I located this previous post: VaDeb V.I.P. Joined: Oct 05, 2003 Posts: 1215 Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:03 am Post subject: Re: birth registrations for marriage? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .....When they applied for their bann, many documents were...

So, this term that is used for the profession of my ancestor could apply to sifting in a mine OR someone who sifted grain , as in separating the wheat from the chaff. And since Sicily is/was mostly an agricultural area, the latter probably relates most closely to the meaning of his profession. And a...

The sifter (in a mine), jiggler (as in sifting?) makes some sense. This town is located up in the mountains and does have mineral deposits, especially a large salt mine. I don't know how the salt was mined in the early 1800's, if it required sifting to purify it? Perhaps you could direct me to an on...

I am the original poster of this message. Now I am thinking that Agnello is a nickname to distinguish from other babies named Francesca Paola Cerami (there are many Cerami families in this small Sicilian town). Could "Agnello" be the disguishing nickname? wordreference.com translated the w...

Hello everyone - I am have difficulty reading the writing and then translating a man's profession. I am looking at an "Atto della Solenne Promessa di celebrare il Matrimonio" from a Sicilian comune, dated 1834. My ancestor, the father of the groom, is listed with the title of "Maestro...

On an 1834 "Atto Della Solenne Promessa di celebrare il Matriomonio" from a Sicilian comune I have found the name of the bride-to-be listed as: Francesca Paola Cerami Agnello She is listed as 32 years old. Her father is simply identified as "fù Domenico" She is the mother of my ...

From the Family History Library microfilms I located the "Atto della Solenne Promessa di celebrare il Matrimonio" for an ancester in 1834. I then ordered the Allegati that encompassed this time period, but was totally confused as to how to find information regarding the couple named in the...

Hello everyone who answered my original post, and thank you!

I am sorry, the "Maesto" was a typing error.

the title that interested me is "Maestro." and I will interpret it as a title of respect, and perhaps some level of skill.

I have been looking at several records (microfilms from Family History Library) for an ancestor in Sicily in the 19th Cenury. At various times in his life he is referred to using his profession and one time he is called "Maestro": For example - 1832: on the birth record of his son, he is s...

I just posted this over on the Italian Genealogy Forum.

Maybe this is not the best forum for this question.

I posted this at one of the other forums, but received no responses. Perhaps here... Thanks to anyone who can tell me what kinds of documents these are from an Italian archive. What type of information would I expect to find in each of them? 1 - atti privati e dei repertori di notai, cancellieri e u...

Thanks to anyone who can tell me what kinds of documents these are from an Italian archive. What type of information would I expect to find in each of them?

1 - atti privati e dei repertori di notai, cancellieri e uscieri

2 - Capilista

3 - Atti dei notai

4 - Inventario