Finding Adoption Papers

[carmine1917]

I looked at the link. No, he wasn't left a Church. His adoptive parents tried for years to have a child.

[Tessa78]

I looked at the link. No, he wasn't left a Church. His adoptive parents tried for years to have a child.

The "wheels" were not only at churches... and foundling homes for abandoned children in Italy have been around since the 15th Century.
Further information here:
http://books.google.com/books?id=AckBxc ... en&f=false


T.

[carmine1917]

I have a relative whose g.grandmother birth record shows illegitimate. But than on her marriage record, her biological father declared her as his child. Since records for the province of Enna were copied at the province level, we do not know if there are notes on her birth record. I say this because when I went to my grandparents town, there were a lot more notes on the records and someone on here told me the province records are not as detailed as the town.

Have you ever heard of a someone going to the record office and declaring someone as their child 30 years later?

[Tessa78]

I have a relative whose g.grandmother birth record shows illegitimate. But than on her marriage record, her biological father declared her as his child. Since records for the province of Enna were copied at the province level, we do not know if there are notes on her birth record. I say this because when I went to my grandparents town, there were a lot more notes on the records and someone on here told me the province records are not as detailed as the town.

Have you ever heard of a someone going to the record office and declaring someone as their child 30 years later?

Children were "recognized" at various times after their birth (30 years may be unusual, but not impossible), for a variety of reasons.

This site may shed some light on your question. Read about "Acts of Recognition" ...
http://www.regalis.com/adopt.htm

T.

[carmine1917]

I should upload that birth record, a friend read it and said that the mother was forced to give the child up to a orphanage.

[carmine1917]

Good article, thanks. I was told the name Esposito was for orphans only. I remember seeing a surname for orphans in Sicily but I never wrote it down. Darn!

[MCKay]

That's a pretty cool story.

I believe that I found the record for my GGF a year later than he thought his birthday was. I'm kinda excited about all this so I'm going to post the indice annuale now and hopefully find the record when the library is open again. I believe that this is the first time that I have come across a Giovanni Bonanno in the records, which is suprising as I always thought that would be a common name. My great grandfather was going by the name John Bono by the time he died here in the states and I assume that his name was changed along the way as his marriage licence lists him as Giovanni Bonanno. I would love to hear some thoughts or comments.

[MCKay]

Hm, also, it seems that the swirly thing where the month may stand for a specific month (what I am hoping for but highly unlikely) or they don't know. Which is curious because this is just the indice annuale.

[Italysearcher]

The index shows a female child Giovanna Bonanno. ALso she has parents.
Both Bonanno and Bono are common surnames in that area.

[liviomoreno]

Hm, also, it seems that the swirly thing where the month may stand for a specific month (what I am hoping for but highly unlikely) or they don't know. Which is curious because this is just the indice annuale.

The swirly thing reads "id" and stands for "idem" = "ditto"

Giovanni Bonanno son of Vincenzo and of Calogera Beninati. Born March 11 1882, record #44 (Volume 1 parte 1)

[MCKay]

I don't mean to disagree with you but if it is the case that Giovanna was listed they dotted their 'a'. The name I'm looking at is in the column for 1882 #2. The fact that John Bono had parents or not has never been proven. It's just hearsay that he was adopted or a foundling or something so I'm open to the idea that he may in fact had parents.

[MCKay]

Thank you Livio. Allegedly my great grandfather was born on 2 march 1881. I could see how those dates may have gotten switched.

[liviomoreno]

Thank you Livio. Allegedly my great grandfather was born on 2 march 1881. I could see how those dates may have gotten switched.

I am not sure weather March 11 is the birth date or the date the birth was recorded, although, by law, the birth must be recorded within 5 days.

[MCKay]

Wasn't it a normal thing to forget one's birthday back then?

[carmine1917]

Yes, I have heard many times people celebrated the wrong day. It is very common, why? I don't know, others on the board can probably give you examples.