Jim I have read that, In the fifteenth century, an “uomo di campagna” was a man who lived in the country and bricked the houses of the contadini, or peasants. And, when this kind of employment was lacking, he even went so far as to milk cows along with the contadini. But I believe that, during the e...

I also have two sons born to the same couple with the same first name. The older son was born in Sicily in 1891 and died there in the mid 1940s. The other one was born in 1906 and died at age 15 in 1921. Both died in their same native Sicilian town.

He received the sacraments of Penance (Confession), Communion (Holy Eucharist) and Extreme Unction (the Last Rites) administered by the parish priest whose signature is below

The record reads " ex familia Righi." Righi is still a surname in Torino. I don't know why there's an "o" in the surname in the margin.

Happy to help, James.
Erudita

I'm reading Jan 27, 1802

Largo Ponte Salerno

You're very welcome.
Erudita

January 2,1893

Baptism of Grazia Rivituso, born today
Father: Rosario;
Mother: Maria Antonia di Martino,
a married couple
Godparents: Vincenzo Nicoletti and Grazia di Martino, his mother in law

mmogno wrote: ↑29 Sep 2022, 22:56 Marriage record dated Nov 16, 1711. For Giovanni Scoma and Anna La Barbera. Folio 319, image 194

Thank you so much, G. I have no idea how you were able to get such a clear image. Your never cease to amaze me.

Erudita

Once you upload a screen print to your computer files or first paste it to "Paint"(make sure you specify that the screen print be "JPEG") and then upload it to your computer files. Next you use the Attachment feature under New topic to upload your computer saved jpeg photo of th...

I do have the screen print but don't know how to upload it to the forum but, even when not enlarged at all, it seems blurry and is very difficult to decipher.
Erudita

Personally, while I'm grateful to finally have access to church records in my ancestral province of Agrigento, I'm finding this website difficult to navigate. I do see indices in the towns of Menfi and Santa Margherita di Belice, which are two of the towns I need. I found a marriage record in Menfi ...

Russo is Rosa's birth surname, or what we in the U.S. call a maiden name. Priests and their assistants were free to write their records anyway they chose. There was no standard as to what specific info they had to include, when the Council of Trent in the mid 1500s dictated that local parish priests...

albaone wrote: ↑21 Sep 2022, 16:32 Are these the names of towns in Sicily?

NO