Steven You need to go to the website www.italiangen.org and do some searching in their databases. They have all of the naturalizations, bride & groom lists, death indexes and now something new called "Alien Statements" for NYC and surrounding burroughs. They are even getting Naturalization info for Trenton NJ! This is an Italian group primarily but they are indexing ALL NAMES not just Italians.
Just for the heck of it I typed in Benedetti in Nassau Cnty and came up with a long list. You don't mention if you have Alfred and Amelia's marriage record and maybe you can find it on this website. Good Luck, Rosemarie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven McNamara" <[email protected]> To: "Azores Genealogy" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 9:09 PM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Alfred & Amelia Viera Brooklyn New York I have found my long lost Great Grandparents-in-law. I was able to find the death record for Alfred Viera 8 June 1945 84 Roebling St. Brooklyn NY. Living in NYC for 17 years. (I still can't find him on Ancestry for the 1930 census) Only 2 years at above address. He was a retired Mason. Born 13 Nov. 1872 Fayal Portugal (still can't find that freguesia) : ( His wife was Amelia A. (Silva) Viera. The informant was his son in law Joseph V. Paiva. The are buried at St. Johns cemetary in Brooklyn. It lists his parents on his death certificate as Joseph Viera and Louisa Benedetti. Has anyone ever heard of Bendetti as a last name? Is this a Portuguese name? It sounds more Italian to me. It stated he had no SSN. Does this mean he never became a citizen? I did find a notice of his death on the Daira website with UMass. Thanks for any information or suggestions are further searching. Steven --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
