From vas575 via@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 14 21:11:50 2016
Re: Nicola DiBernardo
I am sorry you have lost someone you felt was a good friend. I have some non-specific but solid suggestions for you. The first caveat of studying family history is to start with what you know. In this case is this gentleman was from the Naples area of
Italy. I would suggest first looking at newspaper obituaries online. This might give you the names of surviving relatives. If this is unsuccessful, then the Stato de Civile. or town clerk for a death certificate which should indicate an "informant" -
the person who notified the Clerk of the death. This is likely to be a close relative and you would have their name and location.
You can also look for the main church in Naples and surrounding towns. In Italy, I am told that there is one catholic church in each town that maintains death records for all of the catholic churches in that town. Again, you should learn the names of
the surviving family.
Next I would search social media. Facebook for the informant's name. If you know the names of Mr. DiBernardo's children, you might search their names as well.