Edini - my grandfather

[angeloNC]

Hello, I just joined because I've hit a dead end when searching for information about my grandfather. I got as far as finding out he listed his home as Porto Empedolce. The other information I found was that he was born in Girgenti in 1891. I was wondering if you could provide any additional information. His name was Guiseppe Edini.

[misbris]

Hi and welcome to the forum,

Do you have his ship's manifests? I believe he made 2 trips.

Porto Empedocle is a town in the Province of Agrigento (Girgenti) Sicily.

http://en.comuni-italiani.it/084/028/index.html

http://www.comune.portoempedocle.ag.it/

[angeloNC]

Yes he did make 2 trips... once was his original trip to the US and the second trip was when he went back and (I am thinking) married my grandmother and returned to the states with her.

First trip was the Italia on January 1911

http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=V ... 4004261484

Second trip was the Regina D'Italia in 1919

http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=V ... 4028905106

What I am looking for would be his birth record and perhaps his parents names

Thanks for all your help...

[misbris]

The Family History Center has records for Porto Empedocle. You can rent them and research your family.

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library ... umns=*,0,0

[pink67]

The Family History Center has records for Porto Empedocle. You can rent them and research your family.

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library ... umns=*,0,0

If you don't have it, here you can see his birth date so the research of his birth act will be easier and you'll find his parents names and other details...

From Ancestry.com:

U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
about Giuseppi Edini
Name: Giuseppi Edini
Birth Date: 27 Jun 1891
Birth Place: Gergenti
Residence: Kings, New York
Race: White
Roll: WW2_2369481

image:
http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVDu8FJ

or you can also ask for the application he filled out for the SSN:

Social Security Death Index
about Giuseppe Edini
Name: Giuseppe Edini
SSN: 117-10-8086
Last Residence: 08701 Lakewood, Ocean, New Jersey, United States of America
Born: 27 Jun 1891
Died: Mar 1971
State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951)

http://genealogy.about.com/od/online_re ... equest.htm

Laura