death record structure

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swheeeler
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death record structure

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Here is an example of a death record. From what I can see, it has the name, year, location and witnesses. Where in death records with this structure does it say who the family members are? I can find some death records with the same name and close enough years that I don't know if it is the correct person. How can I tell the deceased person's relations?
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Re: death record structure

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In the record, after the words "e' morta" or "e' morto" (depending on the gender), there is the name of deceased, followed by his/her age and profession, and then place of residence and place of birth. After that is the word "da" (from) followed by the father's name, his occupation, and place of residence, and then the words "e da" (and from), followed by the mother's full name (in either order), and her occupation and place of residence. If one of the parents was deceased you'll usually see "fu" (or fu' with an accent mark) before the name, and in the place of residence you may see something like "in vita" (in life) added. After the mother's name there is a blank space to add the spouse's name, if the person was married, or else the word "nubile" or "celibe" if there person was not, although for young children the word was often omitted because it was obvious (although in this case they wrote nubile for a 9-day-old baby).

There is other information in the record, too, such as the date of death, not just the year. This is not necessarily the date at the top of the record, which is the date that the death was reported.
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