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From: ElaineBenes <>
Subject: Re: Need some help
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 01:28:22 GMT
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(Jeff DeMarco) wrote in
news::

> An interesting sidelight to this is that the Ellis Island records are
> frequently wrong in describing an immigrant as southern or northern
> Italian. My Umbrian ancestors would not be at all happy with their
> characterization as southern Italians, but that is how they are listed
> (for the most part) on the manifests.
>
> Jeff DeMarco
> Pacific Grove, CA
>
Jeff,
I believe (but NOT sure) that South Italy was considered any part of the
old Kingdom of Naples (or Due Sicilie) and the Papal States, so I think
Umbria was therefore "southern" using this logic.
Fred

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