Peter,

Thank you for this information. However, it is about one year late! Since my original question, I have been to Italy, I visited the comune of Valgrana and obtained my grandfather's birth info. from the municipio there. In addition, the clerk there looked for other siblings plus or minus ten ...

Yes, I do have this information. I found it some time ago. I also have found his WWI and WWII draft registrations (United States). He changed his name from Giordano to Blangero shortly after he had to register for WWI because he thought his Italian military service would guarantee his draft into the ...

I will be traveling to Italy in June and I hope to find information on my grandfather and his family. I know he was born in Valgrana on 2-16-1890. I believe he lived some of his childhood in Diano d'Alba. He was in the Italian army 1911-1912 and fought in Lybia. He lived in a monestary near his ...