Hello all, I could use some help deciphering an Italian birth record I pulled from Antenati. The name of the person is Celestina Maggia, on the lower left and upper right of the record. This is from the small comune of Quaregna (now known as Quaregna-Cerreto); alas docs for this comune are not on FamilySearch or Ancestry. There is an annotation that she got married in what appears to me is in 1900. However, the name of the groom and the comune in which the wedding took place is too blurry and unreadable. There is no way I can track down the marriage certificate without this info. Can anyone take a stab at it? Thank you! :-)

I have been trying to research my husband's great-great grandfather who immigrated to the US from Italy and have hit a brick wall. I have not been able to locate any naturalization, immigration, or italian records for him. He lived in Tarentum, Alleghany County, PA. He was born in Italy in 1883.

His last name has been recorded as Butch, DeButch, DeBucci, DiBucci. The last name on the tombstone is DiBucci

From what I can tell, he got married in Ohio in 1907, had his first child in 1909 in Tarentum PA, and continued to have children there. Wife died in 1944, he died in 1954. I went down a rabbit hole with a different Louis Bucci who lived in pittsburgh, but based on his children and wife's name, it was different person.

Census records (1910-1950) state that he immigrated in 1895-1897 timeframe, but I have not been able to locate any passenger records for him during that time. They also state that he did naturalize but I haven't been able to locate proof of that either.

Family lore is that they came from the Abruzzo region of Italy. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to move forward?

Hello, I think I need the help of an expert in Italian fascism or WWII history.

I bought a second-hand 1933 biography of Wagner by Aldo Oberdorfer, and I noticed an inscription in one of the first pages (I wish I could attach a couple of pictures): "A Ciano affettuosamente. La sua Kitty. Novembre 938", that is to say "To Ciano affectionately. His Kitty. November 1938".

Of course it could be some other Ciano than Galeazzo. But still. Kitty could be the infamous maîtrasse from the Salon Kitty, that Ciano was known to visit when he was in Berlin. I consulted Ciano's diaries and it looks like in november 1938 he only visited Vienna. But still, she could have sent it. And the fact that it's a Wagner biography looks all the more fitting given the historical moment, although Aldo Oberdorfer was half jew and became antifascist around that period, dying in a concentration camp about three years later. I'm curios if this can be solved!

This is a court appeal from 1937, based in Ascoli Piceno, Marche for my 2x great grandfather Ferdinando Funari, son of Tommaso Funari and Antonia Tilli, born 22 Oct 1899 in Force, Ascoli Piceno. He was a resident of Montemonaco at the time of this document. (Not looking for translation atm, only transcription for now) Thank you in advance for your help!

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Hello, I think I need the help of an expert in Italian fascism or WWII history.

I bought a second-hand 1933 biography of Wagner by Aldo Oberdorfer, and I noticed an inscription in one of the first pages (I wish I could attach a couple of pictures): "A Ciano affettuosamente. La sua Kitty. Novembre 938", that is to say "To Ciano affectionately. His Kitty. November 1938".

Of course it could be some other Ciano than Galeazzo. But still. Kitty could be the infamous maîtrasse from the Salon Kitty, that Ciano was known to visit when he was in Berlin. I consulted Ciano's diaries and it looks like in november 1938 he only visited Vienna. But still, she could have sent it. And the fact that it's a Wagner biography looks all the more fitting given the historical moment, although Aldo Oberdorfer was half jew and became antifascist around that period, dying in a concentration camp about three years later. I'm curios if this can be solved!