You're amazing! That's awesome!!! Now I'm going to dig around a little more. Thanks so much for taking the time!

Hi, I'm looking for my info on my paternal great-grandfather. He and his family are in the 1920 and 1930 census. Their info on the censes:

William Patsy (born abt 1870)
Katherine Gentile Patsy (born about 1882)
John Patsy (born abt 1899)

plus other children. But I wanted to list these because ...

So, it looks like the spelling was Meleca.

I am thinking of sending a request to Siderno tomorrow. I wonder if I should be concerned that according to the ship manifest she was born around 1905, while the Social Security Death Index says she was born 30 Aug 1903?

Ugh, this doesn't bode well for me. I'm sending a request to Caulonia in the morning!

Best of luck!

I'm so glad to hear of someone having a good experience. I'll eventually be going through Chicago, so that is very encouraging. Question: were there any spelling discrepancies in your documents? Or did your ancestors names stay the same throughout?

You are awesome! THANKS!!!! I really appreciate you taking the time to help out.

Oh, Laura, I did look for the manifest, but I did not find it. Apparently, she came over with her mother and 3 siblings after her father died.

That's a great link, thanks. But you're right, there is no Maleca in Calabria. Hmmm.

I did end up getting some info from a relative this morning. Her mom was Rose Fragomeni and her dad was Francesco Maleca. This relative is saying my GGM's name was Immacalata Maleca. Her date of birth was 30 Aug ...

Hi, I'm wanting to get my GGM's birth certificate. I know her birthdate and place of birth, but I don't know her parent's names. Also, I'm not 100% on the spelling of her name. My GF says it's Mary Immaculata Maleck, someone else in the family who has done some genealogy says it was Maleca. Is that ...