Thank you so much, Livio. I knew Giuseppe had returned to Italy that year , as I was able to find his passport application and the passenger manifest for 1924. My grandfather never returned to Italy as he told Camillo he would. By that time, he had three small children and a dairy to run. My mother ...

Thank you so much, Livio. It is wonderful to be able to have more of a sense of my grandfather's family. He died at the age of 86 when I was 11. We have much more information on my grandmother's side of the family, and very little of his. I am grateful for any little bit of information that I can ...

I hope that is the correct interpretation. Otherwise, we will always wonder why he was "denounced".

Thank you, Livio!

Many thanks to Livio who provided the following translation:

"The certificate that we will promptly send to you,as soon it is legalized, will show you that on the birth registers for the year 1882, your last name is not written as Perocelli but PERUCELLI Giacomo, son of Giovanni and Antonia ...

Following is the link to five letters written over the years to my grandfather and uncle from a relative in Italy. The second and third pages are copies of a paper that was folded in half, similar to a card, and written on front and back. I'm not sure of the page order. (I assume the right side of ...

Thank you so very much, Livio! My mother, aunt and uncle will be so happy to finally have this information. While they spoke the Ticinese dialect of Italian (my grandmother was born in Intragna, Switzerland), it has been many years since my grandparents died (1969 & 1970) and they have forgotten ...

I hope I did it correctly. Its actually a typewritten letter that has aged over the years. Here's the link:

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/9092/letter.pdf

Thanks so much!

I have been looking for my grandfather's roots with little success. His name here in the U.S. was Giacomo Perocelli. He was born in Nibbia, Italy. I have not been able to find him on passenger lists on Ancestry.com or Ellis Island. He claimed to have been in the San Francisco earthquake in 1906, but ...

Thanks so much! I'll give it a shot...

I have been looking for my grandfather's roots with little success. His name here in the U.S. was Giacomo Perocelli. He was born in Nibbia, Italy. I have not been able to find him on passenger lists on Ancestry.com or Ellis Island. He claimed to have been in the San Francisco earthquake in 1906, but ...