Thanks so much!!

Hello Friends - I'm stumped by this 1714 census (attached) for my ancestor, Santo Gallo, from Messina. If anyone can make out the notation under "Beni Mobili" I would be most grateful. I'm just curious if it says what kind of property he owned (he was a fisherman). Thanks!

This is great! Thank you so much. I will follow up with the State Archives of Messina and ask them to check the sea draft list.

Thanks. I do and all of their births are recorded in the Province of Messina.

Hello - I'm trying to obtain military records for my great-grandfather, born in 1876 in Messina (Messina). He and his brothers are all born, married and died in Messina, but none of them are in the Lista di Leva at Familysearch.org. I requested the foglio matricolare from the State Archives of ...

I'm wondering if it was possibly something more subtle. Maybe a statute or picture of Saint Agatha of Sicily, patron saint of single women? The story goes that someone could tell that a single woman lived there because there was something on the outside of the home.

Hello - Has anyone heard of an old Sicilian custom where a family with an unmarried daughter would hang a sign or some other marker on the outside of their home to signal that a single woman lived there who was looking to get married. A family member has a vague recollection of a story like this ...