I am trying to find information on my grandma's uncle Giuseppe LaRocca and his family. When my grandma came to the U.S. on April 3, 1909 she went to stay with her mother's brother in Brooklyn. I have the passenger list which states Giuseppe LaRocca as the person she was going to see. It is really hard to read the address because it looks as if it was written over. The address looks like 211 Johns St. or Johnson St. All I know about Giuseppe, who was probably called Joseph in the states, was that he was born around 1863. I believe he was born in Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily where his sister Rosaria (called Sarah) was born. He probably lived in Campobello di Mazara, Trapani, Sicily where many of his family later moved to. It is only a few miles from Castelvetrano. His parents names were Giovanni LaRocca and Rosa Costa. If he married, and had a son, he most likely named him Giovanni or John after his father. It is also possible that he had a daughter named Rosa after his mother. His siblings were: Antonino who married Antoinette Montalbano and whose family moved to St. Louis, Rosaria (Sarah, my great-grandma) who married Calogero Montalbano and whose family moved to St. Louis, Lorenza who married Lorenzo Montalbano (whose family stayed in Campobello di Mazara), Giovanni who married Antonina Di Prima (and possibly stayed in Campobello), and Giuseppa who died in Campobello when she was 3. My grandma came to live with him in Apr of 1909 but I am not sure how long she stayed because by April of 1911 she married my grandpa Giovanni Rocca (no relation) who was originally from Partinico, Palermo, Sicily and wound up in of St. Louis. My grandma's name was Caterina Montalbano. If anyone can help me or provide suggestions on how to find information about his family I would really appreciate it. I am not sure how to go about finding him in the 1910 census (if there was a 1910 in Brooklyn). Also, recently there was an article in the New York Times about a Sarah LaRocca who teaches Tango dancing at a place called Stepping Out, a dance studio in midtown. This intrigued me since my great-grandmother was Sarah (Rosaria) LaRocca. I think the article said she was originally from Washington. I was wondering how to possibly get in touch with her. Thanks, Kathy kgreifzu@att.net