Thank you for this advice. I checked the Atti Diversi and found Lorenzo Pronio's record of abandonment in 1850. He was left at the wheel in Santa Ninfa and named by a committee of three that dealt with registering foundlings. He was handed over to a nutrice and it names both the woman and her husban...

I'm posting this in hopes of receiving advice on how to get around this obstacle. Last year, I decided to trace my surname Pronio using microfilms from Family Search. My father was born in Santa Ninfa (Trapani), population 5,000. I already knew that my relatives are the only people with that name in...