Jim, You truly amaze me with the information you find! I do know that Leonardo lived with a group of men from Italy who lived in Detroit. I believe they may have been working for the railroad at the time. And I also believe that they basically were doing the same thing as Leonardo, trying to earn th...

Debbie,
Yes, Leonardo applied for and received his naturalization papers. I do have a copy of those. And yes, they were full of useful information. I appreciate your interest and your inputs! Thank you all so much!

Lisa

Jim, thank you so much for those documents! I cannot wait to share them with my father! Now, I know you said you have all marriage licenses up until 1891. Where would I obtain licenses after that time? Because mfjp (maria) sent me the ship's manifest from Leonardo's first trip to the US and it is in...

Hi Debbie, Ok here is the story....My grandfather stayed in the US enough years to become a US citizen. Therefore, by him being a US citizen, any of children born after that would automatically be recognized as US citizens. But they would have to come to the US before they turned 18 in order to reta...

i will try both ways and see how it works. Thanks!

No Francesca never made it to the US. She stayed in Carini with the kids. There were 5 total. Leonardo would come to the US to work so he could save money to bring the family here. He finally had earned enough, so he went back to Sicily to get the family,but then WWII broke out, so they couldn't lea...

Do you know if there is anyway I can print this where I can view the whole page? I was trying to see if I could show my dad today. Everytime I try printing it, it just shows a portion of the page.

I just saw the manifest. That is the best information! Thank you once again!

Thank you thank you thank you so much! That is awesome information!
Is that taken from the ship's manifest? I really appreciate it.

Lisa (Mini) Sawyer

Thanks for all your answers. As far as the marriage certificate, I do have a copy of that. My grandfather, Leonardo Mini, married my grandmother, Francesca Cucuzza in 1925. I cannot make out the actual date. I know he came to the US for the first time April 19, 1910 on a ship named the Lazio. I do h...

Hi, I am trying to locate birth or death certificates for my grandfather Leonardo Mini. He was born in Carini (I think). I do know he died in Carini around 1945-1946. Also trying to locate birth/death certificates for his wife Francesca. She died around the same time. They also had 2 daughters that ...