Researching the Mafia

[Makelaiusiwk]

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[antimafia]

MyHeritage offer this “weekend” (from Sat. Sept. 2 to Tues. Sept. 5 inclusive): “Celebrate Labour Day with free U.S. and Canadian census records.”

Links:

https://www.myheritage.com/research/cat ... /us-census

https://www.myheritage.com/research/cat ... ian-census

Blog post:

https://blog.myheritage.com/2023/08/div ... labor-day/

[russ123_]

Just like politics as I get older I don't know what to believe. I've seen official documents saying two different things . Iean I told a few stories on here and I got blasted and have to go to all different places and pay money to get my own records. I saved thousands of articles from the 90s that were ruined on. Hurri ame sandy mostly local papers but how do u know what to believe. My life sounds like pulp fiction so I can't blame people for needing proof do I need a lawyer for discoveryrecords

[russ123_]

I'm not claiming to be anymore then a washed up. Drug dealer who was chased cause I became a junkie. But it does tchange the people I knew that were talked about in this forum nobody understands so this is like therapy for me

[nizarsoccer]

Any one have experience or advice on how to get documents from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)? I did efoia request on Luppino and the response was that potential documents that may fulfill my request had been moved there.

I second this question. Recently had this come up as well and am at a standstill. The usual lady I talk to at NARA to get court records says she can't locate FBI files without the locating information (Accession No./Records Center Location Num/Agency Box Number) which the FBI letter didn't provide.

[Antiliar]

This is the link to the old Palermo vital records site created by Hugh Tornabene. After Hugh passed away no one kept up the site and it expired, but I found a way to access the records through the Internet Archive:

https://web.archive.org/web/20170411032 ... hshub/home

[The Greek]

1835-1999

https://findingaids.library.nyu.edu/cbh/bcms_0028/

[blackhander]

Some map/city resources.

SANBORN MAP LIST
https://www.nypl.org/collections/nypl-r ... perty-maps

NYC maps by decade
http://spacetime.nypl.org/maps-by-decade/#/1910

Mapping Historical New York:
A Digital Atlas visualizes Manhattan’s and Brooklyn’s transformations during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Drawing on 1850, 1880, and 1910 census data, it shows how migration, residential, and occupational patterns shaped the city.
https://mappinghny.com/about

NYC 1940s tax photos - browsable via map
https://1940s.nyc/map/photo/nynyma_rec0 ... 4/-73.9842

[Antiliar]

Guide to the state of Palermo:

http://www.maas.ccr.it/PDF/Palermo.pdf

[Antiliar]

This is a typed out version of the following important book:

UN DECENNIO DI CARBONERIA IN SICILIA
(1821-1831)
NARRAZIONE STORICA DI VALENTINO LABATE
ROMA-MILANO

SOCIETÀ EDITRICE DANTE ALIGHIERI

DI ALBRIGHI, SEGATI & C.

Città di Castello, Stabilimento S. Lapi

1904

https://www.eleaml.org/ne/stampa-1820/1 ... -2020.html

[chin_gigante]

This is a typed out version of the following important book:

UN DECENNIO DI CARBONERIA IN SICILIA
(1821-1831)
NARRAZIONE STORICA DI VALENTINO LABATE
ROMA-MILANO

SOCIETÀ EDITRICE DANTE ALIGHIERI

DI ALBRIGHI, SEGATI & C.

Città di Castello, Stabilimento S. Lapi

1904

https://www.eleaml.org/ne/stampa-1820/1 ... -2020.html

Good find, thanks for sharing

[Antiliar]

Update for RG 87, Records of the US Secret Service, Daily Reports of Agents:
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2679045

[motorfab]

Thank you Antiliar

[chin_gigante]

Update for RG 87, Records of the US Secret Service, Daily Reports of Agents:
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2679045

Fantastic find, should be very useful going forward. Especially William J Flynn's reports

[Tasker]

What types of court records are publicly available online? Are actual court transcripts accessible?

I saw a post one time describing what a mob defendant said in their sentencing hearing (federal trial). It wasn’t something you’d find on google, and I doubt they attended in person. I’ve always wondered where someone would find that type of detailed info. Is that was PACER is for?