Hi everyone,

I am looking in to acquiring a court order for divorce records required by the NYC consulate in a GGF JS application, and am hoping that some folks in this community have related experience and/or recommendations.

I understand this likely requires an Article 78 petition, however am ...

Thanks, both!


The only experience I have with the archives in Cosenza has been to snail mail them requests for vital records with a couple of euros tucked in. They have responded in about a month ... Maybe snail mail is the way to go with your request? There is a limit on how long they can take ...

Thanks GLiguori,

Appreciate that insight. I currently have travel to Spain planned and could make an additional trip, but after having heard that e-mail documents should suffice, hoping to avoid travel to Cosenza if I can.

My issue now is I'm not sure of next steps from the Archive, as I have not ...

Hi ItalGen community! I need 3 total documents from Italy for my JS application, one of which lies with the Cosenza state archives.

It's my Great-Great-Grandfather's birth extract (B: 1855). He was born in the commune of Lungro, however that commune informed me that due to fire, documents from ...

Hi mler & all - quickly closing the loop on this thread should it be helpful to future users.

I was able to secure an appointment at the NYC consulate by logging in to the calendar page at 6PM exactly -credentials entered & ready for me to hit go as soon as the clock ticked 6:00:00. They appear to ...

Hello, Italian-Gen community!

Curious to know if any have had any luck securing a Jure Sanguinis appointment at the New York consulate. I have been refreshing the page daily at 6pm (per the recommendation on the consulate's site) to no avail.

Hoping there are other tricks I can try, though I'm ...

Hi all,

Good news - I was finally able to stop by a Family History Center and obtained a copy of Pietro Longo's birth record from Lungro! Wouldn't have been able to achieve this without the help and guidance from this community.

I also tried to find Faustina's from Saracena, however those records ...

I cannot express my gratitude enough for the work you've put in and the information you've been able to uncover, thank you so much!

Curious about the Family History Center/Affiliate libraries as I'm very interested in finding Pietro & Faustina's birth information. Fortunately I live in New York ...

Hi Bette,

Yes - the marriage of Maria & Gaetano is correct.

I do not know about the death record, however - could you direct me to it? Exciting that this could be a new find :)

Lastly, no, unfortunately the three listed on that census record (Pietro, Faustina, Antonio) are all I know of.

Thank ...

Hello all,

Disappointed to be coming up short in finding any information on my GGGF Pietro Longo in Italy. The earliest (US) record I have of him is the 1905 New York State census, showing him & my GGF Gennaro residing in New York City (link below).

US records have him born in Italy around 1860 ...

Wow, thank you! Very interesting, and I can surely try searching around for Francesco.


Here is a possible arrival for Faustina Guardagna in 1892 in NY.
Traveling with Francesco Longo, age 9.
Lines 242 and 243.
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7488/NYM237_591-0166?pid=4002151871&backurl=https ...

Hi friends! Thought I'd bump this, still searching for my GGF Pietro Longo's place of birth.

Also, I did find my GF Gennaro's birth cerrificate at the NYC municipal archives! (attached)

Thanks a bunch

Thanks so much, all! Extremely helpful.

@Tessa78 : Wow all of this is amazing, I appreciate the effort very much! Some answers to your questions:

That arrival document looks promising, all the details add up so far! Very exciting, do you mind sharing how you accessed that database?

Still ...

Hello, Everyone! This forum has been an extremely valuable source of guidance for me, and I'm pleased to be making my first post :)

After witnessing a friend's success story, I became quite interested in claiming Italian citizenship through Jure Sanguinis. My eligible Italian ancestor (through my ...