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Over 25 million Italians have emigrated between 1861 and 1960 with a migration boom between 1871 and 1915 when over 13,5 million emigrants left the country for European and overseas destinations.

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Postby wwmelcin » 15 Nov 2002, 03:52

i looked under messina could not find anything. dates did not match. i went back to my manifest that i have for my great great grandfather it shows his wife as rosaria mesjina in termini. he was 46 when he came over and she was older than him she was born in 1857 and he was born in 1866. he came over in 1912 still looking for her.she died in 1928.here in the states. st. joseph missouri. gosh i wish i could find info on her. i find myself talking to her asking for her help. lol there is no relative i have that remembers her due to her age and when she passed on. <BR>cindy
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Postby ptimber » 15 Nov 2002, 05:05

Go to www.genealogylookups.com/narchives.htm and submit form 81 to NARA passenger arrivals records for Salvatore and Rosina Messina .and whoevber else you want to verify. It will cost few dollars but I think you won\'t mind paying the fee. Peter
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Postby wwmelcin » 17 Nov 2002, 01:17

tha;nkyou i will try that <BR>cindy
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Postby wwmelcin » 19 Nov 2002, 03:55

ok did that. is there anywhere else i can try? or have i covered all the bases in searching? <BR>cindy
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Postby ptimber » 19 Nov 2002, 04:14

wait and see what the responses are first. Peter
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Postby wwmelcin » 19 Nov 2002, 14:04

ok thanks so much for all your help <BR>cindy
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Postby wwmelcin » 20 Nov 2002, 16:37

my aunt gave me a copy of a book from a funeral on my great <BR>great great grandfather the name his wife said rosina messna could that be it without the i? instead of messina. <BR>cindy
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Postby ptimber » 26 Nov 2002, 21:35

No it is Messina. Peter
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