here's the 1930 census in Brooklyn with daughters Marian and Margaret and their husbands http://imageshack.us/a/img836/4628/1930unitedstatesfederal.jpg Home in 1930: 34 Bay 11th Street, owns $12,000 Brooklyn, Kings, New York head Joseph Laguisa 60 - married age 28 - immig 1889, NA wife Teresa Laguis...

same address as 1899 Sciabarrasi family manifest 1910 census http://imageshack.us/a/img13/9854/1910b.jpg Home in 1910: 865 Greenmount Avenue, owns with a mortgage Baltimore Ward 10, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland head Guiseppa La Guiro ( La Giusa ) 38 IT - married 9 yrs, abt 1901 - immig 18...

1900 and 1910 census are probably in MD (perhaps Baltimore) 1920 census http://imageshack.us/a/img20/5973/1920unitedstatesfederal.jpg Home in 1920: 8101 11th Ave Brooklyn Assembly District 16, Kings, New York head Joseph Laguisa 47 wife Threasa Laguisa 35 children all born in MD: Lawrence Laguisa 1...

also for everyone's reference there is a possibly related family tree on ancestry containing Luigi Sciabarrasi and his family: Pellegrini/Sciabarrasi Family Tree Owner: Krista Pellegrini no husband listed for Maria Teresa Sciabarrasi Luigi Sciabarrasi Birth 30 November 1850 in Catania, Sicilia, Ital...

just for everyone's reference, your 1899 manifest from ancestry.com Name: M Terese Scialarassi [M Terese Sciabarassi] Arrival Date: 7 Jun 1899 Birth Year: abt 1884 Age: 15 Gender: Female Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Italian Port of arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: Ems http://imageshack.us/a/im...

to avoid duplication, here's a related post
http://www.italiangenealogy.com/forum/topic26722.html

Hey Melissa,
Welcome to the Forum !
We would be happy to help.
Besides the US census are you also looking for help with how to locate Italian records?
Thank you, Valarie

great record Marty!

according to a family tree on Ancestry:
Marotta-Cappuccio
Owner: sami8468

Giovanni Bovenzi (from Domenico Mastrogiovanni's 1907 manifest) was married to Rosa Pettrone's sister Alessandra Pettrone (abt 1860)

Rosa, welcome back! Do you have all of your US records (census, ship manifests, etc)? Do you need help with how to look for records from Pignataro Maggiore? Here's your grandfather's 1907 manifest for everyone's reference Thank you, Valarie http://imageshack.us/a/img528/453/1907l.jpg Ship Name: Prin...

Thanks Erudita!
That's a great suggestion
Valarie

Welcome to the Forum! Here's a clue on daughter Lizzie May Crosco's Birth Certificate? from the WVa Archives http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx Valarie --- 1896 Birth Certificate http://imageshack.us/a/img716/508/02169.jpg Lizzie May Crosco Corinth, Preston County, WVa 15 Aug 1896 father: P...

Here's an uncle's name, from Laura Torrone/Terrone's 1901 ship manifest http://imageshack.us/a/img62/8422/1901ag.jpg Ship Name: Kaiserin Maria Theresia Arrival Date: 12 Feb 1901 Port of departure: Genoa, Italy Port of arrival: New York, New York line 6 Laura Terrone 18, abt 1883 - single - dress mak...

Hi!
This may help you locate family currently living in/near Varzi

White pages:
http://www.paginebianche.it/index_en.html

Form Letter to a Possible Relative

I have a letter ready to send to Italy tomorrow. However, from the link you sent, it looks like there is a fax and email for the Bedonian commune. Can I ask for information that way? Sorry, I don't know much about this (guess I'll have to get one of those books)! I'm so glad we could help! I would ...

And :wink: , The Family History Library also has the church records for San Giorgio Martire in Illica from 1720 - 1960 on microfilm: https://familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=413467&disp=Registri+ecclesiastici+di+Illica+%28Parm%20%20&a...