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by PippoM
05 Mar 2026, 14:14
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: Finding recent Afragola relatives
Replies: 2
Views: 117

Re: Finding recent Afragola relatives

You can try on Facebook, in some local page (of the kind "Sei di Afragola se" = "You are from Afragola if"), asking if someone knows their descendants.
by PippoM
05 Mar 2026, 14:11
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: What's in a name?
Replies: 4
Views: 187

Re: What's in a name?

If you are so curious, you should check if there were other relatives (Grandparents, aunts, uncles) who had some of such names. It's possible that Ciro was given for devotion to St. Ciro, since it's written in its masculine version.
by PippoM
04 Mar 2026, 10:18
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: birth names
Replies: 1
Views: 94

Re: birth names

Hello,
there's no naming custom, as far as I know.
However, in Italy we don't have "middle" names.
We may have "double" names, like "Maria Teresa" or "Francesco Saverio", or multiple names, separated by a comma in official records. The first of such multiple names is usually (but not always) the one ...
by PippoM
28 Feb 2026, 16:59
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: 2 marriage records in frigento avellino
Replies: 6
Views: 246

Re: 2 marriage records in frigento avellino

Here is the marriage of Pasquale Cipriano and Maria Teresa Flammia:

https://antenati.cultura.gov.it/ark:/12 ... 21/w6o2elO
by PippoM
25 Feb 2026, 15:25
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: Grandfather: John (Giovanni?) Harps (Alps/Arpe/Harpe) born 1832 Stata Janova, Italy)
Replies: 1
Views: 182

Re: Grandfather: John (Giovanni?) Harps (Alps/Arpe/Harpe) born 1832 Stata Janova, Italy)

"Arpe" seems to be the most popular in Liguria, the region Genoa belongs to.
But it's just a guess.
by PippoM
25 Feb 2026, 10:41
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: San Giuliano Nuovo (Alessandria) records
Replies: 2
Views: 224

Re: San Giuliano Nuovo (Alessandria) records

What years are you looking for?
by PippoM
25 Feb 2026, 10:40
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: Trying to find my family from Terralba, Sardegna
Replies: 1
Views: 178

Re: Trying to find my family from Terralba, Sardegna

Do you know when they were born, more or less?
by PippoM
17 Feb 2026, 10:26
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: Atto di Richiesta d'Espatrio - what is it?
Replies: 4
Views: 893

Re: Atto di Richiesta d'Espatrio - what is it?

I've asked for ChatGPT's help, both for info and for translation

Question

Can you tell me what bureaucratic procedures had to be fulfilled to emigrate from Italy during Fascism?

Answer

During the period of Fascism (1922–1943), emigrating from Italy was not as simple as in previous decades. The ...
by PippoM
16 Feb 2026, 12:25
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: Contacting Italian towns for civil records
Replies: 3
Views: 435

Re: Contacting Italian towns for civil records

I contacted them a few years ago to request some certificates, but I wrote to a PEC (certified email) address:

statocivile@pec.comune.altamura.ba.it
by PippoM
16 Feb 2026, 12:21
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: History on Grandfather
Replies: 4
Views: 669

Re: History on Grandfather

That link is for paying fees. If you post the email they sent you, we might try to explain.
by PippoM
14 Feb 2026, 11:08
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: Atto di Richiesta d'Espatrio - what is it?
Replies: 4
Views: 893

Re: Atto di Richiesta d'Espatrio - what is it?

Hello!
During Fascism, emigration was not allowed, in the sense that there were rules to follow, and a permission has to be granted by the authorities.
That act was one of the steps needed
by PippoM
04 Feb 2026, 09:01
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: 1593 Riveli
Replies: 4
Views: 1406

Re: 1593 Riveli

I read
"Fr(ances)co Pugl(i)arello, capodicasa, di anni 25
Nora di Pugl(i)arello,so m(oglie), di anni 20"

I think you can translate, however,
"capodicasa" = "head of family"
"moglie" = "wife"
"so" = sicilian for "sua" = "his"
by PippoM
02 Feb 2026, 12:06
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: Listing 193
Replies: 2
Views: 1293

Re: Listing 193

Pietro Di Augusta Pitrella, head of family, 30yo
Francinella (Francesca) Di Augusta, wife, 25
children Bastiano (15), Vincenzo ? (13), Giuseppe (8), Francinella (6), Francesco (3)

Of course, wife's age (and Pietro's too) doesn't fit oldest child's, unless Pietro was very young when married another ...
by PippoM
02 Feb 2026, 11:46
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: 1593 Riveli
Replies: 4
Views: 1406

Re: 1593 Riveli

Maybe #178?
by PippoM
02 Feb 2026, 11:41
Forum: Italian History & Culture
Topic: Analogs
Replies: 2
Views: 2036

Re: Analogs

Maybe "Sir"?

From Wikipedia:

"since the late modern period, Sir has been used as a respectful way to address a man of superior social status or military rank. Equivalent terms of address for women are Madam (shortened to Ma'am), in addition to social honorifics such as Mrs, Ms, or Miss.since the ...