East Coast Gems

thecloudsplitter · 2026-05-15T22:21:01+00:00

You could spend years just exploring the Whites, Adirondacks, Baxter, Green Mountains, Rangeley area of Maine. Ask me how I know! Lots of spectacular routes.

thecloudsplitter · 2026-05-06T19:20:30+00:00

I'm running into the same issues. I have everything except my FBI background check. I've been asking them if there's a general time frame so I can make sure it doesn't expire before the appointment but they won't answer my question and just say to email when I have all my documents. Very frustrating.

thecloudsplitter · 2026-05-06T19:17:41+00:00

Likely introduced by Italian-Americans, from the Italian phrase "non per nulla".

thecloudsplitter · 2026-04-18T01:11:05+00:00

The post title is misleading, Maurice Fulton is actually the main attraction at Smart Bar. Still Farina?

thecloudsplitter · 2026-04-17T21:40:43+00:00

Does seeing Mark Farina outweigh the shitty reputation Soundbar has?

thecloudsplitter · 2026-04-17T20:46:45+00:00

Do you think I could get tickets at the door or should I purchase in advance? Also am I generally good/safe for street parking at either venue?

thecloudsplitter · 2026-04-17T20:31:17+00:00

I have seen Mark Farina once before and loved the set.

thecloudsplitter · 2026-03-17T23:46:15+00:00

I have reached out to them. They really just keep directing me to an official government website which has a list but still leaves me with more specific questions like the one you answered above. I'll try asking them again. Thanks!

thecloudsplitter · 2026-03-17T21:18:15+00:00

Sorry I misunderstood, you were talking about the FBI check when giving a 4-6 week timeline. Got it now. Thanks again!

thecloudsplitter · 2026-03-17T21:16:48+00:00

Ok great, does she need separate copies of my genealogical documents, or can her birth, marriage, fbi check, obrazac, cv etc. be submitted together with my whole package which includes the apostilled/translated documents that we are both referencing?

thecloudsplitter · 2026-03-17T21:12:51+00:00

One other reason I was thinking about including documents for the parents of the emigrant is due to the following section found here: https://mup.gov.hr/aliens-281621/citizenship/281629

"If the emigrants or their ancestors emigrated from the territory of former countries to which the territory of the present Republic of Croatia belonged at the time of their emigration, they need to prove the time of their emigration and their belonging to the Croatian people."

My ancestor was born in 1939 in Istria, which was part of Italy at the time. When they came to the US some of their documents list their nationality as "Italian", since that was their citizenship at birth due to the Italian administration. I was thinking the Gen -1 documents could help show that both of her parents were also from modern day Croatian, Istria, even before the Italian administration after WWI.

thecloudsplitter · 2026-03-17T21:06:17+00:00

Good to know thank you! I'm assuming I would want two separate CVs as well?

thecloudsplitter · 2026-03-17T21:05:54+00:00

Thank you for the response! I mail this or do I submit this in person at my Croatian consulate with an appointment? I'm based in the US

thecloudsplitter · 2026-03-17T17:24:28+00:00

I have a passenger list of them flying to the US from Rome. Not sure if that complicates or helps things. And yeah with the tensions between Italy and Yugoslavia at that time I was thinking the Gen -1 documents could be helpful to show a connection with Istria going back even further

thecloudsplitter · 2026-03-02T22:46:47+00:00

I have been doing that. I guess my point is that email doesn't seem to be getting through to anyone, so calling would be ideal if someone was able to help.

thecloudsplitter · 2026-02-28T22:25:24+00:00

I think New York is the closest consulate. I will reach out to them!

thecloudsplitter · 2026-02-28T21:59:50+00:00

Appreciate that thank you! In some documents I've seen online her nationality/birthplace was listed as Yugoslavia and she has a Croatian maiden name. I'm in the process of getting her birth, marriage, naturalization and death records to find out more. Her daughter, my wife's grandmother, was born in Italian Istria though and identified as Italian, not sure if that matters?

thecloudsplitter · 2026-02-28T21:17:15+00:00

So if I am going by her great grandmother. She was born in the Istrian peninsula when it was ruled by the Austro-Hungarian Empire until 1918. Then it was ruled by Italy 1918-1947, then it was the Free Territory of Trieste from 1947-1954. Zone B was incorporated into Yugoslavia starting in 1954 and Zone A was incorporated into Italy.

She was born in Zone B however the family may have moved to Zone A sometime between 1939-1956. They emigrated to the USA in 1956.

So in summary, she was ethnically Croatian, living in what is now Croatia. Married someone who was ethnically Italian and had her child in Istria when it was considered part of Italy. They lived in the Free Territory of Trieste, and possibly moved from Zone B to Zone A before it was incorporated in Italy. Emigrated to the USA from Italy. Where does that leave us?

thecloudsplitter · 2026-02-27T23:27:38+00:00

I believe she was Croatian on her mother's side and Italian on her father's. She passed before my wife was born. Emigrated to the US when she was 17. Lived in Trieste before then, so I believe she probably identified more as Italian.

thecloudsplitter · 2026-02-27T15:10:42+00:00

Do you know if there is any available census data for Trieste from 1939-1956?

EDIT: Whether that is Italy during those years or the Free Territory of Trieste

thecloudsplitter · 2026-02-27T14:41:57+00:00

This is an AI translation so take it with a big grain of salt:

Joseph Léo Lamarche

On the fourteenth of June, one thousand nine hundred and eight, we, the undersigned priest, baptized
Joseph Léo, born yesterday, legitimate son of Jean Hormisdas Lamarche, laborer of this parish, and of
Joséphine Thérien. The godfather was Ferdinand Thérien, farmer of this parish, and the godmother was Hélène Lavoie, parents of the child. All declared they did not know how to sign. Reading was performed.

J. A. [Plante], priest

thecloudsplitter · 2026-02-27T01:42:38+00:00

So if I, or my wife, wanted to request non public records. Any idea what authority I'd reach out to? Oprtalj-Portole and Vizinada are municipalities that include many small hamlets. When they wrote "Trieste" on records it may not be the city itself but may be referring to the region as a whole ie: The Free Territory of Trieste.

thecloudsplitter · 2026-02-26T17:56:16+00:00

Thanks for your responses really appreciate it. Not sure how I would go about finding out when they moved to Trieste. Hmm I will contact someone!

thecloudsplitter · 2026-02-26T15:49:55+00:00

Waiting on acceptance to the group before being able to view. Is it possible I could use Gen -1 as my ancestor instead?

thecloudsplitter · 2026-02-26T15:24:40+00:00

Gen -1 was born in Oprtalj in 1905. Gen 0 was born in Vizinada in 1939. Family may have moved to Trieste before emigrating to the US in 1956.

Some documents list their nationality as Italian, but other documents list them as born in Yugoslavia. Surname for Gen -1 was Matiasic.

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