This death record for Giovancamillio Aceto has no age at death, profession, or parent's names. Since this is a copy of the death record for the processetti for his grandson Giovancamillio Aceto and Catarina Tancredi, his bride, could it be that the priest who made the copy just did not copy all the information in the original death record?
Was this what you would find usually find in a death record before Napoleon initiated, about 1809, record keeping of vital records?
Appreciate your input.
John
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1801 Death, Solopaca
Re: 1801 Death, Solopaca
John
The content of church records was totally at the discretion of the individual priest or his clerk. There were no standards for church records. The Council of Trent in the mid 1500s only required that the individual parishes keep records or registers. The format or content was not dictated by the Council. The info in the extract should match what appears in the parish book from which it was copied. I know it's very frustrating to finally have access to records earlier than the state civil records, but then to find that the info given is limited. Certainly no ages of the groom and bride in marriage records. Sometimes only the fathers' names are given and not the mothers'. I have seen death records with no parents' names and even baptism records with only the father named and not the mother. The latter might be due to the fact that the new mother did not normally attend the baptism, as she had to undergo a purification period (normally 30 days) after giving birth. The reason why she wasn't named in the record wasn't that she wasn't known to the priest, or relatives and neighbors in the town, or that she wished to remain anonymous. So never make assumptions, if you see a mother's name missing in a baptism record.
Erudita
The content of church records was totally at the discretion of the individual priest or his clerk. There were no standards for church records. The Council of Trent in the mid 1500s only required that the individual parishes keep records or registers. The format or content was not dictated by the Council. The info in the extract should match what appears in the parish book from which it was copied. I know it's very frustrating to finally have access to records earlier than the state civil records, but then to find that the info given is limited. Certainly no ages of the groom and bride in marriage records. Sometimes only the fathers' names are given and not the mothers'. I have seen death records with no parents' names and even baptism records with only the father named and not the mother. The latter might be due to the fact that the new mother did not normally attend the baptism, as she had to undergo a purification period (normally 30 days) after giving birth. The reason why she wasn't named in the record wasn't that she wasn't known to the priest, or relatives and neighbors in the town, or that she wished to remain anonymous. So never make assumptions, if you see a mother's name missing in a baptism record.
Erudita
