sorry....it should read that the wife went missing in 1983, not 1992.

donna

[img=http://s15.postimg.org/vfr1aa4br/1843_Maria_G_Nazzaro_birth_29_ASK.jpg] [img=http://s9.postimg.org/3w4ss03yj/1830_Nazzaro_Grande_birth_45.jpg] any thoughts on the child's names? at first i thought the name is maria grazia, but i am not sure at all. it almost looks like Gesu (with an accent on ...

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as I understand this, Maria giovanna is a single mother...is her age 13? also, child's name is Maria Francesca Grazia ??? What is the last word / name. it also appears in the right column.

thanks

"Il resto della vita lo passo ad Ariano, dove visse da solo fino al 1992 (la moglie e la figlia raffaella erano mancate rispettivamente nel 1983 e nel 1978)." this is my translation: the rest of life is spent in ariano where he lived until 1992 (his wife and daughter raffaella had been mis...

there does not appear to be an attachment

donna

death record #15 recorded 25 June 1867 appearing before the officials is Giuseppe Varanelli, son of the deceased Michele, age 40, ??? and Luigi Petti, son of the deceased Michele, age 42, stoker/fire man, living in this town, declares on that at the hour of 7 on 25 June in the town of Carlantino, in...

yeah! thanks so much, pippo

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this is a copy of the birth record....am i accurate in understanding that concetta & michele decided to care for this abandoned child?

thanks,
donna

thanks, erudita. this puts the use of the phrase in perspective, given the context in which it is used in the book. looks like an interesting movie to give an idea of life at that time in Italy.

i appreciate your broad knowledge as it has contributed a great deal to my learning.
donna

i have made contact with a "cousin" (our GGG grandfathers were brothers) and there is a book written in italian that he sent me. it is about him but covers family genaeology. I am "reading" this by typing paragraphs into google translator. there is a particular phrase that has be...

birth record #496 dated 9/7/1863 at the hour 13 in front of the town mayor angelo??? appears Francesco Lorusso, son of Vincenzo, age 23, farmer, ?????, male child is born on 6 Sep 1863, 2am, ???? his wife is Carminella ???Mardazzone???, ??? is given the name Vincenzo. sorry i can't do more or better...

date of birth 10 Feb 1878.

bartolomeo is 33 (trentatre). hard to read his professione... se???tore. sorry, i can't be certain.

mother's age is not given

donna

Pippo & Erudita,
thanks so much for clarifying this for me. when i ran some phrases through a translator ... well, it really confused me. i will look for the birth record when the films arrive.

i so appreciate your help!
donna

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i would appreciate some help with making sense out of the death record....i am not quite sure how Concetta Nazzaro is connected. is the word after anni due 'proietto.'?

any efforts are greatly appreciated.
thanks,
donna

pippo
thanks so much for the explanation and link. i enjoyed going through the website.

donna