For some reason I wasn't alerted to your replies. Sorry it took me so long to get back to you.
Since I last posted I have found my great-grandfather Francesco Giacchetta's Ellis Island record. He was from Notaresco in Teramo...or at the very least one of the outlying towns near there.
I believe he had siblings (atleast 1 sister) but I dont know where they ended up. Francesco would have been born around 1903-1904 since he was 18 when he arrived at Ellis Island in 1921. He settled in Philadelphia and mentions an Uncle Giuseppe Girari of Masters St in Philly on the ship's manifest.
I also found record of a Chiara Giacchetta who arrived earlier in the 1900's and claimed Giuseppe Girari for her husband (on 9th St in South Philly).
My grandmother, the daughter of Francesco who died early in life, grew up believing that their family name was Giacchetti.
Have either of you tried the
www.familysearch.org by the LDS?
Lori