I used the babel fish translator system from alta vista to type out a short email stating what limited information I had. I'll give that a few weeks.
I hope to get somewhere in all of this; although I have gotten a lot of ground covered; just not enough. I've managed to find my great x5 ...

My brother and I are interested in gaining our citizenship through our grandfather. We are still quite a ways away from having ALL the necessary paperwork together to do that, but my brother lives in Florida; I live in Connecticut. I'm the one doing all the legwork in this; which I certainly do not ...

Does anyone have any photos of Civo, Dazio or Morbegno? I am trying to find photos of the area that my ancestors are from; and I am not interested in the "national geographic" pictures that I can get from Google or Yahoo; I am interested in photos that show the real life in these areas.

Grazie ...

I have heard that English is a required course of study for children in Italy. as a mandatory 2nd language. If I were to send an email to the civil records where my grandfather is from, would they be able to read it and respond?

My Italian is VERY limited---mostly what I picked up when my ...

The last census information I have is 1930; he was still listed as an alien. And once again, his name was screwed up on those records. It's unreal. Can't anyone spell??? haha!! Anyway -- my next trip is to visit the local Family History Center -- I am hoping that they can get me the information I ...

thank you...thank you...thank you all!!! Maybe I can get somewhere with this now. Now, my father was born in 1938; you said that the naturalization process was started in 1939; would that have also ended my father's dual citizenship rights?

You all are the best!!!
Gratzie!!!
ChrisAnne

Dear Peter...
Thank you for the information. My grandfather was born June 10, 1909. I had heard about going to the Mormon's and I had planned on doing that.
Our entire lives we had thought our grandfather's name was Joseph (Giuseppe); yet in finding his Ellis Island records; it lists him as Giosue ...

HELP!!! My grandfather was born in Civo -- unfortunately that is all the information we have. We know his mother's first name; and her maiden name; at least what we believe is her maiden name. My grandfather's father was killed in a farming accident either slightly before he was born or very soon ...