Looking for grandfather information
I am looking for information on my grandfather. He was born in 1875 in Italy and came to US in around 1900. He died in 1948 in conshohocken pa.I don’t know his parents names or when he was baptized Can you help me
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His name was Guiseppi Demarco
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I try to give you some advice,
First of all you need to know the name of the country or city where he was born.
In the Italian municipalities the registry services before the unification of Italy, the birth records were different from region to region,
The Capture of Rome (Italian: Presa di Roma) on September 20, 1870, was the final event of the long process of Italian unification, since that date all Italian municipalities have a registry office that keeps birth records in a manner standardized
Institutionally, these registrations are delivered to the registry office of the provincial capital.
So the first thing you need to do is to have all the data known about your grandfather, starting from the municipality of birth, and the same thing for all family members, especially his wife, who if she was born in Italy, and you know the data you they can have better information.
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You could research immigration records, do you know where he entered the US? Eliis island has records and during some years the list a residence in the country of origin with a contact person. A second option would be to look at US draft registration. Sometimes, not always, the place of birth includes a city. Immigration records are on Ancestry and also Family Search has information. Here is a site to begin in Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States_Military_Draft_or_Conscription_Records
Many older men were required to register for the drafts.
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