Better late than never... :-)

#755:
if the dead person leaves other persons who can be heirs (other than those described in the previous articles: parents, children, siblings), two thirds of heredity is given to the spouse. He gets the whole heredity if the dead person does not leave relatives ...

Did you see images of these records, or just some extracted info?
If you didn't, you can get microfilms at an LDS Center; may be they record place of birth...

This is the site of the Commune of Raccuja, province of Messina:

http://www.comune.raccuja.me.it

If you choose from menu "Turismo" and the "Chiese", may be you find again the one on yor postcard.

My guess is "Grazia Troise".
What do you think about it?

It states "fittuale del nob(ile) sig(nor) Vincenzo Polichetti".
"Fittuale" is a word used above all in southern Italy; in Italia, at that time, it was better said "fittavolo", and it means the renter of someone else's (in this case, "the Noble Mr Vincenzo Polichetti") land.
You can find a definition ...

It really seems a good guess!
I had not seen the photo, but it can be. I have a photo of my GP's wedding (1942) originally black and white, but coloured in a studio.

Mary,
I'm sorry for the delay; also forgive me for the translation, but I generally have some problems when writing English, so you can imagine what I can do with old Italian laws.
You can find Italian "Codice Civile" of 1865 simply by writing "Codice civile 1865" in Google Books.
You wrote about ...

Well, in this forum we generally don't deal with the search of living people, also for reasons of privacy.
But you can try at Italian white Pages:

www.paginebianche.it

Insert surname in "chi/cosa" and place in "dove"

Second banns (I don't know if this is the correct word) for the marriage of Raffaele D'Alberto and Adelaide Del Monte:
issued August 15th, 1872, at 2 p.m.
Groom: minor (less then 22 years?), peasant, born and living in Alanno
Groom Father Zupito D'alberto (I had never heard "Zupito": it must be ...

This is hard to read!
On the first, it seems to me to read the name Carmine; is it possible?
On the second: "Donna capelli castani Uomo xxx lo stesso" ("Woman brown hair; man the same"

1) "This is Maria on the day of her First Communion; the one sitting beside me is my sister with her son"
2)"To my dear uncle. Remember your niece. Filomena Mingione"

They must have been areas of the Commune. "Contrada" means a hamlet in the country. You can take a look at this
http://www.portaleabruzzo.com/nav/tabcomuni.asp?id=98

or Wikipedia.
What seems strange is that in a few years they resided in three different places. It might also be they the same place ...

Domenica Buccella:
issued February 14th, 1870, at 8 p.m.
born February 13th, 1870, at 2 a.m.
Father: Domenicantonio Buccella of the late Gennaro, 45, peasant
Mother: Egidia D'Alberto of Zupito, 30
Living in: Contrada Piano del Cipino (?)
Witnesses: Antonio Volpe of the late Carmine, 42 and Lorenzo ...

Francesco Buccella:
issued December 28th, 1871, at 8 p.m.
born December 27th, 1871, at 2 p.m.
Father: Domenicantonio Buccella of the late Gennaro, 44, peasant
Mother: Egidia D'Alberto of Zupito, 33
Living in: Contrada Sperduto
Witnesses: Domenico Di Cesare of the late Giuseppantonio, 43 and Clemente ...

Giuseppe Buccella:
issued March 4th, 1874, at 11 a.m.
born March 3rd, 1874, at 7 a.m.
Father: Domenicantonio Buccella of the late Gennaro, 47, peasant
Mother: Egidia D'Alberto of ?, 37
Living in: Contrada Forca di Pala
Witnesses: Sante Di Battista of Camillo, 40 and Lorenzo Elia of the late Pasquale ...