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by nicedream
24 May 2006, 01:27
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: Petello, Pitello, etc from Isca Sullo Ionio
Replies: 24
Views: 33500

Re: Petello, Pitello, etc from Isca Sullo Ionio

Just wanted to update this thread....

I found another page with pictures from Isca Sullo Ionio (and some of the surrounding towns too)

http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cmversantejonico/

Click on any one of the town names, then click on "Galleria Fotografica" 8)
by nicedream
28 Apr 2006, 18:56
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: Changes in first names
Replies: 13
Views: 10624

Re: Changes in first names

The thing that is somewhat strage to me is that requirements for something as important as citizenship can vary so greatly from consulate to consulate....and even from person to person. It's surprising that there isn't more uniformity.
by nicedream
26 Apr 2006, 18:44
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: Changes in first names
Replies: 13
Views: 10624

Re: Changes in first names

Thanks for the information, mler. 8)

Where is a change of name processed? My first instinct would be the courthouse in the county where he lived, but I really have no idea.
by nicedream
26 Apr 2006, 07:50
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: Changes in first names
Replies: 13
Views: 10624

Re: Changes in first names

I think the most common Americanizationof Saverio is "Xavier". By the same token, is there an Italian version of "Samuel"?
by nicedream
25 Apr 2006, 21:28
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: Changes in first names
Replies: 13
Views: 10624

Changes in first names

Hello, I previously wrote a post about discrepencies in records here: http://italiangenealogy.tardio.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=4221 I have since spoken to someone in the Philadelphia consulate, and the "Americanization" of my great grandfather's first name seems to...
by nicedream
15 Apr 2006, 09:59
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Jure Sanguinis and discrepancies in records.
Replies: 9
Views: 8741

Re: Citizenship Jure Sanguinis and discrepancies in records.

Thanks pascalena, that makes me feel a bit better. I talked with my great aunt about this recently, and she said that for a while he didn't know his year of birth. I would imagine this situation is somewhat common, but I also heard that dates are very important in the citizenship process.
by nicedream
05 Apr 2006, 23:49
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: Help testing the download speed
Replies: 13
Views: 9708

Re: Help testing the download speed

I'm here at work on a pretty fast network in the USA.

First file maximum DL speed was about 127.

Second file maxed out at about 790! 8O
by nicedream
03 Apr 2006, 09:58
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: Timing of naturalization for jure sanguinis
Replies: 2
Views: 3418

Re: Timing of naturalization for jure sanguinis

Thanks for the reply, mler.

Yes, my mother was born in 1957, so I am good there too. 8)
by nicedream
01 Apr 2006, 05:19
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: Timing of naturalization for jure sanguinis
Replies: 2
Views: 3418

Timing of naturalization for jure sanguinis

I just received my great grandfather's Naturalization records from DHS....they took twice as long as his records from Italy! :lol: Anyways, the 1930 census listed him as an Alien, which I now know was incorrect: He was a citizen in 1930. I'm not sure why it lists him as Alien. Now I am double checki...
by nicedream
28 Feb 2006, 19:45
Forum: Locations in Italy
Topic: Requesting info from Stato Civile
Replies: 7
Views: 6933

Re: Requesting info from Stato Civile

I am just going to bump this topic up to report that I received my great-grandfather's birth extract yesterday. It was one day short of one month since I sent the request! (Sent January 28, Received Feb 27). I did send the request via USPS Priority, which cost me $25, but the reply seems to have bee...
by nicedream
19 Feb 2006, 22:01
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Jure Sanguinis and discrepancies in records.
Replies: 9
Views: 8741

Re: Citizenship Jure Sanguinis and discrepancies in records.

You have to get the certificates amended so that the names are exactly the same on all documents. The Office Of Vital records does this (at least in RI.) I had to get baptismila records, etc to do this...not sure what it's like in CA> Yeah, I heard of getting the records amended. But this courthous...
by nicedream
16 Feb 2006, 19:36
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Jure Sanguinis and discrepancies in records.
Replies: 9
Views: 8741

Re: Citizenship Jure Sanguinis and discrepancies in records.

Thanks for your response pastasugo.

How would I go about creating this affadivit? Would I have to see a lawyer to do this, or is it something I can do on my own?
by nicedream
16 Feb 2006, 06:17
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Jure Sanguinis and discrepancies in records.
Replies: 9
Views: 8741

Citizenship Jure Sanguinis and discrepancies in records.

I'm collecting documents for my citizenship request, and was wondering how serious the discrepancies in the records Ihave are... For my great grandfather from Italy, who is the one I am claiming citizenship from: 1) He was named Saverio Calabretta in Italy, but this later became Samuel Calabretta wh...
by nicedream
11 Feb 2006, 01:28
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: me-mother-grandmother-great-grandfather
Replies: 22
Views: 16055

Re: me-mother-grandmother-great-grandfather

Thanks Petrarca, I was wondering if you were ever going to check back here! I was reading through all your posts, and I think you were moving to Sweden, correct? How did that go? I have sent to Washington DC to get a record of my great-grandfather's naturalization record. I don't know when he was na...
by nicedream
03 Feb 2006, 00:13
Forum: Italian language, handwriting , script & translations
Topic: Help with name on birth act.
Replies: 5
Views: 6332

Help with name on birth act.

Hello. I have the birth act for my great-grantfather Saverio Calabretta here: http://nopants.org/family/Saverio_Calabretta_birth_act.jpg I have figured out that his father was Raffaele, and his mother was Marianna Anania, and that Marianna's father was Giuliono. But I cannot make out her mother's na...