thanks Peter, i will get all the documents out and write directly to them, thank you.!!!

yes we have a manifest in a huge pile of documents that we found, so i will look through them tonight and reply to you all tomorrow- thank you all for your help thus far-
from what you saying, if he had an italian passport and then emigrated does this mean we will not be able to claim, the reason i ...

no i have not tried to email them but will do - i have his naturilization document to hand = thanks for the offer. though i am told he had an italian passport- so i know he was an italian

dont understand your question, but i have access to his family tree- if thats any help.

His name is Mair Almeleh- so the family name is Almeleh

I hope someone can give me some advise- we have searched high and low for this but dont seem to be making progress. Basically - my great grandfather was born in rhodes Island in July 1896 and we have been told that at the time, he was born the island belonged to the Italians, and therefore he was an ...