Thank you! Grazie, grazie!

I'm hoping there may be more resources online too.

Simply amazing.... thank you! Grazie, grazie!

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could find any information on the parents or siblings of Angelo Maria MERENDA. He was born May 23rd 1879 in Roggiano Gravina. According to Portale della Storia degli Italiani, his parents were Giuseppe Merenda and Maria Giuseppa Iaconetti. There are 2 war drafts for him...

by LDS center in or nearby your residence's town, you can order and rent the microfilms of Roggiano Gravina civil records: Registri dello stato civile di Roggiano Gravina (Cosenza), 1809-1910 Births, marriages, banns, marriage documents, deaths. https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/430648?availa...

I believe that Maria Giuseppa maiden name was MERENDA and Capparelli married surname because the her daughter is listed as Pasqualina Capparelli ... the only explanation why no birth record in Altomonte ( I searched from 1905 to 1910 and I found several Pasqualina Capparelli, born in Altomonte, but...

Angelo's grandson also sent me this. I'm not sure if that's helpful...

Angelo's marriage certificate:
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Me too searched in Altomonte, maybe Altomonte was the last residence and Maria Giuseppa married in Roggiano Gravina and Pasqualina born here... I believe that Maria Giuseppe married at a Capparelli (born in Altomonte) ... Maybe in Altomonte marriage banns it can be the record abt that... suanj I ag...

Thank you everyone.... your work is amazing. I do not know how to say thank you enough to show you how much I appreciate it.... :D I will share here what I have of Pasqualina. The earliest record I have on Lena is here. 1920 CENSUS: http://postimg.org/image/d9bzw0set/ Antonio Caulo is her 2nd step-f...

The Naturalization Card you posted has a Petition # on it. You can request Pasqualina/Lena's naturalization records using that number and the information on the card at this site... (you will need to create an account) https://eservices.archives.gov/orderonline/start.swe?SWECmd=Start&SWEHo=eser...

Hi, I have been trying to track Pasqualina ______ ( surname unknown ) my grandmother's sister for many months. I always assumed she took her mother's surname MERENDA. However, I recently discovered my grandmother Mary's baptism record as well as birth record that had information on Pasqualina's moth...

I think it was Louisiana that they went to. Hi! :D If you give me their names and town where they came from, I'd be more than happy to help with your research. You may find this forum post interesting too. http://www.italiangenealogy.com/forum/topic2676.html Also this article on the treatment of It...

You can send for the marriage certficate from NYC if you have not done so already. That should list her parents' names and her place of birth. http://www.nyc.gov/dorforms/marriagecert.jsp Also... you posted the manifest, but it has no date. Can you provide one for the arrival? Is that her mother li...

I had always gotten the impression from what was passed down through the family was that the young women, who were maids in the Cosenza area of Calabria especially the girls from villages, were easily preyed on by the wealthy men of the home. I was also told that the maids were kept well because the...

I was wondering if anyone had any information on what it was like to be a maid or female servant during the early 1900s. My 3rd great grandmother was a maid in Calabria as a young teenager (about 12/13 to 18). She worked in the Cosenza area for a wealthy family. Here is an interesting article from ...

Next to my 2nd great grandfather's name, Lorenzo Apuzzo, the spot where it says he is from has a name and numbers. I can't figure out what it means. Is there anyone who knows the meaning of this?

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