"Joe Pessarra" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > > "Chris Piantes" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected] > > Ciao italiani, sono grecoamericano di Lemnos, territorio di Genova in > > periodi medioeviali. È ci degli italiani con il cognome Piante, > > particularmente in Genova? > > > > Hello Italians, I am a Greek-American from Lemnos, a territory of > > Genoa during the Middle Ages. Are there any Italians with the last > > name Piante, particularly in Genoa? > > A look at the distribution of Italian names in Italy at > http://www.gens.labo.net/ shows no Piante surnames. Piante means plants in > Italian, so there are many commercial listings with this name, having to do > with agriculture, I imagine. > > Italy phone directory on the Net at http://www.infobel.com/italy show no > Piante people listings. There are some 59 Del Pianto listings. > > Good luck on your search. > > Joe in Texas Sent the following directly to Chris yesterday. Chris, Just did a quick search for Piante in the Ellis Island immigration records. Look what I found. Name - Piante, Raffaele Ethnicity - Italian South Place of Residence - Rapolla Date of Arrival - June 01, 1907 Age on Arrival - 32y Gender - M Marital Status - M Ship of Travel - Neckar Port of Departure - Naples, Campania, Italy I can't copy the ship manifest, the site will not allow that function. You can look at it yourself though. Raffaele is on line 7 on the manifest. Ellis Island site is at http://www.ellisisland.org/ I think you have to register in order to see the manifest. But there is no charge. Take a look. Joe in Texas