Awesome!

Thanks!

Excellent. I feel confident you'll get what you need, and look forward to hearing about your success.

For Giuseppa Catalano (232):

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1 ... f=9K8X-C4M

Thanks!

If he was born in the United States, he will keep U.S. citizenship. He would have to renounce his citizenship before a U.S. diplomatic official and pay a fee to renounce. He's not applying for another citizenship, he is getting it recognized; presumably, he has always had Italian citizenship.

Did you obtain this copy recently? Apparently, earlier issued NJ certificates did not include parents' names. Ordering a new one (long form) should fix this.
http://forums.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1541474

I have. It sounds like Philly doesn't, but Boston is requiring some people to get all of the documents anew several years after a parent or sibling applied (http://italiancitizenship.freeforums.or ... ack#p77145).

No. The apostille never needs to be translated.

Are his parents' names on his death certificate?

I don't understand how a birth certificate could be missing a mother's name. Without proof of parentage, establishing descent will be impossible.

My understanding is that there are no hard and fast rules on how long each consulate keeps old files. Some destroy them after a couple of years, others don't. To be on the safe side, you may want to collect all the documents needed, including apostilles and translations.

Have you ordered your GGF's military record?

Was your grandfather born before or after 1942?

Find the law of the state in which the birth occurred. In the United States, an unmarried woman can't add a father's name to a birth record without the consent of the father or a court order. You could certainly get a court order declaring the father named on the birth record to be the birth father.

In California, a child can obtain an official copy of a parent's birth certificate: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/certlic/birthdeathmar/Pages/AthorizedCopyvsInformationalCopy.aspx

You also qualify to order a certified copy of his marriage certificate.

Is he in your direct line? If not, then you won't ...