Italian Immigration to Puerto Rico

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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I'm looking for ancestors from Italy. Surname Valentin/Valentini....
Great Grandfather born in Italy around 1873 (thereabouts). Place of origin, Sicily. Great Grandfather known as Avelino Valentin (could have dropped the i, once immigrated to Puerto Rico). Can anyone help w/the immigration process?

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If you know the town in Sicily that your g-grandfather came from, you can go to www.paginebianche.it, the Italian White Pages, to look up those with the same surname that still live in that town, as your grandfather had(Valentini).

You may also want to check with the US Social Security Administration, if
you have your g-grandfather's SS#. Their records may have his point of origin in Italy or other useful info.

There may also be some branch of the local government in Puerto Rico that can provide the kind of info you seek, but I don't know which that might be.
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Perhaps this book can help you:
CIFRE DE LOUBRIEL, Estela - Catalogo de extrajeros residentes en Puerto Rico en el siglo XIX
Rio Piedras (PR) : Ed. de la Univ. de Puerto Rico, 1962 , Francia: p. 37-81, carte , SPA


Patronymes Agostini; Almains; Amadeo; Anciani; Angelineri; Antonetti; Antongiorgi; Antoni; Antonio; Antonmarchi; Antonmattei; Arenas; Bartoli; Bartolomei; Batistini; Battistini; Bertolacci; Biaggi; Blasini; Caratini; Cardi; Casanova; Catoni; Cervoni; Cesari; Clementi; Damiani; Diaz; Dominicci; Emanuelli; Fabbiani; Fanauzzi; Ferendin; Figarella; Franceschi; Franceschini; Franquiche; Fraticelli; Ghilfuchi; Gilormini; Giorgetti; Giorgi; Lorensi; Lota; Calixty; Luca; Luchessi; Marcantoni; Marcucci; Mari; Mariani; Massari; Massei; Mattei; Montaggioni; Morazzani; Morganti; Murati; Napoleoni; Natali; Negroni; Olivari; Olivieri; Orlandi; Orsini; Padovani; Paganacci; Palmeri; Paoli; Paravasini; Passalacqua; Pellicieri; Pieraldi; Piereschi; Vallet; Pieretti; Pierluisi; Pietrantoni; Pietri; Pinaud; Piovanetti; Poigmirou; Quilichini; Rafaelli; Renesi; Rousset; Santelli; Santini; Semedei; Silvagnoli; Simonpietri; Sinance; Stefani; Stella; Tolinche; Valentin; Vescobachi; Vignalon; Vivaldi; Vivoni

Mots-clés Emigration et Immigration; Naturalisation

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géographiques Francia; France; Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur; Corsica; Corse; 20; 2B; Cap Corse; Corse; Ersa; Rogliano; Morsiglia; Sisco; Bastia; Centuri; Luri; Canari; Patrimonio; Stati Uniti; Etats Unis; Porto Rico; Yauco; Guayanilla; Guanica; Ponce
Localisation Ancêtres Italiens/Bibliothèque, Paris : 8° ITA br 8 m
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Sabes como vino a vivr en Puerto Rico?? por medio de NYC o llegando en los eeuu de otro puerto en los EEUU y mas o menos el ano que llego? Peter NYC
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He is gone now. edit
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What am I? flypaper for freaks?? Peter
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Mis apellidos son Diaz Resto. En estos dias me he intresado por buscar el origen del segundo apellido. No tengo idea del mismo. Solo se una leyenda de mi abuelo del origen del apellido Resto. Sin embargo, ayer por primera vez encontré una página que decía tener un origen italiano del apellido Sesto. Todo lo que he encontrado no tiene nada que ver con Italia, pero, tampoco tengo nada que me de un indicio del origen del mismo. No hay tantos en el mundo y los pocos que conozco que no son directos familiares mios no parecen tener ninguna relacion con mi familia. Mi familia Resto es de Comerio y posiblemente de Aguas Buenas originalmente. Alguien sabe algo o puede decirme donde puedo encontrar información?
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