Where Did We Sparacos Come From?

The Sparaco line of the family has the majority of its known roots from the last five or six generations from the Mediterranean island of Sicily.  In particular, the town of Caltabellota is known to be the home of several generations of male Sparaco ancestors and their wives.

Caltabellotta, Sicily - home of many Sparaco ancestors.

A discovery I made after seeing the pages of a scapbook from a distant cousin's grandfather was that the Sparaco name and family emigrated from an unknown part of Spain around 1700 and moved through Italy over a couple of generations with a few of the namesakes ending up in Caltabellotta.  This jibes with locations across Italy of others named Sparaco.

Unfortunately, the origins of the women who married our great grandfather and their ancestors are not as well known.  But these names - Giorgino, Truncali, Vetrano, Balsamo, Noto, Leo - are equally important to knowing "where we came from."   Perhaps future genealogists in our family will be able to uncover more information about the "Spanish connection" as well as the lines from the female ancestors...