Thank you for your reply.

Does the Declaration of Intention constitute the "renouncement of foreign citizenship" or does the Petition for Naturaliztion, the "formal" renouncement of citizenship.
My issue:

My grandfather came to the United States in 1902.
On his Declaration of Intention dated 1942 on line 13, states "I have ...

What is your proof that Rosolino Angelo Guarino m. Maria Chimento in 1883?
If they married in 1883 they probably would have has children in 1884 or 1885.

Per Indice Decennale di Matrimonio 1886-1895, (ten year index), for Alia:
Rosolino Angelo Guarino m. Maria Chimento - 1886 record, #4 (which ...

I posted on the Alia thread yesterday, please check there.
Damiano Guarino was born in Alia in 1886.
I believe Rosolino Angelo Guarino is your ggf.
All information points to that. If you want I can send information on your Guarinos 4 more generations past Rosolino to Mercurio Guarino born abt 1744 ...

Carla

The only information I have that fits your information is:

Rosolino Angelo Guarino., b. October 7, 1856, to Damiano Guarino b. 10/13/1822 and Maria Grazia Aiello b. 9/7/1828, one of eight children born between 1850 and 1861.
married in 1886 to a
Maria Chimento (might sound like keemento ...

Carla

Messina surname is not native to Alia. Salvatore's grandfather and great-grandfather were were from Montemaggiore Belsito, Palermo. It's up the road about 20 miles. My grandfather's grandfather (Cosimo Monteleone) also came from Montemaggiore.

I am distantly related to Francesca Barceloona ...

Is your Antonino Puglisi born 1888 to Salvatore born 1/12/1851 and Concetta Maria Todaro who were married 11/5/1878, and one of at least 6 children born between 1879 and 1888
Salvatore's parents were Gaetano Puglisi born 5/9/1825 and Anna Russo abt 1819, who probably married in 1849. He was one of ...

According to the 10 year index for 1896-1905 of Alia:
Vincenza Di Vincenzo born 1898 (Num di Registro # 44) to Calogero and Giuseppa Severino
According to the 10 year index for 1886-1895 of Alia:
Michele Di Vincenzo born 1895 (Num di Registro # 107) to Calogero and Giuseppa Severino
I realize that ...

Another possibility:
Who actually presented the information to the civil authorities? It was not always a parent. As a result, the exact ages at birth might not be known. The same can be said about ages at death. The older the person, the less chance of knowing the exact agefrewer people would know ...

Update on Monteleone

My grandfather Salvatore Monteleone (b. 1880) arrived New Orleans 1902
His sister Anna Maria or Marianna Monteleone (b. 1878) arrived Ellis Island 1906
Brother Cosimo/Cosmo Monteleone (b. 1883) arrived New Orleans 1913
All were single. I have not been able to find any soild ...

If you could come up with any dates, it would help a lot. I can help with birth, death, and marriage prior to 1911.

Paternal Grandfather Damiano Marchiafava m. Rosalia Tripi date ?
son: Rosolino born ? + 9 siblings
Rosalia born in Pennsylvania, but married in Alia, when ?
Her brother Frank Tripi ...

l'anno mille otto cento sessantanove il giorno primo di ottobre
October 1, 1869

To Kelwien
The number of deaths for Alia in during the cholera epidemic of 1837 (especially july and August) was closer to 400-500 out of a population of 3000+, still very tragic. Sometimes whole families died. I am interested in the genetics. Where can I find the paper discussing it. Thanks in ...

My hobby is researching the town of Alia where my grandfather was born adn emigrated from in 1880 to New Orleans and ended up in the San Fernando Valley.
The sources for 1851-1861 is the Albert Robicahux book and the birthdates from 1820s to 1860 are from the yearly indexes, as well as the 1862-1865 ...

Thank you very much. This is my grandfather's brother. Someone emailed me a while ago that on the back side of his passenger card had him living in NYC, NY, but haven't verifed that

My family seemd to fly under the radar for a while

Thanks again. It's wonderful to be able to nail this aspect of ...