His Name is Peter Caruso born 1917 in Sicily but grew up in Chicago. He was in the service, where he met and married his wife in Clarksville, Tn. They had a son Joseph Caruso but they were divorced about 2 years later. H never drove, spoke with broken english, worked for the same company for 40 years( will have to find out what company)..Lived with his 2 sisters .He died in either late 70's or early 80's..
2006-11-13 11:02:04 · 4 answers · asked by Debbie C 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
I found 2 men by the name of Peter Caruso who were born in 1917. Do you konw what month he was born? Both of these men got there social security numbers from the state of Illinois.
One died in 1984 the other in 1997. Also, both of these men died in the State of Illinois. You can order a copy of their application for their Social Security number (I think it costs about $27.) This may give you more personal information about him (or them).
Also, I would find out the names of both newspapers from the towns or cities in which they died. Then contact the library and have them look up the obituary on Microfilm. Usually these are 2 or 3 days after the death date. Volunteers do this and it is free, especially if they can E-mail you a copy vs snail mail.
Some news papers will make you pay for a copy of the obituary, but almost all local libraries put them on microfilm so DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY! If he worked for the same company for 40 years you can surely bet he had an obiturary and many friends who would have been interested in his funeral arrangements. Another helpful hint.....Have the library look up his name in the Polk directory for the mid 60s and see what it says. If I can help in any way just let me know and I'll see what I can do.
2006-11-13 18:20:59 · answer #1 · answered by together420yrs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can do a computer search to start with, type in his full name (if you know it). It will give you lots of sites to check. Also, if you know about where he died, find the newspaper for that area (again a computer search will save time) and look up the archives. If they don't have them computerized that far back (some don't, some do) you can phone them for obit dates, giving the name. There may be a charge for that, again, not all charge, but some do. The obit will give you more info to go on with. The computer is a great tool for this, as a lot of library info is now online and available without the travel.
2006-11-13 11:58:58 · answer #2 · answered by Baby'sMom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My parents do a lot of genealogy research, I'm not very involved in it myself, but maybe I can suggest a couple things. If you live near where your relative lived, you can go to the courthouse and check for death certificates, birth certificates, marriages license, ect. If you live too far away to make that practical there is a website called Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness, which basically means that people volunteer to do research within their county for people who live far away. So since you know a town and the state, you could check out the website and see if there are any volunteers nearby that would be willing to do research for you. They might be able to check cemeteries, or go to the courthouse and look for death or birth certificates, check the local library for old newspapers, etc. And while this is a voluntary service, you would probably need to reimburse the person researching for you for any copies or pictures and so on.
Here's the web site: http://www.raogk.org/
Beyond that, there are lots of other genealogy websites where you might be able to find info, however I know that a lot of them want you to pay for using them. (Depends how devoted you are to the research I guess.)
If you know when he came to the US, you might be able to find ship records, this site might help: http://www.ancestry.com/?o_xid=21878&o_lid=21878
Also, if you know one or both of his sister's names, that might be a help.
Not sure about finding out info from the military. Maybe do an internet search for "military records" or something and see if you can get anything.
That's all I can think of at the moment. Like I said, I'm not really a big researcher, but I have spent my share of time wandering through cemetaries! lol Hope you find something useful here in my ramblings, and happy hunting!
2006-11-13 12:00:17 · answer #3 · answered by awanderingelf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to your local library's website and look up genealogy. My dad and grandpa did this and they have gone back for sure to the 1500s and pretty sure to a little before AD (BC) or a little after
2006-11-13 11:04:16 · answer #4 · answered by xstraight_edge_emo_kidx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