Hi everyone,

This was a most annoying snag that emerged recently. Boo. My great grandfather Pasquale was listed as "Patsy" (a common nickname for Pasquale) on his 1935 death certificate. Not exactly the most professional, Mr. Medical Examiner!! So, as some of you know, the Municipal Archives who ...

Hi Marty and Ann~

They did indeed settle in NYC, after a few years in Pennsylvania. You were wise to ask about WHICH Sava because I learned there is Sava in Apulia, and there is "Sava di Baronissi" in Campania. Shoot, I wish I knew that. He was born in 1880 according to her Petition for ...

Hi everyone.

GGF was thought to have hailed from Sava, Italy, as my GGM wrote this on her petition for naturalization. But like so many other "facts" in this epic search, it proved to not be reliable. Bummer. The Italian authorities sent me a note saying there were "No records found".

How else can ...

Hi everyone-

Sad news today as I got a "no records" reply from the Italian authorities for a birth-records search for my GGF, Pasquale Giordano. My GGM listed his hometown as Sava, Italy, but apparently she didn't know where her husband was born! There are other inaccuracies in her children's birth ...