The abbreviation you have seen in other records for the word "maestro" simply means that the person was a master of whatever trade in which he engaged. So you might see this word in front of an occupation such as "calzolaio" for shoemaker. Of course, if you go to a current Italia...

There are microfilmed records available for the town but only for the earlier years from 1809 to 1860. These must be rented through a local family history center run by the Church of the Latter Day Saints. Registri dello stato civile di Circello (Benevento), 1809-1860 You can use this link to find t...

No problem. I thought you had missed that I posted the address and that's why I posted it again. Good luck with getting the record copies you need from the town.

The wife, Caterina (sorry I had trouble deciphering her name correctly because of the condition of the record) was still alive when he died. Directly after his name in the record appears the word "marito" for husband. If she had predeceased him, the word would have been "vedovo" ...

"di Giovanni" would be his mother's maiden name. Both his parents were deceased at the time of his death. His father Stanislao had been a proprietario (property owner). The word after the mother's maiden name is "conjugi" for “spouses”-sometimes written as “coniugi”-indicating th...

The address I gave you at the beginning of my reply above services the anagrafe or registry office, so I would write to that address. Here it is again: Servizi Demografici Corso Margherita 2 98033 - Cesarò (ME) Italia I also found a fax number below- Cesarò Municipio Corso Margherita, 2 Telefono : 0...

Servizi Demografici Corso Margherita,2 98033 - Cesarò (ME) Italia tel 0957739011 For your information- At the following website, you will find online records for your town from 1821 to 1865. http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/ click on sfoglia i registri at the lower left. Then on the next scr...

He was a 28 year old informant on this record. His relationship to the deceased is not stated in this record. There are actually two informants on this record and he was the second one.

I can understand why you are confused. I believe there is a correction in the record as (Donna) Carolina Cavotta was referred to as the daughter of (Don) Francesco Purcaro, the son of Don Angelo, but then it states that it should read that she was the wife of Don Francesco. At least that is what I a...

The microfilms need to be rented through a local family history run by the Church of the Latter Day Saints. Anyone can use their libraries. You don't have to be a Mormon or member of their church. To find the closest center to where you live, you can use the following link https://familysearch.org/l...

I think the problem is that a lot of these towns are being bombarded with requests for record copies, especially with so many people trying to obtain dual citizenship. If you just need the info, and not a physical copy of the record, you might try emailing the towns. I don't always get responses, bu...

One simple explanation is that the seasons in Argentina were reversed from those in Italy, and Argentina had an agricultural economy and jobs for unskilled laborers. So if it was winter in Italy, and the peasants could not find work there, they migrated to Argentina in search of work because it was ...

Do you, by any chance, have the record in which this occupation appears to upload to the forum for all to see?

This book may interest you-

Immigrants in the Lands of Promise:Italians in Buenos Aires and New York City, 1870 to 1914 by Samuel L. Bailey.

You're welcome. In addition to baptism and marriage records, your ancestral church should have death records, and they may also have Confirmation registers or Confirmation records called Cresime. I am finding Confirmation registers among the Latin church records for one of my own ancestral towns. Ch...