Livio & Johnny, thanks so much. I have just begun deciphering hand written birth certificates from the LDS microfilm, and this will clearly help.

I am researching the Tontis of Forli del Sannio, IS, and came across this article on the town website on Maggiore Ulrico Tonti, a town hero. My reading of this is that he was the son of Filippo and Teresina Capalozza. Is it odd that he would have a different last name from his parents? There were ...

Yes, that helps a lot. Thank you so much. Does the text below seem to work? Also, what is the state of the family certificate, and would you recommend requesting one for research in addition to the birth certificate? My goal is to find additional ancestors.

10 novembre 2009

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I will be requesting birth certificates for my great-great grandparents, who were born somewhere around 1855-1865 in Forli del Sannio. From reading an earlier posting, I plan to use the form letter on http://www.circolocalabrese.org/resources/letters/statocivile.asp.

Can someone point me to the ...