Thanks, Tessa! That's this same Pietro, then. Brother to Gerardo and BIL to Donata Priore, who married Carmina Bello...whose death is forever mis-recorded in her comune.

Can someone help with this (#130)? Unfortunately, the marriage book for the following year (1870) is missing. Also, I notice that these records appear 3 times in the book. Does all the info get entered every time, or does the first recording have more detail? http://s16.postimage.org/dcy6gyl69/Pubbl...

Yes...however a US death certificate would not have referred to a deceased married woman by her maiden name. So that's a puzzle, too. Donata Priore married Gerardo Sausto - son of Antonio Sausto and Maria Theresa Grieco. Off to figure out if Gerardo had a brother named Pietro OR a sister named Carme...

I certainly hope so, Tessa! (And, yes, that's our Carmela and Frank, in the Bronx...where they belong :) Thank you, Livio for the translation. Is it possible the official in Vietri recorded the wrong parents in the margin? I guess I'm off to figure out who Donata Priore was and which Sausto she marr...

I would greatly appreciate help with this record about Carmela Sausto, please? Family records indicate that Carmela Sausto, daughter of Francesco & Rosa Felitti married in 1914 in NYC. If she really died in Pittsburgh in 1912 as this seems to indicate...well, the next reunion might be interestin...

The year is on the book, Tessa...but thanks!

Okay...so it still needs work (does is say widow of Gerardo Faruolo?)

Thanks, again, Tessa!

Hurrah!! I got 62!!

Thanks, Tessa

This is what I have been able to do:

Francesco Galotta, aged 62(??), farmer; son of Nicola Galotta and widower of Antonina Gagliardino; died in Vietri di Potenza on September __, 1869.

Also, does this say is both the widow of _______ and the wife of _______?

Thank you both! That's immensely helpful.

Here's what I get: Gelisandra Caggiano, aged sixty___ (something?), spinner, daughter of Gerardo Caggiano and Caterina Pascale and wife of _______ (person whose name I cannot read :) ) died in Vietri di Potenza on October 7, 1869. http://s7.postimage.org/ux8rna67r/Gelisandra_Caggiano_Atti_di_Morte_1...

Well, dang!

Can someone help with this record for Francesco Galotta? He might be Carminella's brother, but I cannot tell for certain. I have seen "unknown" and "uncertain" where parents names should be...but never a blank space...what does it mean? http://s7.postimage.org/ryal89uk7/Franceso_...

That seems to happen a lot in this book, Livio!

Can one of you tell me where in the document the age appears? (I really am trying to learn to do this myself so as to pester so much! )