Date: Mar 22 2000

From: Corso

Subject: Corso Connection

Message: I'm curious about your fathers' mother Mary Rose Corso. My grandfathers (Agostino Corso) brother, Michael Corso, who lived in Oxford, Ohio had nine children. Two whose names were Mary and Rose. Additionally, one of his sons was named August and married a Marie Sansone from Litchfield, Illinois. Any connection?

Date: Mar 22 2000

From: Marie Tinley

Subject: finding naturalization papers

Message: How would I find out if my greatgrandfather did become naturalized? No one in the family, that is still around, knows if he was. On his 1920 census he is listed as an alien, I know he came over in 1899 but don't know the ship he arrived on. Is there any other place besides the National Archives that I can check out. Also I have been going through the Termini microfilm for 1860-1861 there are a lot of Pusateri's (this is one of my ggfathers)

Date: Mar 23 2000

From: Steven & Patricia Gilbert

Subject: Re: Corso Connection

Message: I also have a connection to the Corso name. My great grandmother's name was Maria Corso. I don't have a lot of information on her yet. The information that I have is mostly on her husband (August Tedesco b.1863, d. Nov. 28 1916). They had 10 children. Knowing that the Italians mostly named their children after other relatives, I thought there might be a connection with your Corso families. One of Maria's children was Mary Tedesco and another was Rosie Tedesco. Most of the children were born in Louisiana. Could there be another connection here?

Date: Mar 23 2000

From: Steven & Patricia Gilbert

Subject: Re: finding naturalization papers & passenger lists

Message: I am fairly new to genealogy and have been reading a book called "Discovering Your Italian Ancestors" by Lynn Nelson. It has some very useful information and forms. In the Naturalization section she writes: "Naturalization is the process of becoming an American citizen. If your census research shows that your ancestor was naturalized, your next step will be to seek the naturalization documents. Even if you believe that your ancestor was not naturalized, you should check these sources anyway, because he or she might have completed only the first phase of the naturalization process.

Naturalization was a two-step process. First, the immigrant had to file a declaration of intention, often called "first papers," to become a citizen. Then, after a two- to seven-year period (depending on the prevailing regulations), the petition for naturalization could be filed and approved and the immigrant was granted citizenship. After 1941, a declaration of intention was no longer necessary."

"You may obtain naturalization documents from several sources. For those processed after 1906, you can write to the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization (425 1 Street, Room 5304, Washington, DC 20536) and ask for an application. The National Archives has microfilms of the naturalization papers filed in federal courts as well as those of the New York District Courts. These New York records are Particularly valuable for Italian research because the majority of Italian immigrants arrived at the port of New York. Many remained there. State archives will have the naturalization records filed in state courts. Of course, the Family History Library has access to all of these microfilmed documents."

Regarding passenger lists, she writes:

"If you know the actual ship on which your ancestor arrived and the year of arrival, or if you know the actual date and place of arrival, you can go directly to the ship manifest. If you are not fortunate enough to have this information, you must use an index to find your ancestor's ship. You certainly don't want to search through rolls of microfilm (the lists for New York arrivals between 1897 and 1957 take up almost 8,900 rolls of film!).

There are several types of indices available. The major indices to the ships' passenger lists have been microfilmed by the National Archives and were compiled during the 1930s as part of the Work Projects Administration. The WPA was a federal program that provided jobs for the unemployed. However, not all years for all ports were indexed during this project. For example, the New York lists between 1846 and 1897 were not indexed, a period and port that include many Italian immigrants.

If the National Archives indices don't cover your ancestor's port and year of arrival, you can use other published indices. There are thousands of published ships' passenger lists in books and periodicals. A good reference to many of these published sources is Passenger and Immigration Lists Bibliograpby, 1538 - 1900 by P. William Filby. This publication lists over 2,500 published lists, indexed by port of arrival, port of embarkation, ethnic group and state. You can use this resource to find an index that may lead you to your ancestor.

