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

Pearl = Perla Providenzia = ??????? "Frank S." <fselvaggio"*"@InsightBB.com> wrote in message news:<3CD5443E.6F89CB05@InsightBB.com>... > 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.

Perla is what I had come up with also. I took another look at the manifest and inlarged the section that I had thought was "Provienzia". After enlarging it I have determied that it is in fact two seperate names. My guess is that it is a surname followed by a first name.. It is somthing like "Prova?i, Ton??a. I am going to play a while and fill in the pixels on the enlargment to see what I may come up with. l'avvocato wrote: > Pearl = Perla > Providenzia = ??????? > "Frank S." <fselvaggio"*"@InsightBB.com> wrote in message news:<3CD5443E.6F89CB05@InsightBB.com>... > > 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 Favorite Freeware: http://home.insightbb.com/~fselvaggio/freeware.html Remove "*" to reply

Frank S. wrote: > Perla is what I had come up with also. I took another look at the > manifest and inlarged the section that I had thought was > "Provienzia". "Provienzia" is very different from "Providenzia". "Provienza" is assonant with a french region (Provenza) and "Provenza" is an italian family name also (not very usual). Perhaps is a family with french origins. Sure is not a first name. But if you have doubts about a family name you can go to : http://gens.labo.net/it/cognomi/genera.html Type the family name on the top and look at italian distribution. If you have no results probably the name is incorrect. If you have a picture you can put it on line (url). ciao

> 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". > could'nt be Provvidenza? I'm quite used to read old papers... could You just provide the link to the Ellis Island Record You mention? I'll try to figure the correct spelling...... ciao Mauro -- REMOVE MAPS ON DON'T USE REPLY!! StGermainMAPS@ONexornandi.it