I think the reality is that most Italians regard Italian-Americans as Americans and they don't feel any more affinity towards you than they would towards an African-American.

As American myself, I find it very peculiar that so many Americans are so fascinated with their Italian heritage at a time ...

Sebastiano De Maria came to the USA on August 07, 1913.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... PL?lang=en

Desiderio Petrillo and Modestina Spina were married August 13, 1898 in Cercepiccola.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... KY?lang=en

I don't think Modestina Spina was born in the same town. I could not locate her birth record in the registry for Santa Croce.

However, I found this arrival card when she came to New York in 1900. It mentions the town Cercepiccola. Unfortunately, birth records are not available online for her ...

Perhaps you could apply through your GGM. Based on her father's (your GGGF) WWI draft card, he was still an "alien" as late as 1918.

Your GGGF was born October 13, 1879 in the same town as Samuel Marion.

I'm not sure you will be able to apply via your GGF. I found his WWI draft card from 1917 and it reads that he was already naturalized at that point.

Check with NARA to see if your GGM was still a non-citizen in 1940.
https://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/alien-registration-ar-2

You can search their database to see an index of everyone who registered as an alien.
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/fielded-search.jsp?dt=3340&tf=F&cat=GP44&bc=,sl

The New York County Clerk won't authenticate the birth certificate without the letter of exemplification. And without the County Clerk's authentication, you can't get an apostille from New York Department of State.


Anyone know where the NY County Clerk is located in order to take or send ...

If all else fails, try Giovanni Montanti. You can easily find his contact information online. I've hired him many times and I am always happy with his results.

You will probably need someone like Giovanni Montanti to call the anagrafe by phone if you don't have an exact date. I sincerely doubt they will respond to a written request.

I didn't know the exact of my great-grandparent's marriage, only a range of years, and he was able to procure the marriage ...

Thank you very much.
The daughter said that her father naturalized in 1965 and then gave her citizenship in 1974, when she was still minor. The mother didn't naturalize.

What do you think? Is it possible?
However she received US citizenship not on her request and says she remained also ...

Two foreign spouses (Argentinian) around 1965 were living in the US.
The husband applied for US citizenship. What happened to the wife? 1. Became US citizen automatically
(or)
2. Had to apply separately for US citizenship
and, if not made, she remained Argentinian ?
They had a child of minor age ...

PippoM wrote: 24 May 2024, 22:11 You better not say you're doing that for a genealogical research, but for a heredity issue.

Hi Pippo, do most comuni refuse to issue certificates for genealogical purposes?

I recently discovered a person who might be the sister of my GGF. According to passenger lists, they come from the same comune.

My GGF's parents names were Vincenzo and Maria. On this possible sister's US marriage record, she listed her parents as James and Minnie.

I know about the connection ...

Bressi is a surname common to Isca Sullo Ionio. All of those towns in Northumberland County PA are full of people descended from Italians who came from that comune starting in the 1890s. Considering that his wife was from Isca, it increases the likelihood.

The birth records for Isca from 1883 are ...