Hi - John could have gone by the Italian translation. Unfortunately, I haven't found them in Italy yet, so I'm not sure of his original name. It could have been any of the following ... GIAMBATTISTA GIAMPAOLO GIAMPIERO GIANCARLO GIANFRANCO GIANLUCA GIANLUIGI GIANMARCO GIANMARIA GIANNI GIANNINO GIANPAOLO GIANPIERO GIOVANNI NINO. I have also found that the soundex code doesn't always cover how "sereno" got recorded. I've seen sadeno and sallino (evidently the rolling 'r' wasn't spoken very well). I was told that John tried to "Americanize" the family as soon as possible (including name changes). In 1900, they had been in the US for over 10 years, so I just assumed he had already changed to John. I do know that my great-grandma was pretty fearful of the government, so I guess it's possible they avoided the census taker. I'm currently "browsing" 1900 census images in the area around where they lived in 1910. Any thoughts/suggestions appreciated. Thanks for your time! - Deanna >Hi - > >There is only one Sereno in 1900 in IL. The name is Malross Sereno and >he is living alone. Could John have gone by another name? I don't find >them anywhere in the US in 1900. > >Priscilla --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages!