[no idea] Pellegrino Angelo Giovanni Colo'

Anyone?

I spent five hours today pouring through records and randomly stumbled upon Angela's death certificate, which has her last name spelled MUCH clearer. It is definitely Zambonini.

Thanks.

Wonder if anyone can verify for me what the surname is. The best I can do is Angela Lambonini. Looks like an L at the beginning to me, but I don't know what that circle thing is.

It follows after the name of the father of the child on the birth record.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h165/slaveofone/someitalianname.jpg

Anyone know what this word is?

The swirly in the upper middle/right is from a Q on the line above and is not part of the word.

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Also, what used to happen in a situation with no father presented?

Not sure exactly what your question is. Do you mean if the father of the child is unknown?

The fathers of both my great, great grandpa and great great grandma were absent at the time of birth and presentation. Here is a very ...

On many of the Allegati records of my ancestors, in the Birth Extracts, I'm finding that newborns are given a string of names, usually separated by a short dash, like so:

Alberto - Giuseppe - Eugenio

or

Maria - Oliva - Catterina

The middle name in each string appears to be their official first ...