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by holdenrh
14 Feb 2021, 21:57
Forum: Italian language, handwriting , script & translations
Topic: Help with a strange birth record
Replies: 2
Views: 867

Help with a strange birth record

I came across this birth record, and I can't quite tell what it is saying. Can someone help me out?

I know the child died at one year, 15 days, and I know the child was living in the Milano Hospital. I also think the last name is "Gaj", but I haven't seen that surname before. Is that a real surname ...
by holdenrh
30 Dec 2019, 17:23
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: Why am I seeing a sudden increase in stillborn birth records (Atti di nascita)?
Replies: 3
Views: 1335

Why am I seeing a sudden increase in stillborn birth records (Atti di nascita)?

I have been indexing birth records from Tartano, Sondrio, Italy, and there was a stillborn record here and there pre-1875, when the records were written out in long hand. Then in 1875 the forms were changed to a pre-printed form, and suddenly I'm seeing a big increase in the number of stillborn ...