Help with translation please

[DMLuther]

Can some one please help with this relatives birth record,

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cc=1946858

Thanks so much

Diane

[researching]

Wow, this one is tough. Sorry I can't help.

Julie

[DMLuther]

Julie, thanks for looking at it. Hope someone can help!

Diane

[PippoM]

Record date: Dec 30th, 1866
Giuseppe Sanfilippo Ceraso, 40 years old, labourer, living in Militello, and Margarita Cortese, 36 yo, spinner, living in Militello, recognized as their son Basilio Lojacono, born in Militello on Mar 16th, 1863, whose birth was recorded on Dec 19th, 1866. From now on, child's surname is Sanfilippo Ceraso. The parents married on May 16th, 1863.

[renlady]

Does it mean his real parents married on that date or the Sanfilippo man and Cortese woman? did they adopt him? Just curious

[erudita74]

Below is the original birth record for this child. At the time of his birth (March 16, 1863), he had been abandoned by his natural parents, so his name Basilio Lo Iacono had been invented and assigned to him by the town official. When the natural parents married in May of that year,they recognized this child as their own and his surname was changed to match that of the natural father. Yes, Giuseppe Sanfilippo Ceraso and Margarita Cortese were the parents of this child. There was no adoption; just a recognition by them that this child was their natural son.

http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it ... ewsIndex=0

[DMLuther]

Thank you both so much for the translation. It makes more sense to me now. Your work is very rewarding to people like me, that have a long Italian ancestry but cannot read these records. Thank you again.

Diane

[erudita74]

Happy to help, Diane
Erudita