Looking for Grandfather Born in Italy

ptimber · Post by **ptimber** » 15 Sep 2002, 20:58

There are 275 out of 321 persons suranmed Bettarini in Toscana region. Almost 200 are in the province of Florence but you have to know the town of origin in that province provided the betteraini name is ocorrect. Go to ww.paginebianche.it and insert Bettarini the first line and FI in the third line and click cerca. A list of the towns that hasve all the Betterini surnamed people living in them. Peter

ptimber · Post by **ptimber** » 16 Sep 2002, 00:59

the listing I gave you is for people currently residing in the province. There is no listing without background information such as town of origin. If you can find the port of entry into the USA by going thru www.Nara.gov/genalogy and request form 81 and see if they can come yuup with an entry record for your ancestor. Peter

ptimber · Post by **ptimber** » 16 Sep 2002, 16:45

when you find the town simply write a letter to allthe people with the same surname in english and ask them if they are rrelated to you and send a self addressed envelope and a dollar for stapmsa. You will find family. Peter

ptimber · Post by **ptimber** » 19 Sep 2002, 23:52

Goria the Boston and Maine Rairoad have a historical society. You can reach out to them at www.come.to bmrrhs and the webmaster can be reached at his e-mail address <a href="mailto:cp_n18@yahoo.com" target="_new">cp_n18@yahoo.com</a> and ask him about your grandffather. Peter

ptimber · Post by **ptimber** » 20 Sep 2002, 00:03

The e-mail address is <a href="mailto:cp_n18@yahoo.com" target="_new">cp_n18@yahoo.com</a>. Peter

ptimber · Post by **ptimber** » 20 Sep 2002, 00:04

sorry but between the cp and the n18 there is an underline which I cannot overcome. Lots of Luck Gloria. Peter

ptimber · Post by **ptimber** » 20 Sep 2002, 02:46

I am very happy for you. Peter

ptimber · Post by **ptimber** » 21 Sep 2002, 03:37

It is our pleasure thats payment enough. Peter

ptimber · Post by **ptimber** » 24 Sep 2002, 17:00

I am looking forward to hearing from you. Peter

ptimber · Post by **ptimber** » 25 Sep 2002, 13:54

Gloria they impose a $21.00 fee for a search of their records. Peter

ptimber · Post by **ptimber** » 06 Oct 2002, 23:10

Did the marriage certificate give you his year of birth or age when he got married?? You can calculate his year of birth from that. There are only three male Betrano is the ellis island site and if you click on the ships manifest and look to where they were destined that might give you a clue..Perhaps they were destined to someone you rec ognize by name or address. Perhaps Louis was merely adopted by him asnd he was one of the three> DIG GLORIA!!!. Peter

cbsmile99 · Post by **cbsmile99** » 23 Dec 2002, 16:03

One thing I found when I was searching Ellis island for my Grandfather is they sometimes have the middle name instead of the first name.

ptimber · Post by **ptimber** » 23 Dec 2002, 16:32

Did you ever get a response to the form 81 you sent?? Peter

JoBuj · Post by **JoBuj** » 26 Jan 2003, 05:20

I submitted to the RR Retirement Board about my grandfather and received a wealth of information. Besides pertinent information, they had pay records, death certificate (that saved me money) and information on my grandmother. The $21 was well worth it! Joann

ptimber · Post by **ptimber** » 26 Jan 2003, 05:38

That sounds like a good idea too. Peter