I've got another thread on my (wife's) overall citizenship journey, but I have a specific issue (or three) I'm hoping to find some help with.

My wife's grandfather, Mariano Nicosia, was born 8 Sept 1896 in Gravina di Catania, Sicily. (In America, he went by "Mario," not Mariano.) He arrived in the ...

Ah, interesting to know. I thought I read somewhere that you could suggest a commune. Oh well.

And a side note…

When we do get around to filing all our paperwork in Houston, we're likely going to request that our papers be sent to Foggia, as that was where my wife's grandmother was born.

A quick question…

Our USCIS search turned up no records of naturalization. We're waiting on our letter of "no records found" certification.

Our NARA search also turned up nothing. We're also waiting on this official letter.

Our local court search in Cook County turned up a Declaration of Intent ...

I’d like to buy you a beer, mier. That’s the least I could do for all the help you’ve provided. :D

A question on the apostille process… As I understand it, the authentication an apostille provides is suitable for “vital records” as issued by federal, state or local government, i.e. birth ...

I'll continue to update this thread as our journey moves along. I hope it will help anyone else looking to do what many others have done before us.

The latest…

Our NARA records request came back as "no records found." They were unable to find any paperwork or index reference in the region where ...

Thanks so much for the insight, mier. We're still doing everything we can to find the marriage certificate/license, so we'll hope for the best.

On the "no record letters," I've received word back from USCIS that they have no records for Mario. Do I need to also reach out to the local jurisdiction ...

Time for another update…

Based on the advice of some other users here, I reached out to Raffaella (suanj) for some help finding information about Mario, my wife’s grandfather. To my amazement, she was able to find his information quickly, providing us with not only his actual name (Mariano), but ...

I'm revisiting this thread, as I've got some additional information to share.

I reached out to the Department of Homeland Security to have them do an immigration records check for my wife's grandfather, Mario Nicosia. While there do seem to be mentions of a Mario Nicosia in census and immigration ...

Greetings! I'm looking forward to learning a lot from all of you!

My wife and I were doing some research on her family history, and discovered a lot of fascinating things she never knew. I won't go into all the details, but we found out that she might be eligible for Italian citizenship via jure ...