Thank you! Do you think that the name in the margin was a mistake or by design? Usually, it is the newborn, no?

My Grandmother was born April 12, 1888 in Gioiosa Ionica. She was adopted at some point by the Simeri family. She married Vincenzo Agostino and emigrated to join with him in the US, in 1912. The name on her Ellis Island manifest is Maria Rosa Prudente. I understand that sometimes adoptees were given ...

My Grandfather, Vincenzo Raffaele Agostino was born in 1878, in Grotteria. He emigrated in 1911. His parents were Nicola Saverio Agostino, born 1848, and Caterina Mazzaferro, born c 1849, in Grotteria. Two other brothers, Rocco and Dominic are found in the US for a while, but vanish. Perhaps they ...

Maurizio,

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

That was very clear and confirms my interpretation.

Dennis

Let's try this again. Sorry, the first link would not allow expansion. I think that this will work. Thanks!

Dennis

http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=m ... abria&m=66

I noticed the excellent translation on a birth certificate in the last post. I wonder if I might get help with the document posted here:

http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/sonflower1/vwp?.dir=/marriage+certificate&.src=ph&.dnm=marriage+certificate.jpg&.view=t&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/bc/sonflower1 ...

Peter, I am the one who sent you the birth certificate via email
Dennis

Thank you both gentlemen!!

Dennis

Looking again, it appears that sposida is actually "two" words, ..."sposi da" un anno. I think that means spouses for one year, yes? I will try to scan and email this document, soon, since there is quite a bit more written. It is the certificate of my grandparents, Vincenzo Agostino, and Maria Rosa ...

Thanks Peter, That was more like a "smooth" translation! Does this mean that they were actually married one year already, previous to the date of this document? The main concern that I had was whether or not the groom was born in Grotteria. I think you confirmed my own crude translation. Thanks ...

Can anyone give me a rough translation of this segment from a birth certificate? A few words are difficult to read, so they may be incorrect. Thanks!

....e mi hamio(?) dichiarato lo sposo essere nato in grotteria, la sposa in gioiosa jonica. avere avuto essi sposida(?) un anno ad oggi la residenza ...

My grandmother, Maria Rosa Agostino was adopted in Gioiosa Jonica by the Simeri family. I see that on both her marriage certificate and her Ellis Island manifest, she is listed as Maria Rosa Prudente. Her marriage certificate lists no parents. I understand that an adopted child did not take on the ...