I'm not sure if this is a normal thing for early naturalizations, but I keep seeing mention of "find the 8 digit number on the oath" of naturalization, but when looking at my ancestor's declaration/petition I can't find one anywhere nor additional pages that look like some of the others I've seen ...

Thank you so much suanj for your time and effort. :)

I suppose in that case who I'm looking for is:

Vincenzo Di Laura, Born 1880
Father: Nicolo Di Laura
Mother: Maria Salvatore, born 1860-1861

and his wife

Maria Saracena, Born 1881*
Father: [x] Saracena (could guess that as their second son was ...

Thank you so much for the help and info! I have a case of children on the Irish side of my family adopted by aunt who took her name when coming with her to the US, so my brain was looking for such connections in bias.

Thank you suanj! I came to a similar conclusion when I realized the "James Cunzo" on Maria's 1900 census where she's living with her new husband... is not his son, but hers, James=Vincenzo!

I also believe that to be the correct ship manifest.

Can you tell me what's going on in this birth record ...

Very good call. :)

This appears to be the (slightly mangled data) marriage record for Vincenzio's mother remarrying to Antonio Conzo/Cunzo in 1899:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24ZN-BXL

I struggle to read the handwriting... is this possibly Maria Salvatore's birth record?

http ...

Argh, another wall!

http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/v/Archivio+di+Stato+di+Chieti/Stato+civile+italiano/Villa+Santa+Maria/Nati/1884/109/101849909_00010.jpg.html

This is 1883 Vincenzo's birth entry with an added stamp saying he married in Pescolanciano, Molise, Campobasso in 1916 (at age 33 ...

... I just found Maria Salvatore, 33 and Vincenzo Salvatore, 12, no other family members, on the manifest for the Matteo Bruzzo arriving 4/26/1892 - same year from the consistently reported census arrival year, the exact month and date of Vincenzo's naturalization petition, but his petition has it ...

Hmm, when I dug through year by year on the Villa Santa Maria records, it looks like Maria[nna] Salvatore and Filippo/Fillipo di Lello had 7 children between 1877-1893, at least 4 of which died at birth/early. I find this most interesting as in her 1910 census in New York, Mary Cunzo is listed as "7 ...

I have another possible lead I'm investigating that I'd love to throw out there for more expertise. :D

Vincenzo's mother has a death certificate index listing her father's name as "Salvatore", approx birth year 1962
The additional census above indicates Vincenzo's grandmother was named Antonia.

I ...

I've all but confirmed that Vincenzio's wife was maiden Maria/Mary Saraceno, that they were not living together in 1900 but were in 1905 - that was a fun one, his mother-in-law is listed as Delia Saraceno in 1900 and Delia "Sararineo" in 1905 census... transcription translation is great. :D

Now to ...

I found matching information for that birth act as well and now have a copy on order.

I also have a digital copy of Vincenzo's naturalization petition on order and hopefully somewhere in there/declaration information has more family details.

tessa78: correct on all counts! Wow, I had found the index to his petition but hadn't somehow found the petition itself

adelfio: yep!

bbviona: THANK YOU so much for interpreting the writing on that census as Cunzo and finding her under that name elsewhere. I'll dig down that route today.

Hi everyone,

Firstly, after reading through multiple other threads in the last few weeks for others' tips on finding family members and dealing with inconsistent/incomplete documents, a huge thank you to everyone who contributes their skills and expertise on these forums. :)

My family (DeLaura in ...