While searching the Foggia Antenati Records (comune di Acccadia) I've come a cross a couple of records for the surname "Papa" wherein they state that one of the decedent's survivors lives in "medisimo" (I hope I'm spelling that right). A simple Google search shows a town called that up near the Swiss border, in the Province of Sondrio (Lombardy). However, I sort of find this hard to believe, as this town is nowhere near - and by a longshot - the town of Accadia.
Can anyone find a similarly named town that would (possibly) "make more sense", i.e., closer to Accadia? or maybe even a frazione?
The word is "medesimo" which bascially means "same" so living in the same town.
Angela
Hi, Angela-
Thanks for the quick response. Wow. I really butchered that one, didn't I? Sigh...
I haven't searched all that much in recent times, but I can't seem to recall this coming up before. Well, if it did, I guess I've managed to forget what the word meant!
There has been a strong custom in Italy that determines how children are named: The first male is named after his paternal grandfather.The second male is named after his maternal grandfather.The first female is named after her paternal grandmother.The second female is named after her maternal grandm...
Sigh...
