This is a census record for Giacomo Giuffre and his wife Flavia. There is a woman named Catarina? Formica and a man named Giachino di Napoli.
Could someone with a better grasp of Italian help me translate the relationship of Catarina and Giachino to Giacomo? Are they Flavia's parents (Giacomo's in laws) or are they servants 'serva'/'servo'? Thank you!
Simple census translation
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Re: Simple census translation
I believe that the woman is "serva" and Giacino is "servo" - servants. I'm not positive that it says Caterina, but wouldn't rule it out. Caterina has 8 letters and this only has 6. What I try to do is look at the rest of the page or nearby pages and see if I can find other places where the writer makes the questionable letter(s) the same way but where it is clear from context what the letter is.
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Re: Simple census translation
Thank you! As for her name, it's an abbreviated form--see how the 'na' is superscripted? I see 'Cat...na' so I just guessed 'Caterina' since it was a pretty common name then. There are other possibilities though.bbivona wrote: 22 Jul 2018, 15:11 I believe that the woman is "serva" and Giacino is "servo" - servants. I'm not positive that it says Caterina, but wouldn't rule it out. Caterina has 8 letters and this only has 6. What I try to do is look at the rest of the page or nearby pages and see if I can find other places where the writer makes the questionable letter(s) the same way but where it is clear from context what the letter is.
