1. Michael Acquaro (1894-1964) Soldier
2. Frank Adragna (1892-1962) Soldier
3. George Adragna (1910-1984) Soldier
4. Giuseppe Agostino (1899-1966) Soldier
5. Frank "Big Frank" Amato Sr. (1893-1973) Boss
6. Frank "Sonny" Amato Jr. (1927-2003) Soldier
7. John Bazzano Sr. (1888-1932) Boss
8. John Bazzano Jr. (1927-2008) Boss
9. Santo Bazzano (1904-2002) Soldier
10. Ernest Biondillo (1942-1996) Soldier
11. Michele Bua (1884-1950) Underboss
12. Salvatore Calderone (1858-1933) Capo
13. Vincenzo Capizzi (1884-1937) Boss
14. Anthony Capizzi (1925-2007) Soldier
15. John Cancellieri (1885-1956) Soldier
16. Salvatore Cancellieri (1910-1947) Soldier
17. Eugene "Gino" Chiarelli (1925-2001) Soldier
18. Thomas "Sonny" Ciancutti (1929-Pr) Soldier
19. Giuseppe "Peppino" Cusumano (1881-?) Soldier
20. Anthony D'Allesandro (1920-1978) Soldier
21. Nick DeLucia (1921-?) Soldier
22. Vincent DeNiro (1922-1961) Soldier
23. Joseph DeRosa Sr. (1912-?) Soldier
24. Joseph DeRosa Jr. (1931-1999) Soldier
25. Sam "Sammy Fashion" Fascionatta (1916-1985) Soldier
26. Augustine "Augie" Ferrone (1927-1998) Soldier
27. Pasquale "Patsy" Ferrucio (1917-2004) Soldier
28. John "Fon" Fontana (1917-1984) Soldier
29. Jack Gadazzo (1903-1934) Soldier
30. Felix Genovese (1914-?) Soldier
31. Fiore Genovese (1916-1971) Soldier
32. Francesco Genovese (1877-1965) Capo
33. Gabrial Genovese (1919-1983) Capo
34. Michael Genovese (1918-2006) Boss
35. Nick Gentile (1884-1963) Soldier turned FBI Informant
36. Joseph Gigliotti (1903-2001) Soldier
37. Anthony Grosso (1914-1994) Soldier
38. Robert "Bobby I" Ianelli (1930-Pr) Soldier
39. Charles "Murgie" Imburgia (1908-2002) Soldier
40. Sebastiano "John LaRock" LaRocca (1901-1984) Boss
41. John Leone (1945-2002) Soldier
42. Andrew Mangini (1893-1984) Soldier
43. Gabrial "Kelly" Mannarino (1915-1980) Underboss
44. Salvatore Mannarino (1920-1993) Soldier
45. Anthony Martrano (1950-2007) Soldier
46. Joseph Maruca (1925-1981) Soldier
47. Salvatore "Sam" Marino (1898-1974) Capo
48. Mauro Matone (1942-Pr) Soldier
49. Pasquale Meola (1899-1987) Soldier
50. Louis Miano (1890-1959) Soldier
51. Joseph Naples (1932-1991) Soldier
52. Cesario Norece (1885-1961) Capo
53. Giuseppe "The Ghost" Pangallo (1889-1932) Soldier
54. Joseph "Jo-Jo" Pecora (1919-1987) Capo
55. Giuseppe "Joe Peachey" Picci (1911-1943) Soldier
56. Giuseppe Pindelli (1897-1948) Soldier
57. Charles "Chuckie" Porter (1933-Pr) Underboss turned FBI Informant
58. Vincenzo "Briar Hill Jimmy" Prato (1907-1988) Soldier
59. Louis Raucci (1930-1995) Capo
60. Dante Strollo (1935-Pr) Soldier turned FBI Informant.
61. Lenine "Lenny" Strollo (1932-Pr) Soldier turned FBI Informant
62. Giuseppe Regino (1907-1985) Capo
63. Antonio Repepi (1902-1996) Capo
64. Paul Romeo (1892-1976) Capo
65. Michael Romeo (1920-2000) Soldier
66. Giuseppe Rosa (1898-1966) Soldier
67. Frank Rosa (1930-1982) Soldier
68. Joseph Sica (1908-1991) Consigliere
69. Giuseppe Spinelli (1894-1959) Soldier
70. Filippo "Joe" Spinelli (?-1935) Soldier
71. Pasquale Stanizzo (1911-1974) Soldier
72. Giovanni "John The Prince" Volpe (1894-1932) Capo
73. James Volpe (1897-1967) Soldier
74. Louis Volpe (1901-1987) Soldier
75. Arturo Volpe (1904-1932) Soldier
76. John Verilla (1924-1988) Soldier
77. Nicholas Stirone (1902-1984) Soldier
78. Henry "Zebo" Zottola (1935-1998) Soldier

This is a list of actual members of the Pittsburgh crime family from when La Cosa Nostra started in 1931 to the present day. I got my list from various mafia related sources.

