How beautiful it is! Thank you so much for sending these!

Erudita, you continue to amaze me! Thank you so much for your answer!!!

Erudita, you continue to amaze me! Thank you so much for your answer!!!

I truly apologize! I do not speak Latin either - obviously! - but I can usually recognize it, but I completely failed to do so on this document. Please accept my apologies! And extra thanks to Erudita for her amazing skills and her generosity in using them to help others!

I am assisting a friend with her genealogy, and I would be incredibly grateful for any help with this confusing situation. She is a descendant of Giuseppe Mirabella, who died in Villarossa (Enna) in 1918. I located his death record (link 1). He was born in Petralia Soprana (PA). His father is listed ...

Thank you, so very much!!!

Mille grazie!!!!! You are my hero! One more question, if you don't mind. My friend will actually be visiting Petralia Soprana over the summer. When it says that Santo was buried in the Church of Santa Maria di Loreto - does that mean his actual body is interred in the church? Or does it just mean ...

Hello, all! Thank you in advance for any help, which will be much appreciated.

I hope that I am posting this in the correct forum, because, although the boiler-plate is in Latin, the manuscript parts appear to be written in Sicilian dialect (I think?) and not standard Italian.

I am assisting a ...

Hi - I have been lurking for a while on this wonderful board, but I have never been able to add anything useful to the conversation until now. But this might actually answer some questions about the fate of your ancestor's remains, although it is EXTREMELY graphic.

The Chester Times, October 29 ...