The wording "ignoti genitori" ("unknown parents") is usually used for foundlings; but there might be some chance that the declarants just did not know who her parents were. But in that case I would have expected the line to be left blank.

How did they decide on names for foundlings? Were there ...

I am at a dead end with my great great grandfather, Agostino Cannizzaro.

I know his name from my great grandmother's death certificate. She was born in NYC September 1, 1898. I cannot locate a birth certificate.

Her mother, Rosa Maria Zorbo, was born (1861) and had her first marriage (to Giuseppe ...

I have her death record, but unfortunately no parents are listed. She died in Sclafani Bagni, her husband's birthplace.

My 3rd great-grandmother was born there about 1816. The microfilmed records do not go back that far.

I would like to write to the town/comune in search of her birth record. Can anyone give me the correct address?

Thank you, now I understand!

I am quite confused by this marriage record that I found.

One of my gggrandfather's sisters, Giuseppa Leone, married Bartolo Granata in September 1884 in Sclafani Bagni.

However, there is a second marriage record for Bartolo, dated just a month earlier. In this record, Bartolo (same age, same ...

Perhaps the father was in the United States. Members of the family traveled back and forth quite a bit around this time period.

Thank you!

This is the birth record of my great-great grandmother's sister. There is a long note at the bottom after the names of the witnesses. I was hoping someone would translate it for me as it seems to reference my great-great-great grandmother.

This arrival record may reference the same family. It is from May of 1913, a month before the other record.

Arrival in New York of the SS France, departing from Le Havre.

Line #22 Luigia Bergonzi, age 17, single. From Pellegrino Italy, travelling to Braintree (near Boston) to meet a cousin ...

Tessa you are too quick! I was just about to post the same record.

I was wondering if perhaps Pellegrino referred to Pellegrino Parmense. It is in Parma, not far from the towns of Bore and Metti. It would be entirely possible for the family to have moved there for some reason after the children ...

Now I understand! Thank you very much.

Hello All,

I do not usually ask for help with translation of records. If they are in a recognizable format, I can usually pick out the information I need. However this one is a little different and I think it pertains to a direct ancestor. I would appreciate help translating this one.

I was ...

I have an Inguagiato ancestor from Valledolmo as well. Her name was Grazia, she was born around 1800 and married into my Leone family. My Leones intermarried with Barones and Manueles.

I don't have a clear enough picture yet to tell you if there is a connection, but if I find anything I will let ...

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Need help translating death record of Giuseppe Leone.