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I have attached the marriage notation from a birth record and I am looking for another set of eyes. I see the wife's name as Maria Bascaloni and that the marriage took place in Napoli (Mercato) 1903. The B in Bascaloni is questionable and the marriage date, it looks like 23 - 5 1903 or July 5, 1903?
Using the Julian calendar which is what I find is used in many record indexes through the 1800's, I thought the 5th month might be July. But maybe in this instance it actually is May?
tomassid wrote: ↑18 Jan 2021, 01:28
Using the Julian calendar which is what I find is used in many record indexes through the 1800's, I thought the 5th month might be July. But maybe in this instance it actually is May?
May is the 5th month... both before and after the Julian calendar was established.
1 - gennaio (January)
2 - febbraio (February)
3 - marzo (March)
4 - aprile (April)
5 - maggio (May)
6 - giugno (June)
7 - luglio (July)
8 - agosto (August)
9 - settembre (September)
10-ottobre (October)
11-novembre (November)
12-dicembre (December)
The months September through December are also written with a numerical notation usually found in the indices: 7bre, 8bre, 9bre, 10bre - This is based on the Pre-Julian names of the months based on their numerical stem.
There has been a strong custom in Italy that determines how children are named: The first male is named after his paternal grandfather.The second male is named after his maternal grandfather.The first female is named after her paternal grandmother.The second female is named after her maternal grandm...