HI everyone,
I wanted to give you a follow up - the link to your site and Certificate request form was SO HELPFUL.
I used the form you provided the link to, I wrote to the Priverno office and received such a fast response! I received his birth certificate and all of the information and "leads ...

Tessa, thank you so much! I'm not familiar with Italian first names or last names, so your input is much appreciated! I have a few more documents on my Grandpa, but they don't provide any other leads outside of the US.

This story is very interesting - let's see if I can condense it at all:
Our ...

Many thanks to all of you! This is such a phenomenal break through! How do you know what to do? Have you taken a class or course on this? I would like to help people also...

hi,
here the Tommaso CAPUA arrival:

First Name: Tommato (Tommaso)
Last Name: Capna (CAPUA)
Ethnicity: Italy, South
Last Place of Residence: Piperno, Italy
Date of Arrival: Jun 06, 1910
Age at Arrival: 20y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Duca di Genova
Port of Departure: Napoli ...

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Yes, the names came from my great grandpa's naturalization papers.
They were written by someone American as he spoke with his Italian accent, so I don't know if the names are even spelled right...

Thanks for taking a look. There are various mysteries, beyond the name spellings! But I figured I ...

Hello,

I have two names and I am not sure how they would be correctly spelled.
I hope you will have some ideas!

These names were written down while someone with an Italian accent spoke:

Name 1: Griden'ta (first name)
Name 2: Tommaso (first name)
Name 3: Sirsni (surname?)

Are these names ...

Hi everyone,
I hope you have some great ideas for me. We have been researching this for YEARS and I'm so new to genealogy that I am pretty stuck.

My great grandfather came to the US in 1910, and his name was changed. However, I have some documents which list his original name as Tommaso Coppa ...