Looking for relatives ~ Buono, Conti, or DiNali

by **dee4747** » 26 Nov 2002, 01:31

Hello to all, I am new here ~ I am curious to see if I can find any long lost cousins or relatives ~ First cousins last name is Conti ~ Also grandparents name is: Paternal = Buono, maternal maiden name = DiNali (not sure that is correct spelling) My grandfather and family arrived through Ellis Island in 1898. He arrived with his mom and dad, and several siblings. They immediately went to Montana. There his mom, my great grandma, was burned alive by fire while cooking at a Wood burning stove. Great grandfather then remarried, but died soon thereafter. The step mother was not able to care for all the children, so she put them in an orphanage. My grandfather watched as his siblings were adopted out, but he never was. He stayed until the age of 18, and tried, in vain, to look for his siblings. He met my grandmother in Montana, Amelia DiNali, and they then moved to Bridgeport Connecticut. My mother was one of their daughters. Concetta Amelia Buono. How wonderful it would be to locate some actual family members ~ Many cousins were around when I was a young child, but my mother kinda lost her mind, and took me and my siblings all across country, and changed our names so that no one could find us...A battle between her and my dad...Both are dead now... but we had all lost touch with all of our immediate family. I\'m new and am going to check out the rest of the site. thanks to all, with love, dee

by **ptimber** » 26 Nov 2002, 02:52

If you are looking for relatives in Italy then please go to the ellis island site and retireve the town of origin and see who came together in the ships manifest. If you are looking for relatives in the USA, then aht might present a problem since if the kids were adopted theu may have taken names of their adopted parents. Please let me know what your objectives are for the moment. Peter

by **ptimber** » 26 Nov 2002, 03:07

There are two persons Alec and Larry CONTI in Montana. Go to www.infospace.com and look them up or better yet call them up and see if they are related. Do the same for Buono and De Nali...try connecticut as well. Peter

by **dee4747** » 26 Nov 2002, 07:43

Well, Peter ~ thank you for your reply, perhaps I will try to do that... I realize there are many Conti\'s in the USA, and perhaps Buono is a shortened version of a longer name as well. Many did change their names ~ But thanks for the info. dee

by **ptimber** » 26 Nov 2002, 21:26

what makes you think Buono is a shortened name?? Didn\';t you look him up in the ellisisland website for the town of origin in Italy as well as the names of his family members that came with him????????????pETER

by **ptimber** » 26 Nov 2002, 21:31

send me your e-mail address so I can send you a distribution of Conti in the USA so that you can choose from the various states where they are concentrated and less concentrated. My e-mail is <a href="mailto:Petertimber@msn.com...Provided,of" target="_new">Petertimber@msn.com...Provided,of</a> course, if you want to do the work. Peter