I just totally realised what you meant...
I'll send off for those certificates.

Sarah

Yeah thanks for that link.

I'm trying to find out more about the Merani's now.
Mainly in Italy but I just do not know where to start.

Giacomo fled from Genoa when he was 9 years old, at the time of Garibaldi. I have Giacomo's marriage certificate which states his fathers name- Pasquale Merani ...

does anyone know how i can go about this research?

Hi, I am having trouble looking for the parents, wife and children of Pasquale Merani, a mariner from Genoa Italy.

I know he has one child called Giacomo (Jackamo) or also known as John in England, where he emmigrated to. I am oblivious to any more information about Pasquale and would greatly ...

if so then please contact me. i need advice...

many thanks,
Sarah

Cant find his name or any that are similar to it. never mind.

Any idea of how I could find where he came from exaclty?
I dont know what to do. And I can't interpret italian

veeeyepee

can anyone give me help in finding my ancestors in Italy?

Giacomo Merani, b. 1835
Moved to England and married mary Winter in 1871.
Died in 1910.
Father- Pasquale Merani.
From the Genoa area of Italy.
Supposedly fought in the War for Garibaldi?

I've no idea where to look in Italy or online ...

I would greatly appreciate any help someone could give, in order to allow me to look further into my Italian ancestry. I am searching for my grandparents- both whom are too old to be doing this, but both are desperate to know about their relatives.

I have a great great great grandfather called ...

I would greatly appreciate any help someone could give, in order to allow me to look further into my Italian ancestry. I am searching for my grandparents- both whom are too old to be doing this, but both are desperate to know about their relatives.

I have a great great great grandfather called ...

Hey everyone!

I'm really stuck with where to go next. If these baptismal certificates cost then I don't know if I'll be able to get them. Is there any free way at all that I can research this? Every site I go on costs money... such an expensive hobby!

Help anyone? I don't know what to do next ...

Hey everybody!

Received the marriage certificate today and it doesn't tell me where abouts Giacomo came from in Italy. It does however say his father's name, which might help... not sure though?

They got married on Octomber 2nd 1871 in liverpool. Giacomo's father was named Pasquale merani... also ...

So is catherine an extra child that john winter had with his second wife kate?

Sarah

Update:
Cannot figure out who married Willie Elwood Fletcher. Searched for him on ellisisland but can never get the right guy.. then its the case of finding which of Ellen's sister's he married.
Something in my head is telling me though that he's American because of 'Elwood' resting in his name. I ...

Cheers Valarie. I think he must have had two wives. First one perhaps died?
I'll see if I can search into that.

Grandma told me some extra information today.
Apparently, Giacomo merani was a stowaway on a ship from genoa to liverpool. He apparently had a large family, and fought for Garibaldi ...

Mary Winter Merani’s brother John Winter
(John may have been married twice)

Note: John's daughter Ellen Winter may have been the cousin
that Margaret Merani was joining in Saratoga in 1909.

1881 census
Civil Parish: Everton
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Registration ...