Understanding a birth record

[gae]

Hello. I have been reading through records and in my search I have found many birth records like the one I'm attaching. They are not my relatives, but I am curious as to what these records mean. Were they children who were given up for adoption or orphaned? So many of them in the early 1800s.
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[AngelaGrace56]

Hi there

Good question. So while this particular birth record from the town of Udine that you have posted here does appear to be for a foundling, not all of the births appearing in the register were for children of unknown parents. I’m understanding it to be an Annual (1812) Birth Register without pre-printed forms, so that’s why all the records look like this. It seems like the province of Udine hadn’t yet begun using pre printed forms.

https://antenati.cultura.gov.it/ark:/12 ... 20/5VbEZ9E

BTW If you have any other records you would like us to look at, please do include the link to the online record like I have done here. It saves us looking for it so that we can (hopefully) make a correct response. Ta

Angela

[gae]

Thank you Angela!

[AngelaGrace56]

Happy to help.

Angela