Thanks for the offer Steve but scanning the documents wouldn't help as the writing is fairly clear. I was hoping (I knew it was a long shot) that someone might recognise the similarity in pronunciation to an actual Italian surname. Vince Steve Della Rocchetta <sdr12198@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:3CF812C3.4F435490@pacbell.net... > Hi Vince > > I have tried but with no luck. You might try this scan the documents and send > them to the forum and see if one of us can make out the handwriting. If the > forum can not except the document send it to me and maybe I can help no > guarantees also no charge. > I thought of one more site that might help www.ellisislandrecords.org. > > Ciao Steve > > Vince wrote: > > > I am having a problem in trying to find out my great grand mother's maiden > > name. > > On her son's birth certificate it is recorded as Gottimarty but on another > > certificate it is recorded as Cadamatia. Bearing in mind the fact that she > > could not read or write I imagine that the English registrar wrote down what > > he thought he heard when confronted with an unusual name in a thick Italian > > accent. > > I have tried researching these names with no success. > > Can anybody make any suggestion to what her name might of been. > > The only other information I have is that she may of came from the Genoa > > region of Italy. > > > > Many thanks > > Vince >