A wonderful series of published passenger lists for Italian researchers is Italians to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, 1880-1899 edited by Ira A. Glazier and P. William Filby. This projected twelve-volume series (still in process) indexes Italian immigrant passenger list information. The first eight volumes focus on arrivals at the port of New York. This helps fill that critical gap in the WPA index for New York"

Date: Mar 23 2000

From: John Gregory

Subject: Re: Corso Connection

Message: I'm interesed in the Corso connection.....My great grandmother , Antonina Corso Lombardo came from Termini in 1886 and stopped in Ohio to have her 2nd child then went on to San Francisco. She had two brothers that I heard of by name only, Mike and Tony. I don't know where they lived but it was not in California and I think one lived in Florida in the 20s or 30s. One was a doctor so I've been told. After much research I've determined that her mother was Giuseppa Rizzo and her father Nicolo Corso. There was a Brugnone family in San Jose that my mother referred to as cousins of her mother...I don't know any more of them but that. The name Mary Rose is also interesting as my gt. grandmother named two of her daughters Mary and Rose

Date: Mar 23 2000

From: Kathy Gotto

Subject: Galioto

Message: Does anyone have any info on the name Galioto? A derivative of that is 'Cariota'. My paternal ggparents were Cosimo Gotto or Galioto, married to Antonina Galioto (Cariota). They may have been cousins. But I have Antonina's birth certificate and her family was surprised to see that she never was a Cariota but a Galioto all along! Antonina's parents were Matteo Galioto and Caterina Bisesi, all of Termini.

Date: Mar 25 2000

From: MWeber

Subject: Corso connection

Message: Interesting. My aunt, Providencia Schiavo from Hamilton Ontario, was married to a Sam Corso from Erie Penn. I believe his father was Anthony Corso. Any connection? My great grandfather was Fillipo Sansone.

Date: Mar 25 2000

From: Marie Tinley

Subject: passenger list

Message: Does anyone know what the series of numbers above a passengers name stand for? I thought I read this info. somewhere on the list.Any ideas are welcomed.

Date: Mar 25 2000

From: John Gregory

Subject: Corso Connection

Message: Marianne, There might very well be a connection to the Corsos in Erie. According to my aunt who is 88 her grandmother had relatives there . She also had a brother , Tony ,but that's all I know about Erie. As I mentioned her name was Antonina Corso and she married Filippo Lombardo in Termini and came to this country in 1886. Sooner or later we might make a connection. Thanks for your input.

Date: Mar 26 2000

From: Joe Corso

Subject: Re: Corso's

Message: There is definitely a connection. August Corso was one of nine children of Michael Corso and Pauline Parino from Oxford Ohio. My grandfather, Agostino, was one of Michael's brothers. There was also Saverio, Teresa, Marina and we think there was also a Antonina. I have alot of info on the "boys" and Marina's family lines but nothing on Teresa or Antonina.

I downloaded August Corso and Marie Sansone's decedents from the Saverio Sansone and Maria D'Attilo Family Tree Maker web page. , I have an Ohio cousin who I believe said that my grandfather visited relatives in both Watertown and Rochester, NY. It may have been your family that they were visiting. She mentioned the name Capone. Does that name mean anything to you? Finally, I think there is another connection. This time with the Spicuzza line.

My greatgrandmother, Angela Spicuzza, was married to my greatgrandfather, Giovanni Corso. I understand that Spicuzza was not a very common name in Sicily.

Date: Mar 26 2000

From: Joe Corso

Subject: Corso Connection

Message: There could be a connection. This past summer I met with my 92 yr. old Aunt Angie, who had been born in Dayton when my grandfather had briely lived in Ohio before moving back to Boston.

She told me that my grandfather, Agostino Corso, had an sister who's name was Antonina. She said that she was very pretty and had "blue eyes". I had never heard of her before and I don't know if she has her mixed up with my grandmothers sister who was also named Antonina.

I don't know of a brother Tony but there was a another brother Saverio, called Jerry.

To make a long story short there was Marina, Michael, Agostino, Saverio, Teresa, and we think a Antonina. There father was Giovanni Corso and there mother was Angela Spicuzza.

The other thing that stuck me was that your greatgrandmother had stopped in Ohio. My grandfathers brother, Michael Corso, lived in Dayton and then moved to Oxford were he ran a store. Do you know were that 2nd child was born? An Ohio cousin, Julie Corso, has a lot of family history and if memory serves me correctly she did mention a Nick Corso, but I believe he was a young man in the 20's and the 30's. But for the life of me I can't remember any details. I'll try to get in touch with her and see if she has any other info......

Date: Mar 28 2000

From: Tony Massaro

Subject: Corso

Message: I am new to this but finally saw a name I am familiar with. My great grandmother's name was Guisseppina Spicuzza. She was born in August of 1879 in termini. Her parents were Antonino Spicuzza and Guieseppa Caruso. My ggrandmother married my ggf Antonino Massaro. They were married in Chicago and probably came to us in 1890 or so.

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