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Hi,
I need help translating this record.
I know this is the proietta record for Leonora DiNapoli.
I don't think the people noted are her natural parents.
Did they raise her? Caterina Rossilla and Vito Lamponelli.
Many Thanks,
Joann
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Caterina, Vito's wife, was a balia or wetnurse. The infant was assigned to her. Wetnurses who were external-that is, they did the wetnursing in their own homes, were given a stipend by their towns for their service. Poor peasant women who had recently given birth, or who had recently lost a child, would often serve in the capacity of an external wetnurse, as they welcomed the money they received for their service, regardless of how little it was. It's hard to say how long Leonara stayed with this wetnurse and her husband. Sometimes the balia's service only lasted until foster parents could be found for the infant. Formal adoption was an extremely rare occurrence.
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