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I an reposting this record, in a little larger format. It is different from the usual birth records that I have been reading. Can someone tell me something about this record, and why it is different.
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The image is very small. I suggest that you use a hosting system to upload a large image...
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I am using Image Shack. In my first posting, the image was too big, and did not fit here on the forum. So I made it smaller so you can see the entire record. Can you recommend something else.
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Paul, you must provide the link (URL) to the picture in ImageShack
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Francesca Maria xxxxx (I can't understand it) was born on November 13th, 1810, as a natural daughter (child of an unmarried couple) of Giovannina Bersano (?), widow of the late Cesare Data (?).
Godparents were Domenico Bertot and Maria, wife of Battista Bertot.

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bottino wrote:I an reposting this record, in a little larger format. It is different from the usual birth records that I have been reading. Can someone tell me something about this record, and why it is different.
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This looks like a church record, not a civil record, namely it is a baptism record.
What I do not understand is the word on the left of the record, usually there should be the surname and name...
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PippoM wrote:Francesca Maria xxxxx (I can't understand it) was born on November 13th, 1810, as a natural daughter (child of an unmarried couple) of Giovannina Bersano (?), widow of the late Cesare Data (?).
Godparents were Domenico Bertot and Maria, wife of Battista Bertot.

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The year 1810 Francesca Maria xxxxx natural female child of Giovannina Bersano (?), widow of the late Cesare Data (?) was born on November 13th, the same day xxxxx she was baptized by me being Godparents Domenico Bertot and Maria, wife of Battista Bertot xxxxxxx.
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Il fatto che non ci sia il cognome ma l'abbreviazione "Nat" (naturalis) ci dice che Giovannina Berzano (probabilmente) ha avuto quella figlia ben oltre i nove mesi successivi alla morte del marito ed è per questo che (secondo il prete) la figlia è naturale e non legittima. Sarebbe da trovare la data di morte di Cesare Data e verificare se l'ipotesi è giusta o no.
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Thank you all very much. Now this all makes good sense. This is the first time I have encountered a record in this format. Can I conclude then, that since Giovanna was married the actual surname of the child Francisca would be Data?
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bottino wrote:Thank you all very much. Now this all makes good sense. This is the first time I have encountered a record in this format. Can I conclude then, that since Giovanna was married the actual surname of the child Francisca would be Data?
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In my opinion NO. Apparently Giovanna was not the daughter of Cesare. I would go for Bersano as her surname. I might be wrong.
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Livio, but aren't we saying that Giovanna is the widow of Cesare Data. That's why I am suggesting that the correct surname is Data.
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bottino wrote:Livio, but aren't we saying that Giovanna is the widow of Cesare Data. That's why I am suggesting that the correct surname is Data.
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As Lucap suggested in his post you should figure out when Cesare died.

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"The fact that instead of the surname there is the abbreviation "Nat" (naturalis) tells that Giovannina Bersano (probably) had that child more than nine months after her husband's death and this is why (according the priest) the daughter is identified as natural rather than legitimate. It would be a good idea to find Cesare Data's death date and verify. "
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