Quick update and question-

I just heard back from the National Archives. They were unable to match my ancestor with any naturalization record in the NA, and I was advised to contact the county clerk of the county in which he lived, which would be Onondaga county, New York in this case, and also ...

Hi: Why don't you request a copy of your grandmother's NY death certificate? It will list both her parents names.

Not entirely reliable. I have seen death certificates that were missing one or both names and others that had an incorrect name.

The social security application form is more likely ...

Okay, here is the above referenced manifest at ancestry.com: http://interactive.ancestry.com/7488/NYT715_615-0452/4032127220?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fgst%3d-6&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults

Looks like S. Gregorio M. to me (Italians are sticklers about ...

The Google translator considers Gregono to be the Latin form of Gregory. https://translate.google.com/#la/en/gregono

Also, at the Ellis Island site I found a number of passengers arriving from "S. Gregono M." on a single manifest. Unfortunately, the link to the actual manifest page appears to be ...

It would help if we knew where you got the name from and, if possible, posted the document or a link to it.

There is no known place in Italy today with "gregono" in its name. No comune (city/town), no frazione (small hamlet or village belonging to a larger city/town) and no province.

A listing of ...

If nothing else turns up, you can request a copy of your grandmother's Social Security application form.

See http://genealogy.about.com/od/online_re ... equest.htm for details.

There are no known records of either type.

Sorry.

Do you have year of birth for either Henry John Lynch or Amalia Cinti?

For what it is worth, Durante is a very common surname throughout Italy as you can see here http://www.gens.info/italia/it/turismo- ... -ef9mMpeno

Cemeteries in Italy are owned and managed by each comune. In Troia, it is:

Servizi Cimiteriali
Via Regina Margherita, 80
71029 Troia (Fg)
ITALY
Tel./Fax 0881 978412
Email: servizicimiteriali@comune.troia.fg.it


There is a lot of interesting and useful on-topic info in these previous threads ...

Peter!

We haven't seen you in ages! How are you?

weixiehong wrote: So since documents are apostilled at the state level, where would we have to send away for the apositlle for the Federal US naturalization docs?

See http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/ ... tions.html

The address in 1940 was 2224 Terpsichore and, according to the census, they were at the same address 5 years earlier in 1935.

Unfortunately, they were not there 10 years earlier in 1930; a different family is at that address on the earlier census.

Lines 39, 40 & 41: http://interactive.ancestry ...

paola52 wrote:Maybe Ribottoli, frazione (hamlet) of Serino

Good possibility; there are 182 listings for Rodia in the Italian telephone directory, 34 of which are in Serino. http://www.paginebianche.it/ricerca?qs= ... erino&l=en

You can try the contact form on the comune's website: http://www.comune.celano.aq.it/pagine/contatti.asp

Google translation of same: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comune.celano.aq.it%2Fpagine%2Fcontatti.asp&edit-text=


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