Thank you guys so much! my grandmother was excited to hear who her grandfather and grandmother were.

Hi everyone! I have hit a wall. My great grandfather was Pasquale (Patsy) Angelicola, born in Celenza Valfortore in 1891. He married Caterina D'Attellis in 1912 and lived most of his life in New York. He is not the same Pasquale Angelicola who was from Connecticut, but that Pasquale has the same ...

I remember doing research on this way back. Italy has been conquered and settled time and time again. The Normans, who are well known for their red hair, settled in many areas of Italy we would never think of. My family still shows their red hair to this day.

Yes, many girls were given two names, the first of which was Maria in honor of the Blessed Virgin; and they would be known by their second given name, in this case Celia.

I believe that the "Silla" on the birth act for Ferdinando was a misspelling by a clerk writing a phonetic spelling of the ...

This is the main record I found of her name being Maria Silla Angelina (Angelini). It's the birth certificate of Ferdinando.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27Y6-G23?from=lynx1&treeref=LT3G-FGN

Shortly after, she regularly goes by Celia instead of Maria in all of the US census records ...

Just some information about Craco, Basilicata, if you are interested...
http://thecracosociety.org/index.htm

Here is a possible arrival in 1906 for Pasquale Spera.
He is age 24, single, going to Corona, Queens (to a cousin)
He lists his last place of residence as Ferrandina, Potenza.

https://www ...

Name:
Francesco Angelini

SSN:


Gender:
Male

Race:
White

Birth Date:
27 Sep 1882

Birth Place:
Notaresco (Teramo)


Father:
Bernardo Angelini

Mother:
Carmela Paradiso

Type of Claim:
Original SSN.

Notes:
11 May 1983: Name listed as FRANCESCO ANGELINI

Marty


Grazie Adelfio! There ...

Hi everybody! I always seem to have the most obscure ancestors who enjoyed changing their names, and in true Italian character never cared for laws regarding their legal name. :? So basically I am looking for a birth certificate or something to prove the existence of Maria Silla Angelini born 1883 ...

Mainly Italian but I do have French with some German and Blackfoot Indian, but nothing significant culture wise. My father is half Italian and my mother is full Italian so any other culture is drained out.

Thank you so much Tessa!! And yes, Antonino Messineo is Maria's husband.

I am researching my maternal grandfather side at the moment. My person of interest is Maria LaMonica who came form Sicily. He spouse is Antonio (Antonino) Messineo and they got married Aug 6, 1921 in Manhattan. Story goes Maria was sent away to America from Sicily to marry Antonio who had made a ...

It would transmit to her children as far as I know, but it would not go onto her boyfriend. I would still make sure by emailing your nearest Consol.

I found Joseph's death record: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRN-M7BF
(Giovanni) John Gagliano WWII Draft: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1KM-9PM

It could be that is all the children Maria had. It wasn't odd for multiple children to die young. Of course though, you would ...

You can usually distinct a person based on whether their spouse and sibling were with them at their specific destination or date. Another easy answer is the date of when an event happened. If your ancestor immigrated when he 20 in 1900 then his birth certificate will be from around 1880. Dates are ...

ROTFL! Who knows, your ancestors may personality really gave you meaning to their names. I need to check out that website. Your surnames are really interesting and I've never heard of them.

Thank you Tessa for the links!