I also learned that I have relatives that migrated from Italy to Argentina instead of the US. Argentina, as it turns out, was a major destination for Italian immigrants. 60% of Argentinians today have some Italian ancestry. There is alot of information on this through a google search, but here is an...

Hi this is my first message in this forum and, first of all, I excuse for my english cause I'm Italian and I live in Busso (Campobasso - Italy). I've read your message and I give you (hoping it can help you) the link about the official site of Busso http://www.comune.busso.cb.it/hh/index.php?jvs=0&...

Are any of these links helpful? I've found all of my ancestors citizenship papers at this site.


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Hello, People on this forum have been so helpful in tracing the Albanese/Busso side of my family a while ago, I thought I'd try here again for some help with another dead end I'm running into. My gr-gm on my maternal grandmother's side was Maria Giovanne Gallitto. She was born in Ripalimosani in 188...

Thanks John!

Very interesting. So Battista was the family connection between Antonio and Filomena not Piccione.

I'm looking at Filomena Palmieri's Ellis Island record and she lists her father as Domenico Palmieri. There were other Busso Palmieris on the ship with her, but their father is listed as Giuseppe.

This is what I suspected, but I was skeptical because the dates I have for Antonio all match exactly, but I realize there probably wasn't much consistency in those days.

Once again, thank you for your immense help here.

Would an actual birth date be wrong on these records? The draft cards for Liberato Albanese of Garfield, NJ that Tess found above list him as being born in Busso, but on Aug 22nd, whereas the Liberato above has a listed birthday of Feb 4. I'm wondering if this is poor record keeping or if the New Je...

Thanks again, John. For the record, Antonio's birthday here matches what I have on other documents.

Another question I have: Why is Giovanni Albanese's age inconsistent on these birth records? Was it common practice to just estimate ages in those days?

Thanks John. I actually have a copy of Filomena's Naturalization papers and I just checked them. Her birthday on this document is listed as May 4, 1896 and she lists her birthplace as Busso. She came to America May 8, 1913 and married my gr-gf in Cleveland June 27, 1914. Her older sister was Christi...

Thanks for this John, I have a lot more digging to do.

The birth year I had for Filomena was 1896. Could she have lied about her age in the US in order to be married?

Tessa,

Wow, wonderful! This is exactly what I'd been hoping for!

I have an N. Albanese living in Westmoreland, PA in 1920 with a young couple named Aubrey & Florence Craig. He was 48 years old at this time and single.

A Liberato Albanese of about the right age was living with a Paparozzi family in Lodi, NJ in 1910.

Clemente is still a mystery.

It's the Albanese brothers (Nunzio, Clemente, and Liberato) that have me most curious. I have tried the LDS sites but have come up empty so far, but I'm hoping some of the clarity I've gotten tonight might help me.