Ah i see thanks. Guess it's not really as close as i thought.

I just saw that there is a Polish forum. Sense i'm stuck on this one i think i'll go bug people there about my Polish line

Ya im fixing it right now Be a minute. Google chopped the image i uploaded.

EDIT: Link is fixed.

I'm trying to get a verification of the spelling of that last name from another family member. No response as of yet, most of my family knows squat

Here's that passenger list.

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn20 ... imagex.jpg

Nope, no one knows what orphanage. Oddly enough tho. I took another look at Nunzio's passenger list. And right under him, seems to be someone with a last name that looks kinda like Mattacelli. Looks like 2 r's instead of 2 t's. I can't quite make out exactly what the first and last name is ...

Did orphanages back than require where their parents where born or their birth dates, or was it more like drop off the doorstep and run?

I appreciate your help. She did have siblings. Their names i don't know, because Antonio had went back to Italy to get them, come back, and pick her up. Which i know for sure he never came and picked her back up. I've seen and heard Marie, Mary, Maria, Antonette, Antoinette, but never Rosina. Also ...

Don't know any town names, except for Vito Nunzio, he lived in Santeramo. Not sure if he was actually born there tho. The Girolamo surname is also a pain cause it seems people used it as a first and middle name too. Same with Natale.

900+ items eh? Let you know in 20 years ha!

Yes they were married in Italy. They are the parents of the Marie Antonette Baretta (Which originally i thought was Baratta), that i inquired about a few months back. Found a family member who had both her's and Vito Nunzio Natale's parents (Who were Vito ...

Ya your probably right. The r looks possible to get mixed up with a c. There seems to be some Mattarella too. And they all have links to French and Italian. Searching around i still could find a Mary Matta-anything that was married to Antonio Barretta.

Ah i see. Thanks for your help. I had finally got one of my branches 1 up and it had to be some weird surname to stump me again

EDIT: Is it possible that the original spelling is Mattace? I see tons of them on the web, and they seem to all be from Italy.

Ah i see. I was looking for a Mary. The only Mattacelli that ancestry list as coming over is Luigi and it was from Italy. There is also a Matacelli (1 t) that came from France, but it says they are Italian.

Anyone ever hear of this surname? Is it spelled correctly? Google shows nothing, it suggest Mattavelli instead. Ancestry gets like 4 hits.

Ya Web Detective, Net Detective and the like are all scams.

Why?? In italy women maintain their maiden name even if married, Maria Giuseppa Colapaola's husband was a Santucci... (Nicola and Cristina were Santucci)
She travelled under her maiden name... it was ususal for italian women...

I ment because its such a wierd last name, barely gets any hits :P ...

Dangit. Someone stuck claim on that Antoinette Baratta.

http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/pt/Fla ... 08897&pg=2

She is Antoinette Faenza. Married John Faenza.

Verified in the 1930 census.

Back to square one.