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Question on birth record.

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There are some paragraphs on this birth record I cannot read. Can someone help me out. Especially the paragraph near the end of page 2.

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The baby from what I understand was not living at birth or died soon after.

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this baby was born without life or stillborn.

The informant was the midwife who made the declaration concerning the birth, as the infant's father was in Naples for work.
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Let us know if you need anything else from this document which you don't understand.
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Never mind. I just read the last paragraph which you had addressed.

Thank you so much.

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it says that the informant (who was the midwife) announced the birth in place of the husband of Recisgno because he was in Naples because of work.
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the last sentence says that the official read the document aloud to those who intervened, but only he and the informant (midwife) signed the document, as the witnesses were illiterate
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Thank you once again. At the end of the day I think I become blind and lose reason. :wink:

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We all get that way. Sometimes it is just best to abandon a document for a while, as when you go back to it, you tend to see things you couldn't see before. Happy to help.
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