Calabria is a region in Italy consisting of five provinces: Catanzaro, Cosenza, & Reggio Calabria, Crotone and Vibo Valentia . Each province is further subdivided into comunes (communities) such as Decollatura. Communities can be likened to counties.
The community had various parishes, usually with their own church. Decollatura has four parishes: San Bernardo, Adami, Cerrisi, & Casenove. The parishes correspond to our townships.
San Bernardo -San Bernardo, Tomaini, Cancello, Passaggio, Romano, Praticello, Sorbello.
Cerrisi - Cerrisi, Bonacci, Orsi (upper & lower).
Casenove - Casenove, Rizzi, Torre Andrea Perri, Paoli.
Adami - Adami, Palinudo, Pagliara, Liardi, Censo, Stocchi.
There were even some smaller hamlets & areas which I have not listed.
Adamo, Aiello, Bonacci, Cerra, Costanzo, D'Urzo, DeGrazia, DiFazio, Falvo, Gigliotti, Giuliani, Grandinetti, Lio/Leo, Mancuso, Marasco, Molinaro, Pane, Perri, Scalzo, Sirianni, Tomaino, and Volpe.
Anania, Ambrosi, Barbiero, Baratta/Beratta, Bevacqua, Bonadio, Bruno/Bruni, Cardamone, Chiodo, Colosimo, Curcio, Ianacarro, Iesi, Ligotti, Marotta, Maroca, Mascaro, Mastroianni, Notarianni, Pascuzzo, Rende, Rizzo, Sacco, Scalerci, Scalise, Stranges, Talarico, Tucci, and Villella.