35. Nick Gentile (1884-1963) Soldier turned FBI Informant.

This guy may have been made in Sicily and actually belonged to a family there. He passed through various mafia-familied cities during his time in the States, as a active criminal and later apparantly as a kind of travelling mafia statesman and consigliere,
setting up and adjudicating meetings and sitdowns.

I dont think he was an actual FBI informant, but he did publish his memoirs in the '60's, and i think it was these that the FBI used as reference.

From what I've read is in the early 60's he gave the FBI the names of men in many different families. I know a guy named Lenny who went to DC and got a ton of stuff on other families because there's too much wrong information out there about certain mafia organizations. When he was there he read some things the FBI wrote about Nick passing along certain information. He read the reports on at least 10 different families. Another thing he said was the member charts that are on the internet on the St. Louis family are totally false because many of the names never came up in any reports he read about them.

I have been researching this family for several years, and a couple of names on your list are unfamilar to me. Would you be willing to share the source of your info so I can further explore?

I wonder if Nick was related to the Chicago Gentile's?

How many are still active?I dont see many.Who Is Pittsburgh overseen by now?

I thought Michael Genovese the Pittsburgh Boss last I lookes as for the rest of the Family Admin, Capos, Soldiers and Assoc. I am not sure and would like to find out.

Do you know how many made guys are left of the Family and I heard the Pittsburgh Family is moving in on the weakened Cleveland Family and also Youngstown, Oh.

Michael Genovese died back in 2006. There are only about a half dozen members left, all in their 60's and 70's. Through the 1990's the family was still pretty active. But there isn't much left to run anything there, let alone move in on Cleveland.

Check out the two articles below on the current state of things in Pittsburgh -

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/today/s_478200.html
http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20001105greenbank1.asp

Sweeeeeet. Cool articles.

I think this may have been answered before but because im a lazy, lazy man...was Chucky Porter full blooded Italian or what? Was his fathers name really Porter or is it anglicised from Portello or something? Was'nt it half-Italian on his mothers side, but related to Genovese or something? I think... ack, i should prolly check.

Anyway, there's a point i want to raise. So many of these half-assed sites, blogs & forum's list an intricate power structure & history that "identifies" all these names.
Alot of it just seem's dubious for sure, but where are they getting it from? They cant really just be making it all up, can they? They have to have some base in fact? Dont they? Im sorry for sounding so naive, but i like to think that people aren't just taking the time to post their own elaborate fiction for the fun of it.
eg;
http://www.topix.com/forum/city/new-kensington-pa/TJ1S4AUB7A233RRGA
like the 12th post or something, that dude T-Palozzolo.
http://boards.ign.com/godfather/b8148/132711342/p21
And of course Wikipedia's entry on the Pittsburgh LCN Crime Family.

Now John Bazzano Jr, a Genovese underboss very often listed as the current boss, he died in 2008. Even in '06 when the above was posted, it would seem he was for the most part infirmed & retired. Here's the obit.:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08211/900171-122.stm

Another example, a quick search on Thomas "Sonny" Ciancutti, another name often listed as Boss, reveals his most recent arrests to have been in 2000 & 2002,
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=11...pg=2587,3727529
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_20757.html
http://www.americanmafia.com/mob_report/1-7-02_mob_report.html <--down a bit for Pittsburgh

And Mauro Matone, the supposed Capo, i was able to google up an article about a drug arrest. From '93. Column on the left, second one down: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=11...pg=6817,3703508
Thats about it. And these guys are the supposed upper echalon of a "current" Pittsburgh LCN Family. Now, the NY Fmailies can hardly function properly without attracting attention & arrests. Are we to believe all these guys are under the radar, so to speak?

Even guys like Big Head Maselli, Duffy Conley & Johnny Adams, the leftovers, it all seemed to get mopped up in those 2006 charges & investigations. Like Ivy's articles attest to. And this one: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_453831.html

Are all these sites really that out of date? Or is it a case of one bad source spreading virally, referenced by everyone too lazy to do a proper search.
Hm. That sounds really hypocritical with the Chucky Porter thing, eh?

And who the fuck is Jerry Chiappenelli? Is someone just playing a joke on some poor dude or what? the Wikipedia entries on 95% of American mobsters is such bullshit.

