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Looking for information for Potenza Italy

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Looking for geealolgy information on Angiolina Archeri/Vendegna
Born 1884 Potenza Italy, and Married their also.

Looking for Month and Date born, and Month, date and year married.

Grandfather Giuseppe Vendegna Born Jan 12, 1877 Potenza Italy,

Also looking for information on who their parents were by name and if they were in Potenza also.

Have not had much luck finding the above information.

Any member who is from Italy, and or Near Potenza that can Refer me to a professional genealogist that can help me get the above information needed to complete my family tree will greatly be appreciated.

I do not speak or read Itailian, so all responses must be in English.

Thank you for your help in the above matter.
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rvendegna wrote:Looking for geealolgy information on Angiolina Archeri/Vendegna
Born 1884 Potenza Italy, and Married their also.

Looking for Month and Date born, and Month, date and year married.

Grandfather Giuseppe Vendegna Born Jan 12, 1877 Potenza Italy,

Also looking for information on who their parents were by name and if they were in Potenza also.

Have not had much luck finding the above information.

Any member who is from Italy, and or Near Potenza that can Refer me to a professional genealogist that can help me get the above information needed to complete my family tree will greatly be appreciated.

I do not speak or read Itailian, so all responses must be in English.

Thank you for your help in the above matter.
Hi There,

Here is the manifest for Giuseppe and Angela coming into the USA in 1900 through Ellis Island. They are going to go see Giuseppe's brother, Rocco in New York.

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The manifest states they are from Potenza. Most of the people on Ellis Island with the surname - Vendegna, all state they are from Potenza.

Now the Family History Center does have microfilm for the town of Potenza. The film costs $5.75 a roll. Here is the link for the film numbers.

click here for film numbers

Here is the link to find the nearest Family History Center.
click here for FHC

I hope this helps some,
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There are several memebers here qualified to help you with your research or you can choose to view the towns microfilm through the Family History Center closest to you.

In fairness to all our members I choose not to endorse any one person.

If you read through our threads you will find several researchers and genealogists...the only advice I can give to you is to make sure you ask for their qualifications and ask for rates up front before choosing anyone.

I wish you luck in your search and let us know if we can assist you in any other way.

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Hi There,

Here is Giuseppe's WWI Draft Card information.

Name: Guiseppe Vendegna
City: Chicago
County: Cook
State: Illinois
Birth Date: 12 Jan 1877
Race: White
Roll: 1613513
DraftBoard: 39


This looks like Giuseppe and Angela in the 1920 census. Per this census both Giuseppe and Angela came in 1901. Giuseppe already filed for his Petition for Naturalization. All the children were born in Illinois. It's a 2 page census record.

Name: Joe Vendegna
Home in 1920: Chicago Ward 17, Cook (Chicago), Illinois
Age: 42 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
BirthPlace: Italy
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouses's Name: Apegola
Father's Birth Place: Italy
Mother's Birth Place: Italy
Marital status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Rent
Year of immigration: 1901
Able to read: No
Able to Write: No
Image: 436
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Chicago Ward 17, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_328; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 996; Image: 436

Household Members: Name Age
Joe Vendegna 42
Apegola Vendegna 39
Rocco Vendegna 9
Rose Vendegna 11
Annie Vendegna 15
Losy Vendegna 16
Ralph Vendegna 2
James Vendegna

Here is some possible death information from Illinois Death Index.

Name - Age - Cert # - Death Date - County - City
VENDEGNA, ANGELA - UNK - 0011765 - 1944-04-16 - COOK - CHICAGO VENDEGNA, ANGIOLIN - UNK - 0015581 - 1947-05-16 - COOK -
VENDEGNA, JOSEPH - UNK 0015642 1939-05-19 COOK - CHICAGO

I hope this helps
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Nice job Trish...I got sidetracked with something and didn't even check ancestry to try and help in this way! :oops:

Heres the links to the records Trish has found.

Guiseppes Draft Cards

1920 Census Record

Actually, I need to resize the census...the image is too small. Will be back in abit.

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Hope this is better..

1920 Census Page 1

1920 Census Page 2

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Hi Nuccia,

Thank you for posting the records for me. It will help the poster with locating information on his family.

An example will be that he can obtain the Naturalization records for Giuseppe for Giuseppe Petitioned for Naturalization per the 1920 census.

Thanks again for posting the records.
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Re: Looking for information for Potenza Italy

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Hey Ralph! here I am ten years later looking around for the same info, since I'm planning on visiting Potenza in September. Look what else I found http://genealogy.bio/potenza/f836.html
Looks like Guiseppe and Arcangela got married 2/15/1900.
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