Thanks to everyone who responded. That was very helpful.

SB

That answers most of my questions. I wasn't sure what a haystack would look like from that era and how it could kill two people.

I wonder why people would be inside the haystack - perhaps they had a hollowed out shelter inside.

Thanks for the help.

SB

Questo è un pagliaio molto grande. Grazie mille.

I'm trying to understand what happened to a mother and her son to cause a sudden death in 1847. I have attached two death notices. Can anyone translate the hand written text? It looks like it starts with "e morto nella Lelva Castagnale....".

Thanks

SB

Here's the record for the first child (Valentina)

There are two children of unknown parents who were given the same last names.

#1 Valentina Bellarosa Approx. DOB: 1/21/1822
#2 Andrea Bellarosa Approx. DOB: 5/5/1824

Both birth records mention Amata Meluziis. The record for Valentina also mentions Francesco Saverio Meluziis. We're trying to ...