My husband's family seems to all be from Mazara, according to the records that I have, which is for only one family and their offspring. First date I have is for Francesco, born March 15, 1843 to Antonino Asaro and Vita Maria (Vultaggio), but no dates.
Of Francesco's 9 children, 7 male, 2 female, 3 married another Asaro. Actually, I think there must be thousands of Asaro's in Mazara! That is what makes it so difficult.
My quest is to find siblings of this Francesco, who died in 1899, with his youngest son only 1 year old. Most of the families stayed in Mazara, never leaving.