Suanj thank you, that helps a lot.

Thanks for the effort. I could not find much.

That's a possibility. He was listed as a butcher but the census showed him to be a day laborer. I will check some more. thanks again.

I don't believe it is him as he lived in Los Angeles. Thank you

Thank you

I was wondering about that also. I believe you are right because Camilla was my grandmother. I am trying to figure out where they came from in Italy. The 1930 census shows Camilla Catelli living in Los Angeles but I do not belong and could not bring it up. I figured Amerigo passed away between 1920 ...

Tessa78 thank you for the information on Vincent.

My ggf Amerigo J Catelli born Jan 1873 unknown place in Italy. He immigrated to the US in 1872 or 1873. I could not find any information through Ellis Island. He was shown in the 1900 census living in Los Angeles with his sister and brother in law and in the 1910 census he is listed as A. Catelli ...

I believe you can. Here is the information I got off the internet.
Balestrate City Hall
Address: Via Roma, 14 - 90041 Balestrate - ITALY
Phone Number: (+39) 091-8980011; Fax: (+39) 091-8980079
Mayor: Tonino Palazzolo

Hope this helps, Bill

I used My Italian Family and sent for both my grandfather and grandmother's birth certificates. I received them both in about 3 weeks time. Both were from Balestrate. Balestrate has a website where you can contact them. It has both addresses and phone numbers.

You will be automatically entered in AIRE.

I obtained my passport last week in San Francisco. You do not need your italian birth certificate from the comune. I brought my application form with two passport photos and I also brought the recognition document but that was not needed as they have your file. I also brought $115.20 for the fees ...

Congratulations Erik

After my paperwork was submitted in SF it took 9 weeks to receive our formal letter of recognition. We immediately applied to get our passports. The wait was 3 weeks and we actually go next Tuesday for our passports. We did not receive a birth certificate or anything else from ...

Yesterday, my wife and I received our recognition of Italian Citizenship. We had our appointment in San Francisco on April 14. Took two months to get the recognition letter back. The letter indicates the documents were sent to Balestrate for recording. The letter also says we can apply for our ...

I had postage from USPS for international mail. I didn't know the euro value. I had an idea is was 15 euros from other posts on this site. I sent 20 euro and they returned it. I had the euros from a recent trip to Europe.