Question ... is your name hyphenated on your birth certificate?

Trust me - it CAN cause problems...

There is a law in Italy that no child can have the EXACT same name as their LIVING father... However if you have different MIDDLE names you're set!

Another peculiarity is that Italy does not recognize Suffixes... like Roman Numerals or JR/SR - which is what I am ...

Can you give us some more info on your grandfather... birthdate... parents name... children... stuff like that... I can take a look on Ancestry and see if anything pops!

It's an lined index card... all it says is:

Messina, Paolo, 376965

And that's it.... nothing else.

Here is a link to an image of the Census: (check under house #204)

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/6170/caruso.jpg

Beauac...

Is Luigi's wife Carmela?

I found a Luigi Caruso in the 1920 Census...

Manhattan District 18.

Spose: Carmela Caruso

Children:
Angelina Caruso - Age 5
Frank Caruso - Age 2

beauac What is the information you have... name... etc.

JP - I did the email thing... and snail mail... and FedEx ... I was about to despair when 5 weeks later... the birth certificate just showed up in my mail box... by regular mail... even though I had enclosed a prepaid return FedEx package . Then 3 weeks AFTER THAT... I got ANOTHER copy... this time ...

Check out this link...

http://www.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3177&q=392130

Beau - where were you ancestors from?

Drew - I wouldn't stress... it takes them a bit... but you'll get it - and you'll definitely need the new wording.

Gianna - I said card - in terms of Alien Registration - but I think we're talking about the same thing... it's actually a two page questionnaire which my grandfather had to fill out ...

Hey Carmine!

My line was Grandfather - MOTHER - Me ... so my mom's birth certificate was essential. But they also took my fathers. (And, in theory, he isn't in my direct line.)

I think it was more the fact that I HAD all of the certificates.

I believe when asking for my grandmother's birth ...

Hey Drew... my line (4) of the USCIS / Homeland Security Letter says...

"...after a diligent search was performed in these database systems, no record was found to exist indicating that the subject listed below obtained naturalization as a citizen of the United States."

Which was fine for the ...

DC - Where did he die?

Oh - I forgot the last part...

To get aroung the "problem" all I need to do is change my name... drop the Jr. and even change just a leter of my middle name... and then no problem... it's just that that can take months and months.

So, in the end I don't want to appear ungreatful. Some people don ...