Over 25 million Italians have emigrated between 1861 and 1960 with a migration boom between 1871 and 1915 when over 13,5 million emigrants left the country for European and overseas destinations.
Just for the record... here is the marriage I referenced in my earlier post for Biagio Sciano and Giuseppa Gaglione in Sant'Agata di Militello on 10 August 1895. I do not know if this is YOUR Biagio Sciano...
I would be more confident if this Biagio's father was Giuseppe (as he named his son)... but in this record Biagio is the son of deceased Vincenzo
Biagio is age 25, a fisherman - (in the 1920 Census, your Biagio is a carpenter)
Greetings,
I totally need all the help I can get! I am trying to locate the ancestry of my grandfather Joseph B. Shano, Sr. He lived and died in Plaquemines Parish, LA. Growing up I thought he was Cajun, but I was recently told that he was actually Sicilian. I would love to be able to trace my heritage back to Italy. Thanks in advance for your help!
My mom and dad came from two very different classes of Italian society. Dad's mom came from a very aristocrat family and mom's came from farmers and agricultural workers. When my mom's parents came to the US, they left their oldest son Giovanni in the care of my maternal grandmother's parents. I hea...
