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rp76226 wrote:Looking for the details on the 1800s marriage and family of Rosario Cascio and Arcangela Trabunella (b abt 1831). commune is Polizzi Generosa, Palermo, Sicily. I have her parents (Gandolfo Trabunella and Concetta Macaluso) and grandparents, but not his.
Prego!rp76226 wrote:Thank you so much!
Found the marriage of Giuseppe Cascio and Lucia Trabunella in 1882, that you referenced. Also saw the publication of the banns, same year.rp76226 wrote:Thanks. I was aware of Gandolfo. The problem with that index is that some years are missing in births, marriages, and deaths and I think this family had events in some of those years. I did a master spreadsheet and sorted it on all the years for each category so that I could find the pertinent events, but some events are missing.
You are correct about the ages on records... these were mostly illiterate peasants who could often only estimate their own age, or the age of loved ones. You will see the same issue with ages on US Censuses, and especially US death records. The birth record would be the "verifier" as you say.rp76226 wrote:Tessa, on Italian marriage and death certificates, ages seem to be a guess by the person doing the reporting. Nothing is verified. Unless one has the birth record, you never really know. On the Allegati record, I translated the names, dates, residencies, etc. At the bottom, it indicates a September date in 1882. What is that? I believe they married on August 25, 1882 per 1882 Marriage Publication # 40.
There is no clear organization to Allegati records that I have ever seen.rp76226 wrote:Regarding the Allegati record, I think it is confirming the marriage had been published three times prior to the actual marriage with no opposition to the marriage occurring. Is there an organization to Allegati records? I've never found indices which help tremendously when available. I've also seen, birth, marriage, death, and other records all mixed together with no sense of order which, not being able to read Italian without an Internet translator, causes me to ignore them altogether.