Are you sure you don't mean 1860? All the best, Peg

FWIW, even 1860 is prior to the unification of Italy. As aluded to in my previous post, persons who were not present at the time of unification were not granted citizenship in the new country we know as Italia today.

Not present at the time of ...

Is this request at all related to seeking Italian citizenship jure sanguinis? If so, bad news is in the air...

Otherwise, this Ancestry.com site, http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7486, may be helpful: "About Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Updated annually, this ...

I have posted this on another board and found that I am not the only one to have suffered this indignity, so I post it here as well under the "fair warning" guideline.

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There is humor in here somewhere, in the "tragicomedy" style...

When I first began this ...

Luca,

What do you know about your ancester's naturalization?

Do you know for certain if he/she did in fact naturalize?

Do you have any idea where he/she may have done so? Which State? County?

Any idea when? Can you narrow it down to within a decade?

What have you done so far to locate these ...

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Anyone?

We have always known my maternal grandfather's (and thus my mother's) surname to be "De Iacovo". Well, actually, "De Iacova", but that's another story...

Having determined that both maternal grandparents were born and married in Malvito, Cosenza, I wrote and requested their birth and marriage ...

Sure, I´d be happy to.

Information from NARA documents:
Arrived in US (New York) : Feb. 12, 1902
Arrived from Naples
Born, raised, and married in Palo del Colle, Bari, Italy
Children: Thomas, Laura, Mary, Pauline, Lena, Lulu (all born in NY), Onofrio, Catherine, Sara (all born in Boston ...

Have you tried something as simple as an Italian telephone directory search?

Visit PagineBianche.It and give it a shot. Cognome = surname, Nome = given name, Dove = where/what location (city name).

If you get any likely hits, you could try writing a letter...

Well, I sure am confused by this exchange!

But, so long as we are on the subject, I have found WordReference.com to be a great site for looking things up, hearing words pronounced, conjugating verbs, etc. Also, the forums are fantastic; even complex questions typically receive several replies in a ...

I understand that when many Italians came to the US they americanized their given names such as Guisseppe to Joseph and Nicola to Nicholas. Does anyone know why someone would go from Salvatore to Charles?

Perhaps because they or a loved one liked the name "Charles" ?

Sometimes we look for deep ...

Karen - Italian women to this day do not take on the surname of their spouse. In fact, I understand that, should my dual citizenship be approved, my wife's eventual Italian passport will be issued in her maiden name.

At any rate, when searching ship's manifests and other immigration records, you ...

I am looking for relatives of my grandfather Vicenzo Tardochi who was born in Ascoli Pisceno. If you have any information please let me know.

Thank you

Couple of things:

1) It's "Ascoli Piceno"

2) Ascoli Piceno is both a province and the name of the capital city within the province. If he was ...

By researching my grandparents home village, I finally located a young lady who looked up the records that I need. She has sent me the information via internet, but will send the actual certs. She has tried to communicate the amount of Euros that I need to send to the Commune di Riverone, but I'm ...

Is anyone familar with or visited Montecorvino, Rovella? My noni, Raffaella Martoriello was born there and I am very curous about it.

Deborah Aceto Larsen

The comune has a website at http://www.comune.montecorvinorovella.sa.it/ ( or Click Here for a rough english translation).

Hmmm... Or is it ...

You should tread carefully here...

Perhaps this person does not know of the circumstances of her birth and would rather not find out now, at the age of 63.

I think if *I* were to pursue this kind of situation, I would consider contacting the local parish priests. See if you can find out which ...