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From what I understand, there was a fee to be paid, associated with a marriage, but if the couple was too poor to afford it, it was waived, and the couple was married anyway. It is just that -- a c ...

They stated that she died by "e cessata di vivere" = stopped living.

Mary

Hi. Just the basics. "at 11:00 am passed away in her own house in this area of "F...zeluco"?, Francesca Valentino, daughter of Francesco .....?([i]I think this might[/i[i]] be his occupation, but I ...

Hi Dawn,

Would like to know if you're successful in getting the records from the church.

Best of luck.
Mary

Hi Dawn,

I did some searching and found that the church was closed in 2007, but if you go to this site it will tell you where the records are housed.

www.parishesonline.com/scripts/hostedsites/O ...

Hi Nuccia and Dawn. The last part after New York says: by the priest Francesco Assisi, parish priest of the church "Madonna del Suffragio".

If you google "Madonna del Suffragio" and New York you ...

Thanks, Nuccia.

I haven't done any genealogy in quite a while. Sorry, I haven't been able to transcribe any more Ardore records. A family situation has kept me busy with other matters.

But ...

Mike,

As to the name "[i]Giacomo[/i]", I can't say for sure. My take is that the word before "[i]Giacomo[/i]" is the short form for "Mastro".

Further down it states that the brides father was ...

Their parents were Giuseppe Belcastro and Catarina Pisciuneri. I had sent you Maria's death record (your link to it is in one of the above posts).

You think that your Maria was married in Gioios ...

Hello "cugina" Nuccia.

It seems that we are connected. Today I went to the FHL to view the 1884 records for Ardore. I found my gg-grandmother's (Giuditta Belcastro) death act and she is the sis ...

Thanks, everyone, for the insight. Fascinating.

I have the same problem with my ancestors. They were all from the same tiny town, and I keep coming up with the same 4-5 names over and over.

Ma ...

Livio, I'm curious -- the bottom notation on the left hand side says something about ".......terzo grado di consanguinita' ". What exactly does it mean. I've seen this before, but haven't been able ...

I am very saddened to hear of Carole's passing. My sincere sympathy to her family. From reading her posts, it was obvious that she was a warm and generous lady. May she rest in peace.

Mary

And I was worried it wouldn't attach. I'll try and figure out how to make it smaller next time.

Hi Nuccia,

This past week I found the marriage certificate for my g-grandparents in the previous posts.

What is really interesting is that his mother's name is Giuditta Belcastro and looking thr ...