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by li_donn
28 Jul 2024, 11:14
Forum: Italian History & Culture
Topic: What was life like in rural Campania in the late 1800s/ early 1900s?
Replies: 0
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What was life like in rural Campania in the late 1800s/ early 1900s?

Hi,

My family are from Torrioni, Avellino and I'd really love to know more about what life was like there in the early 1900s/ late 1800s.

My grandmother's family were poor, and she has some memories of helping her family with work and taking care of her siblings, but I'm interested in learning ...
by li_donn
28 Jul 2024, 11:02
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: Helping finding birth or death certificate for Letizia di Leo
Replies: 3
Views: 575

Helping finding birth or death certificate for Letizia di Leo

Hi,

I'd really appreciate any help locating any records on my great grandmother - birth, death or marriage.

Her name is Letizia di Leo and she must have been born in the early 1900s, I suspect in Avellino, Campania. She is referenced as the wife of my great grandfather on his death certificate in ...
by li_donn
18 Jul 2024, 18:46
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: Family details - di Leo / Donnarumma in Avellino
Replies: 3
Views: 578

Re: Family details - di Leo / Donnarumma in Avellino

Thank you so much!

Getting the spelling of Anna Iommazzo correct will definitely help in looking further into her family.

Would you be able to help with the translation of 'contadino' in this context of official documentation from that time?

Thanks again,

Lisa
by li_donn
10 Jul 2024, 13:46
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: Family details - di Leo / Donnarumma in Avellino
Replies: 3
Views: 578

Family details - di Leo / Donnarumma in Avellino

Hi,
I'm trying to research my family history and have hit a roadblock so would really appreciate some help.

My grandparents were both born in Avellino and came to live in the UK in the 1960s. I'm trying to locate records on their parents so that I can start looking back and finding out about my ...