My daughter asked in which area in Sicily where her great grandparents were born, and I had no idea.

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My father's parents were born in Italy. Rosalie Perrone married Rosario Martino, either in Italy or in New York after they immigrated there. I have no records and would like help from family members, as to city/province and dates of births and deaths.
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Ancestry.com has a family tree that includes a Rosario "Sam" Martino, who married Rosalie Perrone.  The tree says that Sam was born ca. 1903 in Piazza Amerina, Enna, Siciliy.

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/167205546/person/162171613310/facts

There is also a naturalization petition for him that has him born on July 10, 1901, in Piazza Armerina, Italy. It says that he arrived on October 26, 1915, in New York and the date of the petition is June 14, 1928.

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3399554:2280?tid=167205546&pid=162171613310&queryId=e6d8155a8dd9b6c494692931ba39d491&_phsrc=daq2293&_phstart=successSource

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by Roger Stong G2G Astronaut (1.8m points)
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Here's a link to the marriage record of the couple on July 14, 1923, in Kings County, New York.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2C2-KPW4

The parents of Rosario are Sante and Guiseppa (Baenz) Martino and of Rosalie are Stefano and Lorenza (Licansi) Perrone.

And this may be the immigration record of Rosalie's father:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJ63-BZ4

This is a link to the birth record of the brother Francesco mentioned at Ancestry https://antenati.cultura.gov.it/ark:/12657/an_ua36098398/5gkP942

Nati

Stato civile italiano   >   Piazza Armerina

Conservato da: Archivio di Stato di Enna 

Comune/Località: Piazza Armerina 

Segnatura attuale: 3456

The record is on image 29 of 300. This is in the volume of births for 1894.

Thank you so much!
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Do they have profiles on WikiTree? Sometimes you can find out where they are from from their naturalization papers or from passenger lists. It would be a lot of work, but if you know their date of birth, you could use Antenati to search through the records. You'd have to go through them by each location in Sicily which is quite a lot, but not impossible.

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by Lucy Selvaggio-Diaz G2G6 Pilot (983k points)
There is only one Rosario Martino, but I think he is too old since he was born in 1777.

There is a Rosalie A. Perrone (1930s-2020s), but I don't think that could be her because her parents were born in Texas.
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From the image of the NYC marriage record (https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/view/9681854) it also says that Rosario Martino was born in Piazza Armerina and that Rosalia Perrone was born in Aidone. Both towns are in the modern day province of Enna.

Rosario, his mother, and siblings arrived in New York in 1915. They were last living in Aidone according to the ship manifest but were born in Piazza Armerina: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TD-R7DF-F?i=27&cc=1368704&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AJJW9-YJ4

Here is Rosario's birth record (#465): https://antenati.cultura.gov.it/ark:/12657/an_ua36098385/wlbO9pm

He was born 10 Jul 1901.

Rosalia, her mother, and brother Vincenzo arrived in 1912. They were also from Aidone (although Vincenzo may have been born in Serradifalco): https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9T6-H9FN-5?i=707&cc=1368704&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AJJTK-FMK

Her parents Stefano Pirrone and Adele Lorenza Li Calsi married in Aidone in 1905 according to the Aidone 10-year marriage index from 1905-1914.

The Aidone 1872-1910 marriage records and 1886-1909 birth records are only available on FamilySearch at a Family History Center or FamilySearch Affiliate Library: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/574284?availability=Family%20History%20Library
by Frank Santoro G2G6 Mach 6 (66.5k points)

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