This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Juliet_Henderson Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.kings/16637.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you both Nancy and "rdpiet"! I actually got the base info for my tree from Find-A-Grave. It states on the memorials that they were from Benevento, Campania, Italy. I looked on a map... It's south Central Italy with the nearest metropolis being Naples to the west. I have found social security death records that match the data on Find-A-Grave and also Census records which seem to correlate to names/ages as well. There are also immigration and naturalization records which coincides with the data on the Find-A-Grave memorials. All my family is mostly from Texas (I'm a 7th generation Texan through many of my family lines). This is a change of pace researching records outside of Texas where we are apparently blessed to have most birth and death records available for free through family search.org I will have to find out where to order birth, death, and marriage records for NYC. I did have one of my own ancestors come into America through NYC: Martin Joseph Fahey from Gallway Ireland. I think he came right before the Civil War and then came south after the civil war....but I digress.... It seems none of the other family trees on Ancestry with the Maddaloni names have information beyond the immigration from Italy (Antonio Maddaloni b. 1844) either. Anyway, thanks for all your help! Juliet Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.