Hi!
This is my first experience with a conscription record. I can read the first column, except I am uncertain of the two words circled in red. The type of hair looks like "andati" (gone). Maybe he shaved his head? The chin seems to be "puntuto" (pointed), not a known family trait.
I would appreciate help with the second section, under "Arruolamento, Servizi, Promozioni". Great Uncle Pietro was born in San Severo, Foggia in 1898. He was the second son. His parents, older brother and other siblings, except for a married sister, had all left for America in 1913.
I cut out the right-hand column of dates to make this image smaller, so it would post at a large enough size. The first date in that column was 10 gennaio 1917. Thank you for help in reading this!
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EDIT: The column I can't read begins with two stamps. Here's what I understand from the first stamp:
Soldato di leva 1° categoria classe 1898
distretto Foggia e lasciato in congedo illimitato il
The second stamp is too light to see most of it, but it looks like the last part is "dal 60 Reggimento", his regiment number.
Conscription record for Great Uncle Pietro
- CowryShells
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Re: Conscription record for Great Uncle Pietro
Hi,
The hair is chestnut and I believe it's "ondati"...wavy.
As for the chin....to me it does not look like "pun". The second letter seems more rounded. Do you think it could be penduto? slanted/sloping? Do they use that to describe chins?
The hair is chestnut and I believe it's "ondati"...wavy.
As for the chin....to me it does not look like "pun". The second letter seems more rounded. Do you think it could be penduto? slanted/sloping? Do they use that to describe chins?
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Re: Conscription record for Great Uncle Pietro
Thank you, Sirena! I appreciate your thoughts. Wavy hair makes much more sense.
That is interesting about the chin. I really don't know about sloping or slanted. Could it mean indented (like Kurt Russell)?
That is interesting about the chin. I really don't know about sloping or slanted. Could it mean indented (like Kurt Russell)?
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Re: Conscription record for Great Uncle Pietro
I believe the clerk meant capelli ondulati and mento puntuto.
The image below contains what I was able to read in the second column.
http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/3995 ... olo1et.jpg
The image below contains what I was able to read in the second column.
http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/3995 ... olo1et.jpg
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Re: Conscription record for Great Uncle Pietro
Amazing! Thank you, Livio! I will study this and learn everything I can. I appreciate your work.