Thank you for reading that name and for looking up that information! Yes, those are the two "Ortonas" that I found. I found a definite cousin's of Antonio's and also his manifest, which says he is from "Ortona Marsi". Still not quite the right term, but it was, once again, an Ame...

Thank you so much for posting this! I haven't gone through the whole thing yet, but so far it's been a wonderful resource and makes me feel like I CAN uncover my elusive Italian relatives.

I've been doing genealogy for a few years now, and I decided it was time to focus on my father's Italian relatives. I know very little about them, and most of the information I do have has been taken from various handwritten documents online and may very well be wrong. Here's what I do know: My fath...