Dear Tessa and Paola, WOW! Wow. wow. Just Wow You are amazing! Thank you so much for this- I had a gut feeling we was a Tunisian connection somewhere- and I never expected to find it in that record. I'm so grateful to all of you for your time and effort in helping me with this. Fantastic !

First- thank you translators for volunteering your time to help others with these documents. I've learned so much from reviewing previous posts.

I noticed these two entries located at the end of the 1885 civil records of birth in San Giuseppe Jato, written freehand, while the rest of the book had ...

I believe the Rappas of Frankfort originated from Borgetto, which is a small town near San Giuseppe Jato. Giulia Rappa (b.1854, Borgetto, m. 1881, Agostino Oliveri, d. 1907, Frankfort, NY) was my 3x-great grandmother.