You have my deepest gratitude! This is so wonderful and helpful. Thank you so much.

Thank you again for all of your help! I would never have been able to figure all of this out on my own.

This is great! In the image you just linked to, I see that Concetta Crisi's husband's last name is something like Bulsei. Luisa Esposito ended up marrying a widower whose first wife had the same last name. So I really have a lot to explore here.

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https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99WR-2CFJ?i=1898&cc=2043786&cat=14143


Oh my gosh, thank you so much for finding this! I didn't even know this group of files existed on FamilySearch. It looks like there is so much information in here. It's going to take me quite a ...

MarcuccioV wrote: 04 Nov 2021, 00:08 Concetta may have been the matron of the local orphanage, or someone who had a home where orphans could be placed...

Yes, you're right, that could definitely be a possibility.

Esposito was a surname given to some such babies in Italy. It means "exposed" or "placed outside".

Since there was a stigma attached it to the surname Esposito was sometimes changed by the abandoned person when they got older.


Thank you, this is so interesting! I had no idea about this.

Ok, thank you! I wish I had more options, but I know that finding her parents would unfortunately be very difficult.

The main thing I was really trying to read on the record I first linked to is the part where they mentioned giving the baby to someone, a name that looked something like Concetta ...

Yes, thank you! I did find that. But I still only see that her parents were unknown. I don't read Italian very well, though, so I may be missing something there, too.

I posted this last week, but since I'm a new member, it had to be approved first. If there is any other info you need that I left out, please just let me know.

Hi, this is my first post here. Thank you in advance to anyone that can help.

I've been searching for information on my 2nd great grandmother, (Maria) Luisa Esposito, from Prata d'Ansidonia in Abruzzo. I had her birthdate and knew that her parents were always listed as unknown, but I finally found ...