Hello Everyone,

Thanks for all of your help. I had the 1911 manifest and it is where I found out the real name, Casaretto, vs. all the other ones that became legal in the USA (Casaretti, Casarietti, Casarett). This openned me up to all the other names which were likewise changed or misspelled). My ...

My maternal great grandfather, Nicola Casaretto or Casaretti came to Rochester, NY in 1869 from Chiavari, Italy. He had married Louisa Vacari also in 1869 (location not known). Louisa's mother was Thersa carsa, father was Jake Vacari. Nicola's brother Antonio came a few years later. Both brothers ...

Laura,

Hi. I have found a few Casaretti's near to Chiavari in Ligure (I can not remember the towns they lived in). The is also that hamlet "Casaretti" that is just east of Chiavari.
Thanks for your help. Do you know the best way to contact the church parish and do you know if they will share ...

Will do. It is important that I get some sort of a toe hold in Chiavari before I go there to research next year. By the way, I tried copy/paste of that email and it bounced because there were spaces around the "@". No big deal but could throw off someone.

Thanks again!

Yes, I emailed them several days ago...in Italian. I hope I get something back.

Thanks

Nuccia,

What microfilm? Where do I check that out? I think Casaretti is too small to have microfilm or even records. I viewed an arial photo/map and it seems little more than a cross roads with a few houses but it is so close to Chiavari I have to be interested.

By the way, I bought an antique ...

I haven't run into any problems in the USA...yet. Everyone has been very helpful and very open. I think our 75 year confidentiality law is too long. Canada seems to be going in the wrong direction. I hope this all sorts out well. We need more info not less.

I have contacted a 3rd cousin who I did not know and I have also written to Chiavari, Italy. I have several other 3rd cousins and the like to contact. Great fun. Wish me luck. Your help has been great...now I need to make some progress on the Italian side of the ocean.

I found two hamlets in Italy ...

Thanks to all who have helped out (and this has been great help). I am meeting a relative for the 1st time on Tuesday....a third cousin. I hope she can do some leg work. I have found out that Anthony started the Rochester Candy Works in the 1890's. There were so many candy makers in the family ...

Glad these are the persons you were searching for! Let us know if theres anything else we can help you with!

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Thanks again. i am having a lot of trouble finding out what happened to Anthony (Antonio). He does not appear in any US Census except 1900! Yet, through evidence like the ...

Bith of these manifests occur after they appear on US Census. Thanks for all your help. I appreciate it.

I have been researching my family lineage for about 3 years. Casaretti is my grandmothers side. Her parents were Nicholas Casaretti and wife Luisa Vacari Casaretti. Per their death certificates both were born in 1852 and came to the USA in 1869, also the year they were married. Their brother ...