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Dated 10 May 1877 at the town office
Appearing before the official was Savino Morena, 46, farmer residing in Tegiano, to declare that at 7:20 AM on the 9th of the current month at the house at piazza dei Mori #5, to Maddalena Sorge(?), his wife, farmer, residing with him, was born a male child who was presented to the official and to whom was given the ame DOMENICO.
Witnesses to the record: Filippo De Franciscis, 35, landowner; and Cono Cerverizzo(?), 21, landowner.
The older generations who lived in southern Italy certainly remember the sound of the bells or the siren that occurred at various times of the day. Life was marked by simple and repetitive gestures: work, the relationship with nature, sharing with the family and the people of the small villages. Now...