So Apostilled documents aren't the same as certified documents? Like, if I have my father's birth certificate in its original form, an apostille is something different from the stamp that's on there?


And I'm fairly certain I'll have to apply at the Detroit consulate (I live in Ohio).

So I've determined already that I am eligible for this (like I have literally covered every base - I know I am eligible) so my questions aren't in regards to that.

I am collecting all of the relevant documents and I suppose I'm a bit confused about these translations and what they must entail and ...

I'm trying to find information on a Giuseppina/Peppina/Josephine Angelucci, born 20 August 1884 in Italy. She immigrated to the US in 1907 and settled in Minersville, PA and married Silvio Sericola on 25 July 1907.

Her children's names are Frank, Teresa, Mary, and Helen. I have reason to believe ...

What's all that writing beneath where it says they named him Silvio?

Oh - my bad I forgot to specify. Silvio Sericola is my GG grandfather.

Thanks so much!

Would anyone be able to help me read the cursive writing of my GG grandfather's Italian birth record?

Translation would be nice but I mostly just need help with deciphering the handwritten stuff.


Many thanks!

My great great grandfather Silvio Sericola immigrated to the US in 1902. He lived in Minersville, PA and married Josephine/Peppina Angelucci in 1907. Their first child, Frank, was born in 1908 (my great grandfather). Silvio was born on April 23 1880 in Castel del Monte, Abruzzo, Italy. On the 1910 ...