Chucky Porter was Italian on his other's side. But he was still made. Very rare but it's happened a few times in history. Another being John Veasey in Philadelphia, who was also Italian only on his mother's side. Obviously you usually have to at least be Italian on your father's side, if not 100% Italian.

The remaining members in Pittsburgh are Thomas "Sonny" Ciancutti (late 70's, maybe early 80's now.) Eugene Chiarelli (late 60's). Robert "Bobby I" Ianelli (late 70's, maybe early 80's now). Anthony Imburgia (not sure how old he is.) Mauro Matone (late 60's). And Nicholas DeLucia, though he may not be made.

John "Duffy" Conley is a long time associate in the area who has been involved in illegal gambling - bookmaking and especially video poker machines.

I thougt now days you only had to be 100% Italian on your fathers side because you are what your father is, I read that somewhere but I can't quote the source.

great articles, I didn't know Genovese was dead, and my dad is from there, we are related to Amato's by marriage there too, not sure which ones though. Any other facts on P-burg I would love and so would my dad, being second and third generation Italians. There is a big Italian population still left in Pittsburgh its hard to believe the mob is so crippled there, but it was always a small family.

What you're quoting is Gravano, who talked about it in his book and ABC interview. In New York in the late 1980's and 1990's that was the case. You only had to be Italian on your father's side. In the early part of the 2000's that was supposedly changed back so now the general rule is you have to be 100% Italian. I say "general rule" because there will always be well connected guys who might get made even though they aren't 100%.

It comes down to general attrition, which effects the smaller families more quickly. Plus, New York put a freeze on the Pittsburgh family making new members.

Of course, it's more common if the father is a made guy himself. Greg DePalma's son, Craig, is fully Jewish on his mother's side, yet he was made back in the very early '90s (and at the young age of 25, to boot). Although, he hasn't had a very happy ending. He's been in a coma due to a botched suicide attempt in prison back in 2003. His father died in prison back in November, a virtual pariah due to the "Jack Falcone" fiasco.

You're missing a couple of articles
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09109/963736-109.stm

Anyone interested in MJG related memorbilia?

This is not a Pittsburgh question but wasn't Gus Alex a made guy with the outfit and he is not 100%

No, he wasn't made. He couldn't be because he was Greek. But he was a high-ranking associate. And in the Outfit, especially in the old days, non-Italians could rise high up in the organization and had a lot of power. Jake Guzik, Murray Humphries, Gus Alex, etc.

There has never been someone made in any family that didn't have at least some Italian blood.

Does anyone know the current status of Chucky Porter? What would be his current status, if any, within the organization at this point?

He has no status. He's a rat. And as it turned out, he was a rat for quite some time. Plus, the Pittsburgh family is pretty much done for.

Do you know who runs the bookmaking and the numbers?

Over the past decade there have been a few gambling busts involving what's left of the mob there and their associates. Mostly revolving around bookmaking and video poker machines.

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/120437/detail.html
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2000/Oct-29-Sun-2000/business/14689971.html
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_20757.html
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/breaking/s_623708.html
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_623780.html
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06138/691102-85.stm

I have seen those articles. But those gov't actions haven't stopped the business. And there hasn't been a big raid in a while. So, I'm guessing that somebody has things under control. I can't believe somebody doesn't know who.

There are about a half dozen members left, plus however many associates they have. It's a pretty standard situation where you have a mob family nearly extinct and they don't really have the manpower or resources to do anything beyond some illegal gambling, i.e. bookmaking and video poker, which can still be very profitable. The names I listed above would likely be the ones who are running things over all.

Is that pretty much it? Are there any soldiers lingering under those names, or is that an actual list of "made" guys left & operating in Pittsburgh?
Is there even a structure with that amount of guys? Id imagine rather then underbosses & consigliere & capo's, it'd be more like a Boss & and his guys. With so few members, you wouldn't think rank is so relevant; a button in a small family could have direct access, since there's literally a handful of guys comprising the family. The old "glorified crew" theory. Like Philly.

Correct me if im wrong.

That's pretty much it. It hasn't really been a structured family for some time. At least since the 1990's. They've had a lot of guys die off and were barred a long time ago by New York from making new members. But I wouldn't compare them to Philadelphia, which is much larger and more active.

why does new york ban other states from making any new guys? is it cause they rather have those guys made in ny? law enforcement?

I often wondered also why NY is able to put a freeze on membership for a certain family. You would think if NY was able to put a freeze on families they would put a freeze on Philly and North Jersey so that they could eat up those rackets and members. Does anyone know why NY is able to freeze families like Pittsburgh and Northeast PA?

Without really have a definitive answer the impression I always got was it was just a case of New York flexing it's muscles. To what end I don't know. But even the DeCavalcantes and Philadelphia had to get their prospective members approved by New York.