Nicola Iacofano Agnone Lead Investigation - 24 April 2026

Scope

Investigated the user-supplied FamilySearch Family Tree lead for Nicola Iacofano, male, about 1673-deceased, person ID GXX2-BQ4.

No person records were updated. The lead remains clue-only until the original San Emidio parish source is reviewed.

Preserved Source

Created source-familysearch-family-tree-source-detail-excerpt-for-nicola-iacofano-gxx2-bq4 from the pasted FamilySearch source-detail text.

The excerpt describes one visible source attached to Nicola's FamilySearch profile:

  • title: Agnone, Italy, San Emidio Parish, Church Census (Stato d'Anime), Vol. 1726-1762, Anni 1745-1750, Casa 32.
  • source date: 1745.
  • contributor as reported: Packard, Ronald D.
  • original location as reported: San Emidio parish, Agnone, Italy.
  • digital-copy path as reported: Roots Agnone Archive, RAA 224.

Extracted Clue

The cited San Emidio parish census is reportedly for Casa 32 across the years 1745, 1746, 1747, 1748, 1749, and 1750. The source detail says it included Giacomo Iacofano, with ages 47, 48, 49, blank, blank, and 52, respectively.

The same description reports:

  • Giacomo's parents: Nicola Iacofano and Vittoria Ferrone.
  • Giacomo's spouse: Isabella Frezza.
  • Giacomo's marital status: coniugato.
  • Giacomo's relationship to head of household: capofamiglia.
  • Giacomo's estimated birth year: about 1698, but only as an age-derived estimate from a source type where the priest may have guessed ages.

Assessment

This lead is potentially useful as an Agnone same-surname branch and an older pre-civil Iacofano clue. It is not yet evidence for Tony Iacofano's documented Cleveland line, and it should not be merged with the Busso comparison branch without a generation-by-generation bridge.

The present repo evidence points Tony's paternal line only as far as John/Giovanni Iacofano and Maria/Mary J. Lorenzo/Laurenzo in Cleveland. The current Italian-origin work queue prioritizes U.S. bridge records, then Toro and nearby Campobasso civil records, with Busso as a comparison lane. Agnone is a separate Isernia parish-register lane unless another source points there.

Public Search Check

Public web searches during this pass did not surface an agent-accessible copy of the San Emidio Casa 32 image. Searches included combinations of Agnone, San Emidio, Stato d'Anime, Iacofano, Giacomo Iacofano, Isabella Frezza, Vittoria Ferrone, and RAA 224.

A useful public derivative source did appear at AgnoneGenealogy.com:

  • https://agnonegenealogy.com/gedcom-and-user-aids/
  • https://agnonegenealogy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Agnone-GEDCOM-22-Mar-2026.ged

The page describes the GEDCOM as prepared from the names found in Agnone Family Group Records. Searching the downloaded GEDCOM found an exact GXX2-BQ4 Nicola Iacofano entry and related family F8930:

  • Nicola Iacofano, FamilySearch ID GXX2-BQ4, born about 1673 in Agnone.
  • Vittoria Ferrone, FamilySearch ID GXXL-CJV, born about 1675 in Agnone.
  • Giacomo Iaciofano, FamilySearch ID GH6G-GYQ, born about 1698, child in F8930.
  • Isabella Frezza, FamilySearch ID GH6G-FGF, born about 1700, spouse of Giacomo in family F4213.

This supports the same compiled-family-group structure as the user-pasted FamilySearch source detail, but it remains derivative GEDCOM evidence.

Follow-Up

Created lead-nicola-iacofano-1673, ingested the FamilySearch source-detail excerpt, ingested a public Agnone GEDCOM extract, and added HIR-20260424-002 for manual San Emidio / Roots Agnone Archive verification.

Priority next questions:

  • View and transcribe the original San Emidio parish image for Casa 32 / RAA 224.
  • Verify whether the original image names Giacomo's parents as Nicola Iacofano and Vittoria Ferrone.
  • Search adjacent San Emidio census, baptism, marriage, and death entries for Nicola, Vittoria, Giacomo, and Isabella.
  • Keep Agnone separate from Busso/Toro/Cleveland until a bridge source exists.