Grazie, Benito

I was curious about whether if as a US citizen you changed your name from Smith to Johnson, for personal reasons, and somehow you were Italian. And you decided to get your Italian citizenship would this hurt you.

I found four Antonio Fede's on the Ellis island search but I couldn't find a Joseph or a Giuseppe Fede to be his son. I am beginning to get really confused =). thanks For your help. Ancestory.com seems to have info about Antonio Fede though

Well I talked to my grandfather and he said that his Grandfathers name was Antonio not Nunzio. He was unsure about most of the other things we discussed and he said that he would think about it and that I would be able to call him back about it.

My dads grandparents last name was Schlappa or something in that manner, I haven't been able to find any information about the name, I have tried a myriad of different speellings Was wondering if you guys new what the origin was? I know that they are from Italy not sure whether it is northern or sou...

I am getting really far ahead of myself, my grandpa didn't even reply and tell me if Nunzio was his grandpa yet. But if that works out and i find that Guiseppe wasn't naturalized under Nunzio but the consulate tells me that he was how do I prove that he wasn't?

If you changed your name in the US and then applied for citizenship from Italy (assuming that you qualify) what name will go on the citizenship and passport?

Okay but what about this site the http://www.myitaliancitizenship.com/index.jsp?f=qualification.htm because the example that they use is this (and it is very akin to mine, thats why i wonder) example: NOTE: "Italian citizen at the time of birth" is extremely important in determining whethe...

If this is a confirmed relationship, and if Nunzio became a naturalized citizen after the birth of my Great grandfather, am I eligible for citizenship?

Well i went to footnote.com and it found a Nunzio Di Fede (which hasn't been confirmed by grandfather yet) but it says that he was naturalized * Title/Collection: Di Fede, Nunzio, * Publication Number: M1675 * Publisher: NARA * State: New York * Short Description: NARA M1675. Alphabetical Index to D...

So i can ask my grandfather about Nunzio, if that is correct I can then look into seeing when he was naturalized if he was naturalized. Where do you find that?


You guys are awesome. thank You so much.

NOTE: "Italian citizen at the time of birth" is extremely important in determining whether or not you qualify. Parents who became naturalized citizens of their new country BEFORE the birth of their children lost their Italian citizenship and COULD NOT pass citizenship on to them, while par...

well i found a Giacomo Fede who was three that seems to have come with brothers and sisters. Then i searched Di Fede and found a Giuseppe Di Fede who was three years old upon arrival from Comiso, Italy which is in Southern Sicily. Born in 1914 and arrived in 1917. He came with presumably his mother ...

Form what I am seeing from looking at the Ellis island site is that in my parameters of first name Guiseppe last name Fede, age between 1 and 5, dates between 1900 1924 i searched and i got one result which is Guiseppe Federico ( which is easily fede). The results that i got back was that he was 2 y...

Okay thanks, did most people in the early 1900's become naturalized citizens? What are my chances