Thank you very much for providing a translation. I knew the general story, but I was afraid that I was missing some of it. Your translation seems very complete.

This will make a very nice story for some of my more devote relatives!

I know little about my 9th great grandfather, who left Italy in the late 1600's and set up a business in southern Germany with several cousins. His name was Antonio Mainone; he died in Germany in 1710; the Mainone family was apparently an important Italian merchant family with interests in many ...