Yes, I find that agents at Ellis Island wrote the last names and residences of many arrivals whatever way they figured it was spelled. My grandfather is listed as Oreste Salvatore when he is really Oreste Salvatori. Alot of his relatives, the same thing happened when they came over I find in their l...

I have my letter typed and ready to go....I am excited!!!

Thank you JCSM!!!!

Thanks!! I am pretty sure that Vincenzo is a cousin though, not a brother. He would be the brother of Sebastiano, another cousin who settled in Yonkers. I looked at the ship manifest for my grandfather and it said he would be residing with "cousin Vincenzo Salvatori." Also, if I remember c...

Thanks for verifying. I am close enough to Ellis Island where I could go personally. I guess I will have to make a day of it!!

What years are included in the Ellis Island data? My father believes they stop at 1924. I thought since the website has been up a few years, they would have added more data by now. My grandmothers name was Angelina (DeAngelis) Salvatori. She would have came to America sometime between 1925 and 1931....

I am trying to find out how many children were born to my Great-grandparents Giacomo and Aurora Salvatori of Sorbo(di Tagliacozzo). My grandfather, Oreste(Emilio) is their son. Oreste was born 5/15/1900 and died in June of 1955. He came to America in the 1920's and lived in Yonkers. I know he came o...