help dechiphering name on birth record, pls

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help dechiphering name on birth record, pls

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http://s24.postimg.org/t7tnruk91/1816_R ... th_361.jpg

any thoughts on Raffaele's full name - Raffaele Alcambro Coilo Grannaro ????

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I'd say Raffaele Alessandro Carlo, even if there seems to be a dot in the third word, as if there was an "i".
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thanks, pippo. i have seen in these early records many letter 'r' having a dot above it like an 'i'. that practice didn't occur to me with this name.

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