Hello to anyone that can help.
I do not speak Italian but I am researching a family member that was possibly adopted. I found what is probably her birth record in Calvello Italy but I cannot read the attached document. This record was found at the back of the 1878 birth record book, and the mother looks like it says Rosaria Lapetina. However, Rosaria was married to a man named Nicolai, but he is not mentioned in this record. Does the back of the book mean there was an issue with the birth, possibly Rosaria having the baby by another man with the last name Agrifaglio?
Thanks to anyone that can help read the record.
Ellen
Need help with translation of a birth record
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ellendriscoll
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Re: Need help with translation of a birth record
This is the birth record (#14) for Giulia Agrifoglio
Rosaria Lapetina, a 23 year old seamstress, is not declaring that she is the mother, but that she found the infant. She presents the infant to the official who gives the infant the name Giulia, and the surname[cognome] Agrifoglio. This was usually a "made-up" name and not found in the town.
I believe Rosaria requested that the child be left in her care.
No mother or father is identified... that is why you see "Esposita" under Giulia's name in the left column where you would normally see the parents' names.
T.
Rosaria Lapetina, a 23 year old seamstress, is not declaring that she is the mother, but that she found the infant. She presents the infant to the official who gives the infant the name Giulia, and the surname[cognome] Agrifoglio. This was usually a "made-up" name and not found in the town.
I believe Rosaria requested that the child be left in her care.
No mother or father is identified... that is why you see "Esposita" under Giulia's name in the left column where you would normally see the parents' names.
T.
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Re: Need help with translation of a birth record
Oh my. This is worse than I thought. I don't know if I will ever figure out her parents.
Thank you very much. I greatly appreciate it.
Thank you very much. I greatly appreciate it.
Re: Need help with translation of a birth record
That is usually the caseellendriscoll wrote:Oh my. This is worse than I thought. I don't know if I will ever figure out her parents.
Thank you very much. I greatly appreciate it.
However, Rosaria MAY have been the mother, and that is why she asked to care for the child.
SOMETIMES if the mother marries the father at a later date, the child will be "recognized" in the marriage record.
Do you have the marriage record of Rosaria Lapetina and Nicolai?
T.
