Thank you both so much! This is so helpful.

That is sad news that the birth certificates are not available fo those years, but this was certinaly helpful!

Thank you again!

Hello,

I am searching for the birth certificate of our GGM, Vincenza De Feo . Here is what we have so far:


Birth : Sept 24, 1869 in Salento, Salerno
Married : Aug 23, 1890 to Giovannantonio Santoro in Salento, Salerno
Son : Angelo Raffaele Santoro, born Aug 1, 1891 in Salento, Salerno ...

Thank you for the thoughts, @susanj! I will try and get an affidavit stating that.

Hello,

Our Great-grandfather's birth certificate reads "Angelo Raffaele Santoro", but all of his paperwork once he reaches the US has his first and middle name switched to "Raffaele Angelo Santoro".

I am wondering if the consulate is likely to reject our application based on this? Do I need to ...

Hi all,

I *think* I might have everything I need, but wanted to run this by everyone to see if there is anything I am missing.

I am applying via a Great-grandfather, Raffaele Angelo Santoro. I have the following documents for him to prove he never naturalized:


* A certified birth ...

Great! Thank you!

serie: Leva

comuneleva: Salento

progressivo: 9

leva: 1871

cognome: Santoro

nome: Giovannantonio

paternita: Raffaele e Esposito Barbara Maria

nuovanascita: 20/09/1871

localitnascita: Salento

professione: bracciale

Marty



Marty, thank you so much for the information! This is so much ...

That very well could be! So much of it matches up correctly! The birth date and name are a great match, and I have record that his father went by Tony - which could very well be the shortening of the 'antonio' portion of his name.

Thank you so much!

Thank you both for looking into this! I will have to review what you have posted and see if it looks like a potential match. Fingers crossed!

I was wondering if anyone might have some suggestions for looking for records for my husband's great grandfather.

I have this information from his WWI registration card:

Santroro, Rafaele - Date of Birth, 8/1/1891 - Born in Sala Consilina, Salerno, Campania

I have tried looking through the ...