I'm trying to find records of my grandfather's birth certificate in order to possibly gain dual citizenship ship, but also to give a copy to my father as a gift.
Name: Bruno Penna
DOB: January 21st 1905
Birthplace: Polia, Calabria
Any help is appreciated!
Warm regards,
Paul
Finding my grandfather's birth certificate
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Re: Finding my grandfather's birth certificate
Hi Paul - Have you seen this? It isn't a birth record, but it shows the September 3, 1927 arrival at Niagara Falls of an Italian named Bruno Penna who was born in Polia in 1906. The document states he arrived by rowboat:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... AQ23H-1M2X
Two pages later in the same manifest book is this record of the Niagara Falls arrival of another Bruno Penna. This one was born in "Palea, Catanzaro":
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cc=1876434
This Bruno Penna appears on the following page in another Niagara Falls arrival:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cc=1876434
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... AQ23H-1M2X
Two pages later in the same manifest book is this record of the Niagara Falls arrival of another Bruno Penna. This one was born in "Palea, Catanzaro":
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cc=1876434
This Bruno Penna appears on the following page in another Niagara Falls arrival:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cc=1876434
Re: Finding my grandfather's birth certificate
You will need to write to the town for records after 1861ppenna wrote: ↑15 Jul 2021, 00:35 I'm trying to find records of my grandfather's birth certificate in order to possibly gain dual citizenship ship, but also to give a copy to my father as a gift.
Name: Bruno Penna
DOB: January 21st 1905
Birthplace: Polia, Calabria
Any help is appreciated!
Warm regards,
Paul
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Re: Finding my grandfather's birth certificate
No records are available on-line. You should apply for an "Estratto di nascita" at the following address:
Comune di Polia
Ufficio Servizi Demografici
Piazza Dottori Pizzonia
89813 Polia (VV)
Italy
Fax: +39 0963 321091
e-mail: anagrafe@comune.polia.vv.it
Comune di Polia
Ufficio Servizi Demografici
Piazza Dottori Pizzonia
89813 Polia (VV)
Italy
Fax: +39 0963 321091
e-mail: anagrafe@comune.polia.vv.it
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Re: Finding my grandfather's birth certificate
There is a standard form for the request, which is helpful if you have at least some of the basic data on the birth. (Date and parents.) I'm hopeful that your comune there is responsive. I was fortunate to get a response in about 48 hours. Some are quite a bit slower.
https://it.usembassy.gov/wp-content/upl ... 3uEOyL_3J0
https://it.usembassy.gov/wp-content/upl ... 3uEOyL_3J0
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