q
Being a very common name, I would like to know how to get more informations about him. What should i do? Much obliged.
Joe
Hi, Joe. If that is your ancestor, here’s a link to his birth record (#67) http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/v/Archivio+di+Stato+di+Benevento/Stato+civile+italiano/Baselice/Nati/1869/787/101544845_00031.jpg.html
I don’t have him in my family tree, but I definitely have his father, Nicolamaria fu Bartolomeo. Did your great grandfather marry an Italian?
Nicolamaria Bianco is the son of Bartolomeo Bianco and Angela Circello?
I think my great grandfather is Michele Arcangelo Pasquale Maria Bianco. If I can put his name on his tree, I can find my ancestors.
That is amazing.
My great grandparents are Italian immigrants and they got married in Brazil on 02 Feb 1898:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qmPM0CPBlBoQ_6v1sCnZEwmAlXrZtalh/view?usp=sharing
My great-grandmother is Rachele di Nicola Conte:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_IIhvees2ghIuN_wJPanCc4SJ-EF0rmM/view?usp=sharing
Thank you very much
Joe
Hi Joe, I’m Brazilian and Michele Arcangelo Pasquale Maria Bianco is my great-great-grandfather 🙂
Are you related at all to Antonio Petruccelli? He is my maternal great grandfather and married a Fusco. He had at least one brother that went to Brazil, while he came to America and was killed in a mining accident in Pennsylvania.
Annette, do you know when your great grandfather was born or who his parents were?
Antonio Petruccelli was born on 6/11/1884 and died around 1910. His parents were Pasquale Petruccelli (born 1865) amd Maria Rosa Bianco (born 1867).
Do you have his birth record? It’s #77 on 2 pages:
I’ll look into this tomorrow to see how he fits into my family tree.
I have this picture of Antonio Petruccelli, probably taken in Italy (circa 1905) before he emigrated to the US but I have no other record. That sure looks like his record since his parents match what I have in my tree.
On Fri, Apr 1, 2022 at 9:17 PM Families of Baselice wrote:
> DiAnn commented: “Do you have his birth record? It’s #77 on 2 pages: > https://iiif-antenati.san.beniculturali.it/iiif/2/Lm7OMxK/full/full/0/default.jpg > https://iiif-antenati.san.beniculturali.it/iiif/2/5GJKMV3/full/full/0/default.jpg > I’ll look into this tomorrow to see” >
He is not in my direct lineage, but he may be related to my ancestors yes, my lineage is:
Nicolamaria Bianco, Michele Arcangelo Pasquale Maria Bianco married to Rachele di Nicola Conte, his son already Brazilian Miguel Archangelo Bianco, my grandmother Leontina, my mother Adelaide and I.
Good news, Joe. If that is your great grandfather, I did fit him into my enormous Baselice family tree, giving you many more generations. Can you access Ancestry at this link? https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/61818592/family?cfpid=402097219406&selnode=1
Dear Diann
I am very grateful for your help.
As soon as I get more information, I’ll let you know.
Thank you very much
Joe
Hello DiAnn, my name is Giorgio(George) Iacobaccio – DOB 28/4/1968, I was wondering if you can please help me with my family tree. My parents Giovanni Iacobaccio – DOB 31/3/1925 & my mother Concetta Iacobaccio(maiden name was Pestello – DOB 5/3/1926. As far as I know they both were born in Colle Sannita, Italy and married there. They migrated seperately to Melbourne, Australia between 1960-1965 I think. I am pretty sure my fathers parents were called Pasquale and Maria, my mothers parents, Serafino and Grazia or Graziella. They left behind parents and siblings but am struggling to find out much about any of my grandaprents, great grandparents, siblings, etc. if you can please help with any information about my parents lives in Italy, my grandparents, uncles and unties, etc it would be much appreciated. Or if you can show me in what direction to look. I know I also have relatives who migrated to Argentina, Canada, USA and obviously Australia, would reall love to peace everybody together. Thank you in advance, George
Ciao, George. The available documents for Colle Sannita won’t iniclude your parents. No births after 1915 are available, and modern-day marriages are available from 1931-1942. Your parents would have been too young. I will try to find your grandparents’ documents. I have a distant Iacobaccio cousin in Argentina. If I can find your grandparents, I may find that you and I are related.
George, no luck. There were zero Serafino Iacobaccio’s born in Colle Sannita between 1875-1904. There were a few Pasquales, but none that married a Maria. I checked neighboring towns of Baselice, Circello, and Sant’Angelo a Cupolo with no luck.
I have 2 suggestions. 1. If you can possibly come up with maiden names for your grandmothers, I can search for them. 2. Contact Alessandro Bovino for a free consultation. He’s a Benevento-based Italian genealogy researcher. https://www.facebook.com/alexbovino
Hi DiAnn, thanks so much for this list. I’m researching several families in Baselice. One of them has the name of Elvira Cuordiferro, which I see is not on this list. Do you suggest maybe she moved from a different village to Baselice? Also, I know Del Vecchio and Costantino are common Italian Jewish names…I’m researching a Costantino Del Vecchio – do you think there’s any possibility of Jewish ancestry? I know names do not signify Jewish history, but I was just curious on your thoughts. Thanks so much for all the hard work you do. One of the things that’s really putting a damper on my research is a lack of marriage/death records for 1860-1930. Ugh!
Hi, Sean. The name Cuordiferro doesn’t seem to exist in Italy at all. I tried the Italian White Pages and 2 other resources. There’s always the possibility Elvira was born out of wedlock and given a made-up name. As for Jewish ancestry, I never thought about it, but I haven’t seen anything in the vital records to indicate a religion other than Catholicism. There are as few as 2 birth records where an X is drawn through the column where they record a baby’s baptism. I always thought that meant the baby died right away, but maybe it meant they weren’t baptized because they weren’t Catholic.
I wonder if they’ll ever release more years of documents. I’m not aware of any plans to do so.
That’s fascinating! I have found 2 birth certificates with the name Elvira Cuordiferro listed as the mother. I wonder what her story is. I did read that that Benevento could not find the records for that big gap of years. That’s really unfortunate. 😦
Thank you for your answers. I know it wouldn’t have been common, and if there was any sort of Jewish ancestry, I have a feeling it would have been quite a ways back. Just curious as to what your take was. 🙂
Hi,
I’m trying to help my husband find his roots.
His grandmother was Julieta Zeuli, I don’t know the town she and her family are from or the names of her parents.
She married Aldo Parodi, and they along with some of their siblings emigrated to the American continent.
Hi! The Parodi name is almost entirely found up north in the Liguria and Piemonte regions. See this link: https://www.cognomix.it/mappe-dei-cognomi-italiani/PARODI
But the Zeuli name is almost entirely from Southern Italy. See: https://www.cognomix.it/mappe-dei-cognomi-italiani/ZEULI
Check out these 2 search results for Aldo: https://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/search-nominative/?nome=Aldo&cognome=Parodi
There are 318 search results for Zeuli, but none for her first name, spelled Giulietta. It should be helpful to you to find their immigration records.
Interested in information on Baron Petruccelli from Baselice, Benevento, Italy. He apparently lived in a castle and had considerable wealth, compared to the average person. Additionally, Petruccelli was my maternal grandfather’s surname.
I have an acquaintance named Michele Caserio who seems to be an ambassador for Baselice. He runs tours of the castle, Palazzo Lembo. You should contact him via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michele.caserio