Hi Ally,

Nice to hear from you!!

A week of PayPal messages?? wo.... that would drive me up the wall!! You received phony messages from various banks too..? That is really weird... that's quite the invasion...

When the PayPal message came up, there was a "Examine Certificate" feature which I ...

No clue to as to how many!

50 or 500?

Valarie, now you've really got me thinking....not just how many.... but about the topping...

I would like to know if anyone knows the recipe for Sicilian cookies called Raffanti ( I am not sure about the spelling). They're made with icing sugar and egg ...

GOOD SHIP MANIFEST CANDIDATE FOR MARIA OLIVERIO

Vessel--Re D Italia
Arrival NYC, 03 Aug 1907
Passenger Name--Maria Oliverio, age 14
Last Residence, San Giovanni in Fiore
Destination is ?ton, WV to join father Francesco
Also shows name of closest relative in Italy as grandmother, Rosa ? (cannot ...

Original jpeg file

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Good candidate for ship manifest

Vessel--Cretic
Arrival NYC--15 June 1906
Salvatore Iaquinta, age 18
Birthplace San Giovanni
Destination, Coalton WV to join brother-in-law (I cannot decipher the name)

Perhaps someone can link the image?

Here is the manifest Biff83 is talking about...

http ...

Hi Biff83,

Your WW2 draft card find really helped...

I had just edited my last post and noticed your reply!

I'm not too sure about the manifest I posted... this manifest tells me that he would be joining his brother Francesco... maybe another brother...?

Here's a Salvatore Jaquinta

a 1913 manifest

On his way to West Virginia... but lists his wife as Teresa... would you happen to know her full name?

First Name: Salvatore
Last Name: Jaquinta
Ethnicity: Italy, Italian South
Last Place of Residence: S. Giovanninofore Italy
Date of Arrival: Jul 29 ...

Recipe 2

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5971/raffantirecprightjpeg2tj.jpg

1 LB of vanilla sugar

2 1/2 cups cake flour

I packet of Dr. Oetker Brand Baking Powder

a bit of cloves (garofano)

3 eggs

Oven at 300 degrees

Raffinati means refined sugar...

Marcella, please review... we may have ...

Here's recipe 1

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/3857/recipeleftside9fv.jpg

Raffinato (refined - Icing or confectioners sugar)
500 aisi (could she mean " icing " sugar?) zucchero
350 gr farina Monarchi
3 uova
1 bustina de lievitto Dr. Oetker Brand Baking Powder
1 bustina di vanilla
Mettere tutti ...

Hi Valarie,

I've been off the computer for the last three hours.. and just logged in...

The PayPal messages have stopped...

I just thought it was very unusual since the other sites I had gone to earlier... didn't give me a PayPal message.. but this site did... (repeatedly)...

Maria

PayPal message??? :?

Anyone else getting this message when you connect to this site??

Is it just my connection... or is anyone else getting a PayPal message??

I took a screen shot of what happens when i connect to this site....

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/8127/paypalitalgenea5qs.jpg

I ...

Just read your post...

There's a Teresa and mother Carmela also listed on this census...

1930 United States Federal Census
about Vespucci Briscione

Vespucci and family 1930 Census

Name: Vespucci Briscione
Home in 1930: Union City, Hudson, New Jersey
Age: 36
Estimated birth year: abt 1894 ...

1900 United States Federal Census
about Gabriel Briscione

Gabriel Briscione 1900 census

Name: Gabriel Briscione
Home in 1900: Manhattan, New York, New York
Age: 44
Estimated birth year: abt 1856
Birthplace: Italy
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Spouse's name: Carmel
Race: White
Occupation ...

My Grandparents names are Frank and Helen Sgherzi, they were born in New Jersey but I'm not sure about the city, I think it was Jersey City.


My Father's name is Michael Sgherzi he was born 11/12/1955 in Jersey City, NJ. My Father's siblings, Anthony Sgherzi and Jeanine Sgherzi.


And if its any ...

I have been searching the Ellis Island records and found a few possibilites.
There are 2 Gabriele Brisciones (father and son) of Union Hill NY. Can anyone help with census info?
Also there is a Giusippa Brusciome? who entered in 1894, but when I try to get the ship's record, it shows up as a ...