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I would like to request a State of the Family. The problem is I don't know how to use the form letter as the person (Felice Gioscia) was born in Stigliano, but married in Accettura and had his children in Accettura. The form letter just requests the person's name and where they were born and his wife's name. I'm not fluent enough in Italian to change it. If I send it with Felice Gioscia, born in Stigliano, I'm afraid the person is going to throw it out. The site I am referring to is
I would like to send the letter to Accettura, for two reasons - 1. Everything, except his birth occurred in Accettura and 2. I have been successful in writing to Accettura in the past. Any ideas on how I can modify the form letter to explain that Felice was born in Accettura, but married, had his children and probably died in Accettura?
you should change the "nato in" sentence into "nato in Stigliano, but living in Accettura in about <year>"
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