JohnBhoy wrote: 02 Jul 2020, 09:17
Thank you very much Angela and Darkhorse, this has been so helpful, I truly love this forum as so many members are willing to help others and so quickly.
I didn't know there was this much info contained on the cert either, it now gives me more names for my family tree and yet another level back in time /generations and more towns to search records.
Also thank you for including their 'rank' in society...Contadina /contadino as I have now learned a new Italian word and meaning
Thank you once again and I am sure I will be asking for some more help as I have discovered hundreds of Maritano records for this town and am slowly working through them looking for names I think I recognise.
best regards,
John
(See my previous post here for the translation of baby Giovanni's Death Record.)
You are very welcome for the help, and thank you for your kind words. There are always plenty of great people here happy to help. Just keep asking questions as well, it helps keep us sharp and often we learn something new as well.
Here is some good information, that you might be interested in, that Erudita wrote on the contadini – peasants. If you click on the link that I have provided, you will find further discussion.
"Contadino/Contadina (peasant)
The contadini (peasants) usually farmed on land which they did not own. Unlike the tenant farmer though, they did not pay rent to the landlord, but like him, had a contract with the landlord to work for a specified amount of time. They used simple tools such as hoes and scythes. They also shared ploughs and worked in groups. The groups might be comprised of as many as eight or ten individuals and also of both males and females. Few owned their own animals. The contadini engaged in various agricultural related tasks such as reaping, gleaning, and gathering grains. They also may have worked in the vineyards. While working, they normally sang songs which involved themes such as the difficulty of their lives. Before the unification of Italy, they worked on large estates but afterwards, when there was a shortage of land holdings, they may have been reduced to become braccianti or bracciali (day laborers). Day laborers would have to go to the town piazza each morning and basically were subjected to a bidding war. Those who were the lowest bidders would then be rewarded with work for the day." - Erudita
https://www.italiangenealogy.com/forum/language/36861
Angela
