From nobody Fri Oct 6 22:17:00 2006 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k974H0nU008797 for ROOTS-M; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 22:17:00 -0600 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k974GUYn008767 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 22:16:30 -0600 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.41]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k974GTRH025187 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 22:16:29 -0600 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k974GThh008702 for ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 22:16:29 -0600 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k974GTYn008691 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 22:16:29 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k974GS7d025116 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 22:16:28 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k971XiFI029753 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 21:33:44 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k971Xi3t029752 for roots-l@rootsweb.com; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 21:33:44 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k96NE4FI029207 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 19:14:04 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k971ucG3016416 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 19:56:38 -0600 X-Envelope-From: reddpill@yahoo.com Fri Oct 6 19:56:38 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k971ucYn016405 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 19:56:38 -0600 Received: from web36611.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web36611.mail.mud.yahoo.com [209.191.85.28]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id k971uXMR015586 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 19:56:36 -0600 Received: (qmail 27463 invoked by uid 60001); 7 Oct 2006 01:56:29 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=aMC4HpbGyciV8CePMS+FRWOxLnQCxhPSFhzNMuhuKnxNnrSrqZZI+xgnQOf8zWnz2XbxKSy2Yc4phUoZ9bBwtM3bb8F6DQcA7+d0YmHOy+d3qJVzApWaSxdrEa0xsJ7ROFyhORx6njd64tsAiqebaHjfpdx8ZYPPPJ5xdBggdD4= ; Message-ID: <20061007015629.27461.qmail@web36611.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [67.101.81.165] by web36611.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:56:29 PDT Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 18:56:29 -0700 (PDT) From: David Holland To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com In-Reply-To: <200610061500.k96F06O7009886@lists5.rootsweb.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.57 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.57 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.57 on 192.168.65.34 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by lists5.rootsweb.com id k971ucG3016416 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by roots-l.rootsweb.com id k96NE4FI029207 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: Can't find my grandfather You do not say when your grandfather was born. If he was born between 1873 and 1900, he was required to fill out a draft registration card for WWI. You should also consider the SSI Death Index. Keep in mind that there may variations in spelling of his first and/or last name, so you might try several variations unsuccessfully before getting a hit. He may have anglicized his name as Joe, for example, or Jack or Jock. Mussi might be an abbreviated version of a longer family name. Don't neglect to do searches on your grandmother's name either. Did you check state census records? New York had a state census taken in 1905 and another in 1915. I did notice that there is a Marco Mussi in the 1910 US census in Syracuse Ward 9, Onondaga, NY. He is listed as a 38 y.o. shoemaker, b. in Italy. You might do a little research on him. If this was your grandfather's cousin, you might stumble across something that would help locate your grandfather. Best of luck. David Holland Melinda Lockwood wrote:Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:02:38 -0500 From: Melinda Lockwood Subject: Can't find grandfather My paternal grandfather, Giacomo Mussi, came to the U.S. in 1902. He came through Ellis Island and I have sent for and received information from them. I know, according to these records that he was going to Syracuse, New York to be with his cousin, Marco Mussi, who had come over from Italy earlier. He came to Syracuse as a mason. My grandmother, Ermelinda Clerici came over in 1906 to marry Giacomo. Donšt know if they ever married or not but they did have four children. My problem lies with the fact that I canšt find him once he allegedly arrived in the U.S. He does not show up on any census records. My father was born in 1914 and said that his father died when he was about 5 (that would make it 1919 or so). Any suggestions as to how I can find this man? I live in Missouri now, not Syracuse, so travel is, pretty much, out of the question. Many thanks for any help anyone can provide. -- Melinda Lockwood Columbia, MO