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Ciao! I came across an old Geocities website that lists all the families that lived in Castelpetroso. For my family name (Farro), it says the following:
THE FARRO´S
of
CASTELPETROSO
All the Farro’s lived in “Guasto”
I looked up the meaning of "guasto" and see definitions like "broken down" "damaged" or "failure"
Contrary to popular belief, not all Italian given names have Christian or classical roots. Many names encountered in older records are almost whimsical, and some cannot be translated into Latin or any other language. In order to avoid possible mistranscription of a given name with which the research...