[TI] Love the database

[Toni Panzica]

Ann
 
It is my understanding that if one's father or grandfather were Italian citizens, Italy will regard that person as an Italian citizen. One must either claim citizenship through the Italian embassy or live in Italy for a specific period of time (a couple of years?). My father had a confusing citizenship case and I base the above on a document regarding his case.
 
On ellisisland.org I have seen wifes citizenship notated as U.S. "by marriage" and childrens as U.S. "by virtue of parents citizenship. Laws change and are subject to interpretation. It appears to me that in earlier, more patriarchal times, the naturaliztion of the husband/father was conferred to the family as well.
 
I am no expert by any means but I hope this helps.
 
Toni Panzica
 
 
 
 

 
 
> From: anncat1029 at roadrunner.com
> To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 18:11:42 -0400
> Subject: [TI] Love the database
> 
> Occasionally I will type in a name of an ancestor that I have searched
> before in the hopes of finding out more information. The other night,
> bingo, I found my great-grandfather's death date (Fabiano Catalano, 1909).
> I had wondered if he had died in Termini or had immigrated to the US. I
> often suspected that he had died in Termini and his wife, Liboria D'Angelo,
> then came to the US to live with her son, Angelo (my grandfather's brother).
> Many years ago I discovered that she was buried in a local cemetery in an
> unmarked grave. She died before my father was born (1915) and he never knew
> that she had ever been in the U.S. Why she is in an unmarked grave, I
> don't know because my grandfather was not destitute and could certainly have
> afforded a marker. Someday, I will have a marker put on her grave.
> 
> So, thank you, Laura, once again . . . the database continues to be a gold
> mine of information and I love those moments when you find a tantalizing bit
> of information that answers a question.
> 
> Now on another note . . . does anyone know if it is possible to get Italian
> citizenship if you are an American citizen? I was told that if you had
> relatives from Italy, you could apply for Italian citizenship. Is that
> true? I was also told that if your relatives were naturalized citizens of
> the US, then you couldn't do this. Sooo that leads me to my next question .
> . . I know that my grandfather, William Salvatore Catalano, was a
> naturalized citizen but I have never found naturalization papers for my
> grandmother, Josephine Catalano. She came to the US when she was 4 years
> old (Around 1886). Would she have her own naturalization papers or would
> they be with her mother and father. I have never found their naturalization
> papers either. I know at one time I found these records somewhere in
> Cleveland (that is where they lived)but can't seem to remember where. Is
> there an online resource to research naturalization? 
> 
> Thanks for any help you can offer.
> 
> Ann Catalano
> North Tonawanda, NY
> 
> 
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