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First document:
Monteroduni, 24 Mar 1843. Certificate of baptism of Michelangelo Carmelo Biello, son of Giovanni (son of the late Michelangelo) and Milia (?) Renzi (daughter of Onorio), baptized in Monteroduni on 19 Mar 1797.
Second document:
Monteroduni, 24 Mar 1843. Certificate of baptism of Maria Carolina Michela Scioli, daughter of Biagio (?) (son of Giovanni Tommaso) and Carmela Scioli (daughter of the late Tommaso), born in Monteroduni on 3 May 1798 and baptized the same day.
My mom and dad came from two very different classes of Italian society. Dad's mom came from a very aristocrat family and mom's came from farmers and agricultural workers. When my mom's parents came to the US, they left their oldest son Giovanni in the care of my maternal grandmother's parents. I hea...