Hunting History - Finding Family

Uncle Alan is a wealth of information.  At least, in my eyes.  He responded to my inquiries about the Strazzaboscos and Nardins, with a few very precious sentences. Angelina Nardin, my great grandmother, was born in 1887 in Asiago Italy.  She had a daughter, Rena, and emigrated to the USA aboard the Duca D'Aosta, leaving the port of Genoa March 16, 1915.  Rena's name is listed on the manifest as Anizara Paganini.  They arrived through Ellis Island April 1st, 1915.  Angelina was 28, Rena was 3. Her husband and why they emigrated had always been a mystery to me. Until now.  Uncle Alan gave me something very important; a name. Valentino Paganini. The only other thing he knew was that he'd died in 1912, the same year Rena was born.  I still don't know much, but I did find two ship manifests bearing his name from Asiago. Valentino Paganini arrived in NY, NY on April 12, 1908 aboard the ship "New York" from the port of Southampton.  He wa...

11/23/14 F or the longest time, the only thing I knew about my second great grandmother on my father's side was this: Not much to go on.  For the longest time, she was a complete mystery.  I had gone to Benld City Cemetery looking for Barra relations, which is where several of them are buried, including my grandmother's half sister Rena (whom I also know next to nothing about, including her given name.)  Mary is buried right next to Rena.  So on to Ancestry I went, knowing only her dates and the fact that at some point she ended up in Benld. I still do not know her proper birth date, simply that she was born in 1857, as the headstone states.  Once I had asked her granddaughter, my grandmother Mary ("Nona") where her family was from and she told be Asiago Italy on her mother's side and Brossasco Italy on her father's.  In most of my research this has turned out to be true, so I have placed Mary's birthplace as Asiago. I know for a fact that Mary ...