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looking for information on my father's father, Ambrosio Macchi. Apparently he was from Ferno (Varese), San Macario. Any thoughts as to what to do next?
what are your research objectives? documents, relatives, immigrant ancesors, geography, history????? I like to assist people by directing them to appropriate website,addresses and locations so they can obtain what they want. The best way to start is to start at the end and work backwards meaning start with your immigrant ancestor arrival and head back to Italy. You can take a quick look at the number of persons in the town of origin by their surname at www.paginebianche.it. Insert surname in first line and town(s) in the third line and click CERCA. Please get back to me when you need more information. Peter
You neeed Ambrosio Macchi date of birth or year of birth to obtain documents. If he was your immigrant ancestor then you can get that info at Ellisisialnd.org records. Peter
Contrary to popular belief, not all Italian given names have Christian or classical roots. Many names encountered in older records are almost whimsical, and some cannot be translated into Latin or any other language. In order to avoid possible mistranscription of a given name with which the research...
