RootsWeb.com Mailing Lists
Total: 1/1
    1. Re: [BOSTON] re - Scarpitti/Scarpitto
    2. Sharon Sergeant
    3. Hi Your guy could have come back and forth more than you realize! You can find the microfilm info at Joe Beine's site - http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/nylists1820.html Happy Hunting Sharon http://www.GenealogyFair.com --- Carrie Watts <carybear_65@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Sharon, Thanks for the info. It could very > possibly be my ggf. His b-day is Dec 23, 1863 so at > least the age matches. I have always been told that > he was born in Roccasicura, Molise, Italy, however I > do know that there are some Scarpitti's from Carovilli > and have corresponded with a couple of people > researching those Scarpitti's. I was also told that > he came over in 1895, but that could be wrong. The > towns of Carovilli and Roccasicura are pretty close so > this is worth checking into. Does LDS have this film > do you know? I'll have to order it. Thanks so much > for the info!! It's greatly appreciated. Carrie > > --- Sharon Sergeant <info@genealogyfair.com> wrote: > > Hi > > > > The Italians to America 1880-1893 has the following > > - Antonio Scarpitti > > age 27, occupation farmer, arrived NY Dec 14, 1891 > > on ship Hindoustan > > from Naples, residence Carovilli which is also in > > Molise. The manifest > > id is 81987, so you ought to be able to get the film > > for that. > > > > "Portrait of an Italian American Neighborhood: the > > North End of Boston" > > - describes farmer's market as being on the corner > > of North and South > > Market Street, where all the waterfront terminals > > were nearby ... the > > custom house was there ..." There is an over head > > picture of the > > farmer's wagons there in 1900. > > > > The open air markets were still really lively until > > they ripped that > > area apart with rennovations over the last few > > decades. > > > > Happy Hunting, > > Sharon > > http://www.GenealogyFair.com > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ > > > > > > ==== BOSTON Mailing List ==== > > Boston Historical Society: > > http://www.bostonhistory.org > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > > online genealogy records, go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/

    01/05/2002 05:29:57