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searching thru old allegati records and found a record called:
Certificato di Miserabilita

Can someone tell me what this record is?

Here is a link to the record:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/T ... ,349546501
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It's a "poverty certificate".
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Thanks! Never heard of this before. But, while looking online today at records, I ran into it a handfull of times. So, interesting. Thanks!
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So from what i understand- this cert basically waived the couple from paying the fee for marriage, because they were so poor. Would this be correct?
Infante, Cella or Celli,
Bagnoli Irpino, Avellino
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tikibar22 wrote:So from what i understand- this cert basically waived the couple from paying the fee for marriage, because they were so poor. Would this be correct?
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Wonderful to know- I have not come across this type of document yet, but when i do ill be in the know!
Infante, Cella or Celli,
Bagnoli Irpino, Avellino
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