Hi,

I have traced by my ancestry to my great great grandfather - Guiseppe Sossi born in VILLA OPICINA TRIESTE on the 18 or 28 of October 1902. Married to Maria Gherselli / Garzelli.

I have attempted to obtain a copy of his details however I received a letter from the commune stating that as the ...

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for my long absence but I have been busy. On the genealogy front there has been many exciting happenings ! I have been researching the immigration movements of my grandparents as they left Italy - the national archives in Australia I have found to be most efficient however they ...

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for my long absence but I have been busy. On the genealogy front there has been many exciting happenings ! I have been researching the immigration movements of my grandparents as they left Italy - the national archives in Australia I have found to be most efficient however they ...

Thank you suanj

Hi everyone,

A quick update I have found a series of new documents which I believe explain why I have never found my grandfathers birth certificate;

If you could please use your expertise to translate would be very grateful !

Document 1;

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Hi Everyone,

Have been tracing together the movements of Giuseppe however I need some help translating these details on his merchant marine papers - I believe that they are embarkation / disembarkation records ? an if i read them correctly he went from pola (pula) to trieste ? - however I don't see ...

Hi There,

Wondering if anyone could help me find the address for Villanova di Valdarsa address of Civil records office for the purpose of obtaining granfathers birth certificate (pls see my thread in the Italian language handwriting forum for background). This case is very tricky so any help would ...

Thank you everyone for your help and guidance.

I have located my grandmothers comune and sent a request for documents (thank you Suanj for your help with this).

However my grandfathers birth certificate seems to be more of an issue - on the full marriage certificate his place of birth is ...

Hi Everyone,

Happy New Year to everyone! :D

Suanj: Thanks for the information! :) I too saw Miclens and Micleus. Also, both surnames came to the USA from Trieste. :)

It's nice to work as a team! :)
Trish

Here is the information on the mother's side from the cards you posted. Love the pictures ...

I am very excited to report that I have found a new series of documents which I have posted below.

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Could some please translate in particular i am interested in ...

Hi Trish, yes is Sassi the surname.. abt MICLENS the right spell is MICLEUS, family of Roumanian origin stated from long time in Villanova d'Arsa... abt the your ancestor birthtown discrepance, the explanation is that Valdarsa (SUSGNEVIZZA called in italian language until 1922 and ditto .. Å uÅ ...

thank you for all very much for your help - as you can imagine with surname changes and changing borders makes this search difficult !

sanju I have reposted the image links below

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Hi,

Recently my grandfather has passed and I have been sorting through his old documents and found the following I think one is my grandmothers and grandfathers marriage certificate ? If someone could assist in translating this would be most appreciated

The other document is my grandfathers ...