Mirto Family History
- Mirto Name Meaning
- Italian: habitational name from Mirto in Messina province, Sicily, or from Mirto, a district of Crosia, which is in Cosenza province, or a topographic name from mirto ‘myrtle’ (from Greek myrtis). Possibly also Greek, a shortened form of Mirtoglou, a metronymic from the female personal name Myrto ‘Myrtle’ (classical Greek Myrtis).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 5,544 Historical Documents with Mirto on Ancestry
- 2,727 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 976 Census and Voter Lists
- 331 Military Records
- 731 Immigration Records
- 779 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Mirto census records
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