Re: Name Clarification

Your friend should try to get copies of his ancestors arrival
records and immigration papers (if Marin had them) The US
National Archives (NARA) can send you copies of Ships Records
and Naturalization Papers, or tell you where to write for
them. If he had a Social Security number, this would be on
the Official State Death Notice, get a copy of the actual
application. Unfortunately it now costs 27.00. These papers
will often have the mothers maiden name correctly spelled out
by the applicant.

After your friend has more information to make a good ID on
the person then a descendant should write to Sicily and
request the birth record, including names and ages of the
parents and also any marginal notes on Mariano RANDAZZO.
(which would be on the records if you rent them at the LDS
Family History Center)

This is the address:

Comune di Calascibetta (EN)
Ufficio dello Stato Civile
Via Conte Ruggero, 12
94010 Calascibetta (EN)
Sicilia, Italia
ITALY

Go to the webpage below and scroll down to the words:
ITALIAN FORM LETTERS - for requesting records from Italy

http://www.anzwers.org/free/italiangen/italy_tools.html

go back and forth through the examples, some are on-site,
some are off-site and work up a letter. Include a personal
check for 12 dollars and tell them if that is not enough for
them to bill you. Generally what will happen is that they
will return the personal check and tell you that it is
non-negotiable and then ask you to send Euros. Some of the
examples are from the past when Italy was using Lira and some
suggest sending International Reply Coupons but the last
request I send to Italy, earlier this year, returned the IRCs
and the check and asked for Euros.

Or you & the friend can rent the Microfilms at your local
Morman Family History Center, and look through them by going
in reverse. 1910 and backwards. This way you will easily
find all the family members that lived in that municipality.
This is what LDS shows that they have for Calascibetta

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp

Calascibetta
Italy, Caltanissetta, Calascibetta
Italy, Enna, Calascibetta
Place Italy, Caltanissetta, Calascibetta
References (See) Italy, Enna, Calascibetta
Topic Italy, Enna, Calascibetta - Civil registration
Titles Registri dello stato civile di Calascibetta
(Caltanissetta), 1820-1910 Calascibetta (Caltanissetta).
Ufficio dello stato civile

Your friend is very lucky to have this many years of Civil
Records available. What a treasure! It is much easier than
sending requests to Italy because one gets to see the entire
record and easily make other family connections to the Family
Tree.

Regards,

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apothecary." ~Chinese Proverb

"Tea's proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the
studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use
exercise, and will not use abstinence." ~Samuel Johnson
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Dorene823@xxxxxxx wrote in news:da.310f2232.309fdf77@xxxxxxx:
> In a message dated 11/7/2005 3:14:26 PM Central Standard
> Time, writes:
> Where did you get this spelling; Ventegelica? You need an
> official record to check the spelling. What year does this
> surname occur in your family tree?

> This information was included on a Record of Funeral which
> occurred in Oklahoma in 1951. It stated the mother's name
> to be Maggie (which was shortened from Michelina according
> to her headstone) VENTIGELICA and the father to be Basilo
> RANDAZZO. This son who died was born in 1873 in
> Calascibetta Italy. So they would have been in Italy during
> that time period. The son, Mariano came to the US in 1904.
> Have not yet located when the mother arrived here but
> according to her headstone, she was born 24 August 1849.
>
> Any help would be appreciated. This is not my line. Am just
> helping a friend who wants to find out about his family
> during their life in Italy.
>


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