Thankyou I definitely know that Maria Bassi and Giuseppe Poletti had sons Giacomo b 1864 and Giuseppe (b 1869) as I am direct descendant of Giuseppe and we have multiple records from Aust re both of these men- would it be unusual to name a second child with the name of a previously died child?

Once again I owe you many thanks Tessa :) I'm afraid I made the mistake of scrolling through the family search records to the deaths and starting there, discounting early records as being in the marriage section. I notice on the link you sent me that no #27 also has the same names- is it related ...

I recently had a lovely member confirm my gggrandfathe'rs deaath record, as well as give me the previous generations names of
Bortolo Poletti and Maddalena Gadda. The translation given is:

Act of Death #21
Dated 16 February 1890 at 11:08 AM at the town office.
Before the official Stefano Moratti ...

Oh Tessa, thankyou so very very much!! I have tears As we all do, I have spent years trying to find Giuseppe- all our branch of the Aussie Poletti's thank you so very much

I have recently come across a death entry (Atti Di Morte- Villa di Tirano, 1890) for Giuseppe Poletti, who I am very much hoping is my gg grandfather (paternal). From our (Australian) history I knew Giuseppe Poletti was married to Maria Bassi (b abt 1837, died Qld, Aust 16/9/1913, after emigrating ...