[TI] Caito passport info

[Betsy Fusco]

I have really enjoyed the passport section.  I didn't get any "great" 
information, but lots of color commentary!  It was fascinating to find how 
often some of the relatives traveled back to the home places.  I had a 1946- 
1950 picture of a bunch of short dark men in suits and fedoras standing in 
front of a small airliner.  Family lore said it was grandpa Dominick 
Scaletta and others taking essentials back to Termini as soon as civilian 
travel was allowed after WWII.  I found passports that listed several trips 
over 20 years, the passenger list of the airplane and other colorful 
details.

I always thought of immigrants being the "poor and downtrodden" but many of 
them accumulated enough resources to get back to Termini to fetch family or 
take care of business etc.

Lots of fun with the "rest of the story"

Betsy Fusco
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Corie Lindemann" <corielind at msn.com>
To: "Termini Imerese list 2" <Terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 9:47 PM
Subject: [TI] Caito passport info


> Hey Paul Caito
> I was noodling around Ancestry.com and found passport applications from 
> 1795-1925, hoping to find some of my ancestors who may have traveled back 
> to Italy. I did a search on the word "Termini" and found a bunch of people 
> born in TI. I found a Pietro Caito, born 10/7/1861. father was Michele 
> Caito. He lived in Syracuse. Is he connected to you? He went back in 1923 
> to "settle family estate".
>
> The very cool thing is that some of these passport applications have 
> photos (including Pietro's!)
>
> Any way, if anyone is connected to Pietro and needs the info, let me know. 
> It's a fun little database!
>
>
> Corie Lindemann
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