Hi Frank There are many Provenza in the Italian, French and American phone books. Also there is research data on that name. If you would like go to my family website http://www.dellarocchetta.com/ and on the Favorite LInks page is a site called Italian & Global Surname Navigator. Click on Italy also then go the France later then type in your name of interest. Many sites will appear on top of each other. Sometimes 2 error messages appear just say ok and they go away. Work your way backwards through the sites. Ciao Steve I hope it helps you. "Frank S." wrote: > Trying to find a translation if there is one for the first name > (English) Pearl. > > I have run across an ancestor via Ellis Island but not sure if I am > reading the name correctly. The name as shown on the manifest is what > I can best make out to be "Providenzia". > > Thank You. > > -- > "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." > - Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) > _______________________________________ > Home Page: http://home.insightbb.com/~fselvaggio/home.html > Favorite Recipes: http://home.insightbb.com/~fselvaggio/recipes.html > LaFamiglia Selvaggio: > http://home.insightbb.com/~fselvaggio/lafamiglia.html > > Remove "*" to reply

Thank's Steve I'll check it out.... Steve Della Rocchetta wrote: > Hi Frank > > There are many Provenza in the Italian, French and American phone books. > Also there is research data on that name. If you would like go to my > family website http://www.dellarocchetta.com/ and on the Favorite LInks > page is a site called Italian & Global Surname Navigator. > Click on Italy also then go the France later then type in your name of > interest. Many sites will appear on top of each other. Sometimes 2 error > messages appear just say ok and they go away. Work your way backwards > through the sites. > > Ciao Steve I hope it helps you. > > "Frank S." wrote: > > > Trying to find a translation if there is one for the first name > > (English) Pearl. > > > > I have run across an ancestor via Ellis Island but not sure if I am > > reading the name correctly. The name as shown on the manifest is what > > I can best make out to be "Providenzia". > > > > Thank You. > > > > -- > > "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." > > - Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) > > _______________________________________ > > Home Page: http://home.insightbb.com/~fselvaggio/home.html > > Favorite Recipes: http://home.insightbb.com/~fselvaggio/recipes.html > > LaFamiglia Selvaggio: > > http://home.insightbb.com/~fselvaggio/lafamiglia.html > > > > Remove "*" to reply -- "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) _______________________________________ Home Page: http://home.insightbb.com/~fselvaggio/home.html Favorite Recipes: http://home.insightbb.com/~fselvaggio/recipes.html Favorite Freeware: http://home.insightbb.com/~fselvaggio/freeware.html Remove "*" to reply