I might have a few of these name discrepancy issues as well. Not sure what the consulate will want me to handle, but will find out in February at my appointment. Most of my issues are first name issues. I do have one last name issue, which is a typo, a V transposed as a W. Not sure if it will be an issue or not as it is the m-GM and not in the blood line.
corrado wrote:for first name with the normal italian to american changes like francesco to francis or frank, or gusippie to joseph , antonio to tony, I used the autocertification document, that I posted to this site. Chicago accepted it with no problems..
I might have to do this as well... thanks for the tip.
My m-GGF name at birth was Guiseppe but he always used Joseph or Joe (for short) in the US. I hope this won't be an issue.
My m-GGM was born Oretta but used Laura or Oretta at various times in the US, not sure why she chose to use one name or the other. Not sure how much of an issue this will be.
My m-GF didn't have a birth certificate and when the order was created at the courthouse the names went in as Father: Guiseppe Joseph LASTNAME and Mother: Oretta Laura MAIDEN NAME. Not sure having those "alternate/a.k.a" names actually appear on the birth certificate as "middle names" helps or hurts the issue. Or if they will say that they aren't the same people as their their original Italian birth certificates don't have middle names, as if someone would name their child Guiseppe Joseph anyhow... I will find out in about a week what my issues are if any, and get to work on fixing anything outstanding.