Hello Kellen2000 and All, Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank's history (searchable online) was begun for the Irish by an Irish cultural society, but did not discriminate against account holders of other cultural persuasions. The same holds true for the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, which no longer exists. Both are searchable online, via paid subscriptions to various genealogical seach services. Although Emigrant is still an active NYC bank, you cannot research historical records there in person, nor would the local branches have access to earliest records. That's the beauty of online researching...saves time, thus money. With all due respect to my Italian friends, the bank utilized by my Sicilian ancestors was Banco Sotto il Materasso. Barb NYC Researcher ================================== kellen2000@seanet.com writes: > ank...immigrants from Sicily...early...20th century [forward]