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Would someone please be willing to translate the Record on the Left I beilieve second from top I am looking for the last name Zappia. If you could translate this I would appreciate the help and any info you can provide. Thank-you for your time
Would someone please be willing to translate the Record on the Left I beilieve second from top I am looking for the last name Zappia. If you could translate this I would appreciate the help and any info you can provide. Thank-you for your time
Dated April 27, 1805-baptism of Lorenzo Giovanni Ignazio Zappia, son of Pietro Zappia (I can't decipher what precedes Pietro) and Maria Fransone (sp?). Godparents were (Don)* Lorenzo Piana and Catharina, his wife.
The name Italia, probably a Graecized form of Italic Vitelia (='calf land'), was originally restricted to the southern half of the 'toe' but was gradually extended. By 450 B.C. It meant the region subsequently inhabited by the Bruttii; by 400 it embraced Lucania as well. Campania was included after ...