YIKES! I'd be happy to help if you had a transcription of it but it's too hard for me to read it.

Normally I can read Italian but I can't read this! I couldn't even make out the name Sabarese! It's a lovely clear copy but unfortunately the place it's posted only allows one zoom and I need to zoom closer than that. Sorry; I hope someone can help.

Do you mean there is a book about orphanage records/how to obtain them? I read about this book but not sure it's what you mean:
"If you want to learn about these millions of children abandoned in
Italy, the foundling homes, the wheels, the circumstances of the parents
and those babies [90-95% died ...

k, no worries. Have a good day!

I went to view it for you but I saw that your search was for Pasquale Butchelle; this article was about the death of Joseph Lerza and mentions his brothers Gabriel and Pasquale (Pasquale was the only hit on the page). It seems it's the wrong Pasquale. Do you still want it?

No worries!

Castle Garden's home page (www.castlegarden.org) says the following:

"CastleGarden.org is an educational project of The Battery Conservancy. This free site offers access to an extraordinary database of information on 11 million immigrants from 1820 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened. Over ...

Here's Philomena's:


William's I already posted earlier for you on Facebook.
Have a good day!

Wow, Tessa! That's fantastic. Was that from a FHC microfilm? It's very good quality.

I would also recommend writing by post; some of the older smaller comuni may not be able to produce a digital image suitable for emailing. The request to phone them may have come from their wish to mail it to you and get your mailing address. Good luck!

Hi there,
I agree - Rosa's last name is Giovinazzo.

Angelina's however, I believe is Casciano.

did she have a sister, Antonietta? is this too young to be her?
First Name: Filomena
Last Name: Ricardo
Ethnicity: Italy, Italian South
Last Place of Residence: Camposano, Caserta
Date of Arrival: Dec 20, 1910
Age at Arrival: 12y Gender: F Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Konigin Luise
Port ...

Interesting! So on a side-note, you already know Carrie came over as a little tyke and arrived in Louisiana. They were in fact headed for Red River Parish, where you later found her and Steve and the family! I really hope your great-great aunt can help you; you're so lucky to have someone of that ...

Sorry, no idea. I'm new here but I checked and my PMs are showing in the Sent Messages; they did not get stuck in my Outbox. You might want to email the Administrator.

Hi there! thanks for your response. Here is a silly question: are you certain about the Italian connection? I am wondering if he could be a Calderon (Spanish pronunciation). Do you know that someone before him was Italian, is that why you question whether he was born a Steve?