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MY ANCESTOR(2ND GG)ROSA MARTINO(WIFE OF GIOVANNI RICCA)WAS BORN IN LAPIO AVELLINO CA.1785.SHE MARRIED IN LAPIO IN 1803(I HAVE THE RECORD).GIOVANNI RICCA DIED IN LUOGOSANO IN 1849 AND ROSA SURVIVED HIM.THEIR SON,FRANCESCO,MARRIED IN LUOGOSANO IN 1852(SHE WAS LIVING THEN).FRANCESCO(MY GREAT GRANDFATHER)DIED IN LUOGOSANO IN 1884,BY WHICH TIME IT WAS NOTED ROSA MARTINO HAD DIED(SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN NEARLY 100 BY THEN).THIS MEANS ROSA DIED BETWEEN 1852 AND 1884.MOST LIKELY SHE DIED IN LUOGOSANO AS WELL,BUT THE YEARS 1862-1865 ARE MISSING FROM THE CIVIL RECORDS,AND I CHECKED ALL THE OTHER POSSIBLE YEARS(1852-1861 & 1866-1884)AS WELL AS CHECKING SEVERAL SURROUNDING COMUNES(LAPIO,SAN MANGO SUL CALORE,AND TAURASI)WITH NO RESULTS.I EVEN MANAGED TO CONTACT THE PARISH PRIEST FOR THE AREA(S.MARIA MAGGIORE E S.MARCELLINO)BUT NOTHING WAS FOUND.I BELIEVE SHE DIED IN LUOGOSANO CA.1862-1865,BUT AS THOSE YEARS ARE MISSING(BOTH FROM THE CIVIL RECORDS OFFICE AND THE AVELLINO STATE ARCHIVE)WHERE CAN I PROCEED FROM HERE?BEENAT THIS FOR OVER 10 YEARS WITH NO RESULTS.ANY SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW TO PROCEED WOULD BE MOST APPRECIATED.
"Che mondo sarebbe senza nutella" is the official slogan of the wonderful hazelnut cream known as Nutella, appreciated by many and eaten worldwide. Few know that its invention was totally random and born out of necessity. HistoryIn 1946, at the end of WWII, chocolate was so expensive nobody could a...
