1868 Birth Record Lindoro Carota #87

[Haztek]

This record does not seem to follow the regular format for a birth record and I am stumped.
I see names, etc. but I can't figure it out. Would appreciate any help.

Thanks, jerry

http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it ... 2.jpg.html

[joetucciarone]

Hi Jerry - Unless I'm mistaken, Lindoro was abandoned. I could be wrong, but I think I see "Ruota communal," or "municipal wheel" at the beginning of the 7th line. Also, the word "projetto" or "proietto" appears before his name in the margin.

[erudita74]

Jerry
Joe is correct. The infant was a foundling, of the apparent age of one day, abandoned at the wheel and presented at the town hall by the woman who had received the infant from the wheel. The infant was then given his name by the town official and consigned to a wetnurse.
Erudita

[Haztek]

Thank you Joe and erucita.

I wonder how they decided on the surname of Carota? That is the surname that I am researching.

Thanks,
jerry

[joetucciarone]

Thank you, Erudita, for confirming what I thought I saw. It's hard for me to decipher the handwriting, especially when Italian isn't my native language!

Hi Jerry - I don't know if this will help, but the following map shows the current distribution of the surname Carota in Italy:

http://www.gens.info/italia/it/turismo- ... UXlDi1h1qs

If you use the zoom tools, they show the majority of instances of that surname occur in Pescara and just northwest of it between Citta Sant' Angelo and Penne. There are also some instances in or south of Castel del Monte, which lies on a line between Chieti and L'Aquila. Again, these current distributions may or may not be helpful, since that name is now scattered across the width and breadth of Italy.

Good luck,

Joe

[erudita74]

Jerry and Joe
Typically first and last names given to abandoned children were invented by the town official to whom the infant was presented. Most were never reclaimed by their natural parents. So, you should be at a dead end going back further in time with this child's ancestry.

Joe -I'm not a native Italian either. I'm second generation American. Just been working with these Italian records for close to 30 years. Still sometimes get stumped by the handwriting.

Erudita