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sorry, really: church records!suanj wrote:I searched in many civil records of Communes in Palermo area: Partinico, Corleone, Bisacquino..and no helpful infos...
Only his wife.PippoM wrote:Have you already found records online pertaining to this family?
Yes the information I have comes from her family tree on ancestry's website and what she obtained from his wife's family. Thank you very much.montclaire wrote:What do you mean it's "in her tree?" If you are talking about an Ancestry account, then it could certainly be called into question.
Since you already have her GGF's DOB, it may be easier than you think. My experience is that many places kept large docket books to record births, and these were filled in as the births occured. So if you can view the books from his province (Ancestry does have some Italian dockets avail online), and they followed this procedure, simply look to the early part of Feb 1859. Even in areas with many similar first and last names, I think you might have luck seeing as you have the date.
It has been a long time since I have been here but much has been going on in my life. This is the information I am going to go with. Somebody at the local LDS Family History Center told me to try to get his actual naturalization papers. What I found was his intent. There is conflicting information on it. I might try to get one of his descendants to do that search since I am not descended from him. He was my cousin's grandfather...great or great great.suanj wrote:I searched in many civil records of Communes in Palermo area: Partinico, Corleone, Bisacquino..and no helpful infos...
I found this immigration record:
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Simone Cobra
Name: Simone Cobra
Arrival Date: 17 Dec 1881
Birth Year: abt 1859
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Race¬/Nationality: Italian
Place of Origin: Italy
Port of departure: Palermo, Italy
Destination: United States of America
Port of arrival: New York
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States
Ship Name: Australia
http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=Vi ... d=11753508
I know by Simon Cropper declaration of intent that he arrived in New York on nov 1881.. no ship's name.. but it is hard to think the original surname spelling... in the above immigration record, this Simone, the surname is spelled Cobra.. but I believe mispelled... your suggestions?
suanj