Thanks Debra! That's great news that they're going to amend you Grandparents record too!

You should be able to write to the town that your GF was born in for the birth record or you can use a company to take care of it for you. You shouldn't need an apostille for a document coming from Italy, as one site says; the birth certificate must be either in "formato internazionale", or in ...

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I'm waiting for an index search to get copies of my G-GF naturalization document, but believe I found it online and there might be a problem. The issue is the online document says he changed his name as part of this and the "original" spelling is not as I have found it in birth records. The ...

Thank you again suanj, that sounds rather likely the way things layout, I will look for Ignazio's address in Chicago.
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Max

Wow suanj, great info! I have to agree that the arrival document you found certainly looks to be Giuseppa (just wondering if she was with anyone, 16 on a ship like that sounds unlikely. I found birth info from Trabia for an Ignazio that confirms Giuseppa had a brother named Ingnazio born 1889. I ...

Debra, I've only been calling so far. I found the request form online to send in a check with and have them search, but wasn't sure it was worth bothering with. I read something about only doing genealogical certificates and I need a certified copy. I must be misunderstanding that though... I should ...

The year Josephine arrived is questionable. I cannot find Census info on either of them for 1910, but the 1920 Census says 1912 and 1930 has1908... I don't see it in 1940.

I don't have anything concrete on their arrivals... My aunt said Josephine went to Louisiana first and Emanuele headed to ...

Thanks for sharing chamomile. Sorry to hear it's been a tough experience though, I guess I better dig in and be prepared for one too. I don't doubt for a second the names are going to be wrong in some way on my GGP too, it's crazy how many different versions I've seen so far. I hope you get them to ...

Thank you very much for your help suanj. The first is my great aunt, second and third are my G-GF, and I'm going to have to investigate the last one. The name and age look to my GG-GF from Trabia, but I don't know that he ever left Trabia. Maybe he took a trip early on and gave the family info upon ...

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I'm wondering if anyone has had similar problems getting a certified copy of an old marriage license from Cook County Illinois, hopefully with a positive outcome.

I'm planning to claim my Italian citizenship through my G-GF, so I need this for my documentation (it's my Great-Grandparents). I ...

Thanks for the reply hallsandgrants. I started with an Ancestry membership but didn't find much so I canceled it. I actually found more and better info for free on FamilySearch.org. I know it's different for pretty much everybody though.

Hallsandgrants,

Can you tell me how to look up these naturalization documents online? I have an index search in but would love to put myself at ease by confirming before the months pass that I hear it takes for the index search to come back.

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TSettimo, I just wanted to thank you for your comment. Even though the post is old, I found it in my search and it is helpful.

I've located all but a few of the documents I need, but since I don't have a lot of time to devote to this, or knowledge of the process, I plan to hire one of the services ...

Does anyone know where to find birth records for San Vito lo Capo, Trapani, Italy for 1925 ?

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I'm pretty sure I have this right but would like some confirmation. I'll be going the route of GGF - GF - F

GGF and GGM were both Italian born in the 1890's and came over around 1905-1915
GF was born in the U.S. 1922
GGF became a citizen after my GF's birth, I think it was in the 1940's ...