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http://img412.imageshack.us/i/salvatore ... h1871.jpg/ A (dì) 28 detto
Io suddetto Giordano cappellano sacramentale ho battezzato un fan-
ciullo nato oggi in campagna, contrada
Misircannone(?), territorio di Monreale da Agostino
Serio e Carmela Collura jugali di Monreale.
Gli fu posto nome Salvatore. Il padrino [better: I padrini] furono
Giovanni Sanfilippo figlio di Giuseppe, e Antoni-
na Serio di Monreale
On the 28th of the aforementioned [month/year]
I the undersigned Giordano, chaplain, baptized an infant born today in the countryside in the district of Misircannone(?), territory of Monreale, of the parents Agostino Serio and Carmela Collura, a married couple of Monreale. The child was given the name Salvatore. The godparents were Giovanni Sanfilippo, son of Giuseppe, and Antonina Serio of Monreale.
There has been a strong custom in Italy that determines how children are named: The first male is named after his paternal grandfather.The second male is named after his maternal grandfather.The first female is named after her paternal grandmother.The second female is named after her maternal grandm...