Re: Galantes from Italy and Camden, NJ, USA
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Galantes from Italy and Camden, NJ, USA
Dominic Galante 1/05/08
Dominic -
My family is originally from Castellamare del Gulfo, which is on the island of Sicily.If you do some searching, you will see that the Galante family name was either the most or second most popular family name in Castellamare.
I recommend you check out the Ellis Island website.You can search and view the actual ship's manifests and they usually contain good information - who they were traveling with, the name of a contact person back in Sicily, the name of the ship, etc.
As with all things Italian in the early 1900s, the records can be hard to find, as many of the immigrants used different names or names of relatives to get work or avoid the law.It makes for an interesting quest, to say the least.
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Re: Galantes from Italy and Camden, NJ, USA
Dominic Galante 4/08/08