Would you interpret "S Agata, Catania" on an Ellis Island ship manifest to mean Sant'Agata li Battiati? I remember my grandfather mentioning Sant'Agata, but not "... li Battiati;" maybe the locals just called it Sant'Agata. The only other Sant'Agata I see in that area is in Messina.

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VJ, I have seen the WWI draft registration and the naturalization card. Thank you for being so kind as to research it for me. I also have copies of all applicable US Census records. I've yet to use a Mormon family history library, which I think would be my next step. How ...

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I'd like to find information about my family in Sicily before they left for the US, but am not sure how to begin with the scant information I have. Here is what I know:

My great grandfather, Gennaro Caccamo (39), emigrated to the US in 1913. The Ellis Island ship ...