nicedream,

My grandfather's age was listed as 23 on his marriage certificate in 1902, which would have given him a birth date of 1879 but his real birthdate on his birth certificate was 1874, which would have made him 28; the San Francisco Consulate had no problem with this as they say it was ...

I was wondering if anyone could tell me if the comune where you want to apply for citizenship can request the records from the US Consulate thus, speeding up the process? Any thoughts on this???

I had all my documents translated by myitaliancitizenship.com and they did a great job. When they were presented at the consulate, there were no problems. I think it cost about $25 per document page.

nuccia,

You are right! The province and town are very important. Many towns that are right next to each other in the South speak different dialects. It is very hard to understand what they are saying. My family is from Spadola in the province of Vibo Valentia and I had a cousin that did not speak ...

Does anyone on here have any relatives that are from Spadola, Italy?
My family is from there and I was just wondering if anyone else is!

I have never come across any software for the Calabrian Dialect. I, myself, grew up with the dialect so I know how to speak it very well and that is because my mother and her brothers and sisters spoke it all the time and we learned as children. I think the only way you can learn it, is to either ...

The San Francisco Consulate tells us that it could take up to two years to receive your Italian Citizenship after the paper work is cleared!

Trish is right, my grandfathers name was Pasquale and he went by Charles after he arrived in America but was listed as Pasquale at Ellis Island. I had the opposite problem, I was looking for Charles in the Ellis Island records until I remembered my mother telling me that my grandfathers name was ...

I submitted a request to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services on the Freedom of Information Act form in regards to my Grandfahters citizenship status. I have been trying to locate naturalization documents for him. There were no records at the local courthouse. I received back a ...

I was wondering if anyone had experience with the US immigration office in locating naturalization records. I sent my request in over seven months ago and still haven't heard from them. Is this common? I do not believe my grandfather was naturalized because in the 1930 census he is listed as an ...

Trish,

Thanks for your help. I was wondering how you found out Joseph Filardo was naturalized by 1930. I am looking to find out if my grandfather, Charles Galle sometimes spelled galley and galli was naturalized. He was also from Mineral Point, WI

I am looking for members of the family of Tassone's from the New York City area. They would be descendants of Carmela Bertucci Tassone. She had a sister Maria Caterina Bertucci Galle and a sister Victoria Bertucci Filardo who lived in Mineral Point, WI and a brother Francesco Bertucci who also lived ...

The Pope's guards are from Switzerland and are all Roman Catholic. You can find a little information on them at this site:

http://ch.c-d.org/ch/culture_swissguard.html

Thanks for the info

Is there a web site to find out what Catholic Churches are in the comune of my ancestors? Also does anyone know the meaning of the surnames Gallé and Bertucci? These are surnames from Spadola, Italy in the province of Vibo Valencia. Thanks.

Pascalena