Hello Caron and Welcome to the Forum
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We would all be happy to help.
You may want to try an image hosting site like imageshack or photobucket to post your grandfather's picture & paste the link here.
http://www.imageshack.us/
http://photobucket.com/
Did your grandfather live in MA?
Do you have any of his US records? (census, military, ship manifest)
Thank you!
Valarie
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Have you seen possible ship manifest from Ellis Island
Could it belong to your grandfather?
(click here) possible 1906 manifest
15 Jul 1906, SS Napolitan Prince, Messina to NY
Francesco Sgarano 19 (abt 1887)
- single
- last residence Itala (Itala, province of Messina, Sicily)
- destination Boston Mass
- joining his cousin
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Ellis Island search engine:
http://stevemorse.org/ellis2/ellisgold.html
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From NEHGS a possibly related town birth record
(New England Historic Genealogical Society, a subscription site)
Sgarano Francesco Boston 1913 vol 617 page 218 Birth
12 Jul 1913 in Boston
Francesco Sgarano
16 Morton Street
Father:
Francesco, laborer born in Italy
Mother:
Luigia Carina, born in Italy