Cathy asked why Vincenzo was shortened to Jimmy.

As I understand it, the familiar form of Vincenzo is Cenz ("chenz"), which sounds more like James than any other American name.

Donna

A friend of mine went to a history fair last weekend, and there was a representative from the Mormon Church set up in a booth at the fair. My friend has been doing a lot of genealogical work on her family tree, so she went over to chat with the representative. She was told something interesting that ...

I'm following my family line in Campodipietra. Of course, I'm eager to talk to anyone tracking an Albino family in that town. But there are other surnames that show up in my family tree. If you are looking at d'Agata, Antonacci, Barile, Carlone, Cefaratti, Carlozzi, di Luca, de Michele, Geronimo ...

I saw this article online this morning and thought of your search. Glass negatives from that era were found in someone's basement. I hope your missing negatives are found!

Donna

I should have mentioned this in the earlier reply I gave ... you should know the chances are very very slim that the negatives survive. Negatives were created on thick glass plates in that time period, and they are heavy and fragile and take up a lot of space compared to film negatives we know today ...

Do you know the name of the photographer? If you do, then this link might help you find the negatives.

Good luck!

Donna

His wife did die the year before; her last name was Antonacci, so Serpone is not her. I saw that there were children of Domenico/Domenicangelo Albino after her death by two different women, so I was trying to figure out if either of those guys was the one that I had been following that had been ...

I could use some help in deciphering this record from the LDS microfilm. I've been trying to find Domenicangelo Albino's spouse; in the 1820s, I see births with a Domenico or a Domenicangelo with two different wives, and I was trying to find out which one was the one I should be tracking.

This ...

I think that is a painted studio backdrop and isn't a real city.

Donna

I've been told that Vincenzo is Americanized to James because the familiar form of Vincenzo, Cenz, sounds something like James.

Donna

Sure! How about Albino?

Thanks,
Donna
born in Waterbury, CT

Thank you, suanj! I have a couple of questions about your translation. The age after Vincenzo's name ... is that Vincenzo's age or Maria Elisabetta's age? I haven't been able to find anything that gives me Vincenzo's age yet. I believe it said 28, and this document is dated 1837, which means maybe I ...

I found my ggg-grandparents' 1856 processetti record last night. It had the death notices for my ggg-grandfather's father and grandfather in it. This is the 4g death notice:

Vincenzo's death record

What does the line about Gennaro Albino say? I see Gennaro's offspring in Campodipietra, but I ...

No, Vincenzo would have died after 1910 (when my films end).

I have found his parents and grandparents, so I know the names I need in the birth/marriage/death records. I just haven't been able to find any siblings to his father or grandfather yet. I'm still looking! I'm slowly photocopying the ...

Alas, I'm still lost ... I found Michele's marriage to Gaetana, and he is not fu Nicola, he is fu Gaetano. And I have no connection yet with Gaetano.

Darn, darn, darn. Must keep looking.

Donna