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I would like some help with reading the handwriting and identifying two items from a ship manifest:
1. the italian town named on the manifest (The town name is listed in the left side column and then repeated below the parents names on the right.)
2. the father's name
Contrary to popular belief, not all Italian given names have Christian or classical roots. Many names encountered in older records are almost whimsical, and some cannot be translated into Latin or any other language. In order to avoid possible mistranscription of a given name with which the research...
