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Part 2

Hi everybody!

I need help transcribing this handwritten letter we recently found in our family archives written by my great grand-uncle. A translation is not required; I just have a very difficult time decoding Italian cursive. Thanks in advance!

Also, a link to a much higher-quality version of ...

Italysearcher wrote: 24 Oct 2022, 19:58 Not on line for sure and I am not sure if you could search his court cases without a reason.

Gotcha. Thank you for your help!

These would be notary records which are not normally includind in Family Search's digitizing activities at the State Archives. Notary records for the early 1900's would normally be found at the Tribunal Archives.


Thanks so much for the response! I'm assuming Tribunal Records are only accessible ...

My trisnonno was an attorney in Catania and practiced law in the early 1900s. Have court records from that time period been digitized and are they publicly available? My family and I are trying to learn as much about him and his siblings as we can. If further information from me is needed to help ...

If it helps, here's the clearest writing of the first name.

Maybe Riscosso. The beginning looks to be Riscoso..

If it is not too personal can we view more of the same script. What town in Italia was the family from? May help.

Angela


Hi Angela,

If I had more that I could share, I would. This is most writing we have from this person. They wrote several ...

Any and all suggestions would be greatly, greatly appreciated! We're trying to figure out who sent this postcard and we think the first name may be Siano, but we have no clue about the surname.

AngelaGrace56 wrote: 19 Jun 2022, 20:30 Via Smedila

Angela

Thank you so much!

I'm having a very difficult time decoding the name of the street mentioned in these two documents. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I have no relation to the ancestor searches I do here. We are volunteers to enjoy helping others find their families.

Here is the marriage...
Marriage of Ignazio Zappala' and Concetta Aiello
#275
Dated 5 July 1868 in Catania
Groom: Ignazio Zappala', age 23. lawyer, born and residing in Catania ...

Here a transcript of criminal trial, defendants: 20 dec 1922 Alessandro Zappalà and Arturo Zappalà,
for arson of the steamer called "ARTURO" with suspicion of arson and sinking in order to pocket the insurance.
The action had been suggested by Alessandro to his brother Arturo who had bought a ...

You might want to consider reaching out to the Ministry of Culture for the comune. I had the exact same question about a road in Pedara, Catania, and I emailed the public office and they replied to me about a week later with a report attached explaining the name change of the road in question. It ...

darkerhorse wrote: 28 May 2022, 19:06 However, Siano also appears to be a given name (not a nickname) in Italy, so it's probably the proper name, Siano.

Interesting. We don't know of anybody in the family named Siano, so it's probably a friend. Thanks so much!