Francesco "Frank" Ninivaggi was, born in Altamura, Bari on March 11, 1898. He married Raffaela Nuzzi in New York City on February 24, 1924. They had 5 sons - Nicholas, Dominick, Francesco, Vito Anthony, and Angelo and 24 grandchildren. Per his Social Security record, his "Obituary" date was October ...

I have attached a couple of naturalization files for Michael Chudkosky for details that might help find his parents. He married Michelina Marszycka on February 9, 1919 in Manhattan. They had 3 sons. She died of cancer and he put his 3 sons in an orphanage and went back to Austria (I think - could be ...

It is my understanding that even for private trees, Ancestry.com allows you to see deceased people through hints, especially Family Tree hints. I see that all the time on family tree hint reviews. names of deceased relatives are shown, but living people are designated as private with no name shown ...

Quite often recently, When looking at a particular individual who has no parents on my family tree, Ancestry.com puts in "Potential" parent names and sometimes dates of birth and death in the empty spaces that I have on my tree for that person's parents. Also, Ancestry.com sometimes does the same ...

The most common reason given for Italians emigrating to America was to find a better life or in some cases for men, to avoid the Italian Army draft. In Italy, it was common for families to set up marriages for their children. Therefore, in the case of single adult Italian women emigrating to America ...

Gandolfa Cascio emigrated to America in 1914 and stayed with her older brother Rosario Cascio in the Bronx, NYC. No other Cascio family emigrated to America. Gandolfa Cascio married Salvatore Puma on April 25, 1920. He appears in the January 6, 1920 census as living with his brother Ralph Puma ...

Here is a link to the Racalmuto, Agrigento, Sicily November 7, 1588 marriage of Antonino Puma and Angela di Nolfo (right side of two page spread under the red circle). The parents are not listed. Can anyone find birth or death records for this couple which may yield parents' names?

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Ralph Puma was honorably discharged from the US Army in 1917 during World War 1 just one day after he was inducted into the Army (see attachment). I see no reason given for the discharge. Does anyone know why?

Ron

My grand uncle, Ralph Puma, per the attachment, was discharged from the US Army in 1917 during World War 1 just one day after being inducted. I see no reason given. Can anyone find out why?

Ron

Italy income taxes are high and so is their "hidden" national sales tax (called a Value Added Tax or VAT which most European nations have but is hidden from appearing on your sales receipts). I tried to include a link explaining all of that, but this website won't allow it. Just go to the internet ...

Thank you. I am not surprised that she married her first husband's brother as I've seen that with others. However, I am surprised that her first husband died in Germany 33 years earlier in 1944 (Worle War 2). The German death record does note that he was born in Polizzi Gernerosa which is true. You ...

Please translate the side notes on this birth document for Santa Lo Bianco.

Ron

A deceased aunt told me years ago that her father Evangelista Lorusso, was a 17 year old barber in the Italian army working in a medical camp in 1918 during World War 1. While cutting another soldier's hair, that soldier told him that a handsome soldier was wounded in the face and now did not want ...

I have no phone numbers to make cold calls.

Ron

I'm using Ancestry. I don't know if any of them who are alive are.