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by timo
26 Nov 2010, 15:53
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: Romano surname
Replies: 5
Views: 2420

Re: Romano surname

Michael, are you looking for family in Piazza Armerina proper, or anywhere within the circondario of Piazza Armerina?
by timo
11 Nov 2010, 14:52
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: How do flash drive microfilm machines work?
Replies: 64
Views: 17380

Re: How do flash drive microfilm machines work?

At the local FHC, the microfilm readers project the image down onto a slanted surface, sort of like an architect's drawing table. If you want to photograph a section of the projected image, e.g. for a single birth act, you have to position it so it's displayed as close to the front of the machine as...
by timo
08 Nov 2010, 11:36
Forum: Italian language, handwriting , script & translations
Topic: Latin and Italian
Replies: 14
Views: 3309

Re: Latin and Italian

The language of the Church was Greek before it was Latin, and Aramaic before it was Greek. But the true language of the Church is the tongue of fire.
by timo
07 Nov 2010, 14:19
Forum: Italian language, handwriting , script & translations
Topic: where does the accent fall ?
Replies: 7
Views: 2976

Re: where does the accent fall ?

But there are times when the accent doesn't fall on the penultimate syllable, eg. the verb for " I leave/bequeath" : lascio , where the ending sounds merge into a dipthong (two sounds as one syllable), and the accent then falls on LA. So I was wondering if the "ia" at the end of ...
by timo
07 Nov 2010, 12:32
Forum: Italian language, handwriting , script & translations
Topic: where does the accent fall ?
Replies: 7
Views: 2976

where does the accent fall ?

Where does the accent fall in the second part of the town name Pietraperzia?

pi E tra per ZI a
or
pi E tra PER zia

Thanks
by timo
05 Nov 2010, 11:00
Forum: Italian language, handwriting , script & translations
Topic: "nuda proprietà" in atto di ultimo volontà
Replies: 5
Views: 2277

Re: "nuda proprietà" in atto di ultimo volontà

Just as a side note, is the phrase vita sua natural durante a legalistic archaism? Or does modern colloquial Italian also permit durante to appear at the end of the adverbial phrase in that manner?
by timo
05 Nov 2010, 10:55
Forum: Italian language, handwriting , script & translations
Topic: "nuda proprietà" in atto di ultimo volontà
Replies: 5
Views: 2277

Re: "nuda proprietà" in atto di ultimo volontà

Cherry, thank you, you did provide additional information about the limits placed on the person who has the use of the property, and the limits placed on those who might wish to purchase the title while that person is still living.
by timo
04 Nov 2010, 21:17
Forum: Italian language, handwriting , script & translations
Topic: "nuda proprietà" in atto di ultimo volontà
Replies: 5
Views: 2277

"nuda proprietà" in atto di ultimo volontà

In the context of a last will and testament, what does the phrase nuda proprietà denote? The sentence reads: Lascio l'usufrutto di tutti i miei beni vita sua natural durante a mia moglie...mentre lascio la nuda proprietà ai miei nipoti, figli della mia sorella morta... I understand the gist -- the...
by timo
03 Nov 2010, 18:14
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: pretura copies transferr from Caltanissetta to Enna?
Replies: 9
Views: 3296

Re: pretura copies transferr from Caltanissetta to Enna?

Thank you both very much. I have googled Stato Civile many times, but neither of these websites came to my attention.
by timo
03 Nov 2010, 17:20
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: pretura copies transferr from Caltanissetta to Enna?
Replies: 9
Views: 3296

Re: pretura copies transferr from Caltanissetta to Enna?

Thank you :!: But I wonder where the rest of the stato civile records have gone?
by timo
03 Nov 2010, 12:59
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: pretura copies transferr from Caltanissetta to Enna?
Replies: 9
Views: 3296

Re: pretura copies transferr from Caltanissetta to Enna?

Here's the short answer: I am trying to determine the present-day location of the pretura copies of the civil archives for Pietraperzia. Here's the long answer: When I look up Pietraperzia on the internet, the results show that it is nowadays in the province of Enna: http://www.comuni-italiani.it/08...
by timo
02 Nov 2010, 22:22
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: pretura copies transferr from Caltanissetta to Enna?
Replies: 9
Views: 3296

Re: pretura copies transferr from Caltanissetta to Enna?

Thank you, Marcello. Do you happen to know if Enna now has the pretura archives of the towns that do not appear on that list (i.e. towns formerly part of the province of Caltanissetta)?
by timo
02 Nov 2010, 16:19
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: pretura copies transferr from Caltanissetta to Enna?
Replies: 9
Views: 3296

pretura copies transferr from Caltanissetta to Enna?

Were the pretura copies of the archives from towns in the province of Caltanissetta later handed over to Enna? Or did Caltanissetta retain them?
by timo
02 Nov 2010, 13:36
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: Please help to find correct name, spelling??
Replies: 8
Views: 3079

Re: Please help to find correct name, spelling??

There are surname Argenzia arrivals in the Ellis Island records.
Michelina, Ugolino Maria, Maria, Vincenzo, and Rosaria, hailing from Missanello, Saponara, and Palazzo ( San Gervasio).
by timo
02 Nov 2010, 11:31
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: Please help to find correct name, spelling??
Replies: 8
Views: 3079

Re: Please help to find correct name, spelling??

liviomoreno wrote:
This is a list of first names, while jamiecapaldi was questioning about a surname.
Yes, but I thought the geographic location might provide a helpful clue.