Thanks for your help everyone. I've placed an order..and now I wait..:) Thanks so much for your help...but I have one more question..:) My paternal great grandfather is also from Italy, and I'm wondering if it would be possible to gain citizenship from him. However, I don't know where he would have ...

Thanks for finding this piece of information. I asked a relative & it turns out that he served in the US Navy during that time. So, that means that he WAS naturalized...yes?

Thanks for your response & that link. I'll send it off & see what they come up with in 4 months! Yes, my mother was born in 1958, so I'm ok there..:) Here is the information of my great grandfather - Name: Paolo Cisternino (AKA Paul Cisterino, Paul Cisternino, Paolo Cisterino) year of Birth:...

johnnyonthespot wrote:I have to add my understanding that serving meatballs with pasta is probably an American invention.

Absolutely...ask for spaghetti and meatballs in Italy and they'll look at you like you're gross..

My GGF emigrated to the US from Italy, and I would like to gain dual citizenship in this manner ---> GGF - GM - Mother - Me The problem lies in whether he naturalized or not. I located a certificate of intent to nationalize on June 8, 1917 -- in Suffolk county. He only lived in Suffolk County, so I ...

Thanks so much for the detailed response!!!! It has helped me greatly.

I have traced my great grandfather's heritage to San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily via the Ellis Island records. However, it seems that I am unable to find information after that. I'd like to know if my great grandfather had any brothers, uncles, etc. Also, I don't know his mother's name. Is there a resource...