Photo inscription translation

[AngelaGrace56]

I'd say "stiamo accapare (a capare) l'insalata"

When I first saw the script I also read the fifth letter as a "p" not an "s" but I wasn't sure what the word was.

[AngelaGrace56]

lupini?

Or lima? We never podded our string beans.

Angela

[AngelaGrace56]

Angela, it appears that Franco has one of the bean pods in his mouth -- as for the writing, my grandmother's writing did change a bit over her lifetime. It is definitely not my grandfather's, nor anyone else's cursive that I'm familiar with.

The photo of Franco & Gina could be a close relative's handwriting, however, as it appears to have been taken in Italy...

I'll have to scour the hometown's records again to see if I can find a Bianchi...

Oh, a bean pod? So maybe a butter bean (the yellow ones).

Interesting about the hand writing. It would change over the years. Still not convinced it is the same writing thou. Will go back and look through mum's letters and inscriptions to see how much it changed. It could also be that sometimes when writing on the back of photos (I do it all the time) either the pen used or the card the photo is printed on makes it is quite difficult to write.

Angela

Just wanted to add one more thing. I've being going through some of mum's photos which she received from Italia and also a neighbouring country that her family moved to, and I noticed that if the sender of the photo hadn't written anything on the back of the photo, then mum would write when the photo was received and also the people in the photo, so I'm thinking that the script on the back of your photos could either belong to the sender or the receiver of the photo? Just a thought.

Angela

Angela

[MarcuccioV]

So it appears Bianchi IS a surname found in the commune, although one of the less popular ones...

Now to figure out who "Gina" is. She is most likely the blood relation. She seems to favor my grandmother.

Which town is that?

Angela

Valmontone (Lazio). All my documented Italian ancestors were from there, however my DNA indicates Lazio, Abruzzo, Campania, Sicilia and Puglia... My grandmother's mtDNA stems from Sicily. There is also Aegean and Cypriot mixed in (some matrices include some West Asian/Middle Eastern)...