Thanks so much for the help!!

thanks. But is it in response to my request about the adoption papers? does it say anything about that?

If anyone can help me with this...I would truly appreciate it. I received a letter from Naples in response to my request for more information on my family.

1st part:
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2nd part:
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My gggmother was Vincenza Cherubino - not sure where she was from but her son was born in Naples.

Someone told me Cherubino is a name from Naples.

Really? I've talked to Ricardo. Maybe I should have him look into it for me too. PLEASE let me know if you find anything out. You can write me directly! jen.nostrame@gmail.com

Where was yours from? (what part of Italy?)

Thanks Gina! I kind of think that might be the case with mine too. Oh well, what can you do? When you come to the end of the road...that's it!

I will probably just write one final letter to the orphanage and/or Stato Civile requesting any add'l info about his abandonment and if they don't have any ...

Thanks John. Very interesting....any ideas on the name "Nostrame"? I'm thinking, in following your explanation, that maybe it was a variation of another name. What do you think?

Thanks again,

Jen

Hello all,

I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season!

I have a general question: Does anyone know how names were generally "invented" for orphans in Italy?

Any info is appreciated. Thanks.

Jennifer

Josh,

How funny - I didn't even see it - the mailing address for the comune di Poggio Imperiale is right in the top left corner...:)

Also, here is the website (I believe official) for Sulmona:

http://www.comune.sulmona.aq.it/web/index.html

Click on "contatti" & you'll see the email address ...

Here is the official website for the comune Poggio Imperiale (you can normally tell which website is official because 1) it usually has the official crest of that comune and 2) it will have gov't info, including contact info)

http://62.110.208.43/poggioimperiale/hh/index.php?x ...

Hey Justin,

I think I can help you here.

I just looked at Caroline's passenger manifest. It says her husband's father lived in Napoli & even gives an address (ironically this is exactly how I found my ancestors in Naples).

I think your people are from the city, but I can't read the exact ...

Hi Justin,

I have also researched my ancestors, who were from Naples. But it's important that you know whether they are from Naples the province or Naples the city. My ancestors were from the center of Naples, so I was able to write the Stato Civile office there for the records - I had no success ...

Well, maybe you are right about Como...do you know this website?

http://www.gens.labo.net/it/cognomi/genera.html

Where the dark circles are - is where the majority of Veronelli's are from....and that looks like the Como area...

So maybe you can use Suanj's info and seach San Fedele & San Donnino ...

Suanj is the expert here so please defer to her judgment for everything & anything but....

Since you said that you are just guessing about Como (and you really need to know the exact town in Italy to get records), are there any other sources or records in England that you can think of that may have ...

Tanury:

oh, sorry, forgot to mention - I even have photos of your Andrew when he was in the Army! You can email me at my other email address too: jen.nostrame@gmail.com

Jennifer