A translation please?

MikeSavoca91 · V.I.P. Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 399

Hi everyone! Could someone please just give me an idea of what this says> I don't need an exact translation, just a summery of it, it seems to be about my town. Thanks Mr. Green

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Mike

liviomoreno · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:26 am Post subject: Re: A translation please?

MikeSavoca91 wrote:

Hi everyone! Could someone please just give me an idea of what this says> I don't need an exact translation, just a summery of it, it seems to be about my town. Thanks Mr. Green

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Mike

Mike it will be easier if you attach the document...

Carole · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 3:24 am Post subject: Re: A translation please?

liviomoreno wrote:

MikeSavoca91 wrote:

Hi everyone! Could someone please just give me an idea of what this says> I don't need an exact translation, just a summery of it, it seems to be about my town. Thanks Mr. Green

.

Mike

Mike it will be easier if you attach the document...

Oh I do agree Livio.... much easier giornale

Come on Mike...where's your document???

peep

MikeSavoca91 · V.I.P. Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 399

www.solicchiata.it/sol...ta_3.1.htm OOOOOOPPPPPPPS!! Boy oh boy do I feel silly lol.

liviomoreno · Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:10 am Post subject: Re: A translation please?

In spite of the researches done in castiglione di Sicilia and in the Church of Sacro Cuore di Gesù in Solicchiata, it was not possible to find out the origin of this Village and of its name (Solicchiata).
According o some witnesses the village started at he end of feudalism and grew up at the end of 1800. The place was good at growing grapes and at that time the request of wine was high.
At he beginning there was no water nor electricity. Rich men used to build big cisterns and allowed the farmers to take water. Women had to go to the river Alcantara to wash the clothes.

MikeSavoca91 · V.I.P. Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 399

OOOOPPPPS

! I forgot I posted this. Thanks Livio! That is interesting, I love trying to understand how life was for there people...my family.

MikeSavoca91 · V.I.P. Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 399

I found these in a box of my great grandparents' thngs, and I would love to know what they mean. Grazie!

Cathy · V.I.P. Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 2681

I will leave the translations to the Italians who know what they are doing. The prayer card (Our Lady of Carmel) is signed by a Catholic nun though.
Suor is like Sister.

MikeSavoca91 · V.I.P. Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 399

Here is the photo to the first letter I wanted translated.

liviomoreno · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:54 am Post subject: Re: A translation please?

The following are not literal translation...

midgetpicletter.jpg

"27 September 1958
she (I believe it is referred to the old woman sitting on the knees of the younger one) must be blessed because she did allow to be picked up like a child. She did everything to make us laugh"

marycardwriting.jpg
"Enjoy this holy image and this medal sent by Sister Anna Blandina. You must keep them as a souvenir of her. Many kisses Sister Anna Blandina.

MikeSavoca91 · V.I.P. Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 399

Thanks Livio! That is so cool, I wish I knew who Anna Blandina was if anythng to the family.

MikeSavoca91 · V.I.P. Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 399

Can someone tell me what these say? Sorry the handwriting is sloppy!

MikeSavoca91 · V.I.P. Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 399

I would just also like to know what the name here is, could it be Erminia?

Carole · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:03 am Post subject: Re: A translation please?

Mike,
It looks like ARMINA .... I know two elderly ladies with that name....

I've translated the text I put here for you.

Nome:
ARMINA
Significato :
Nome di origine germanica che deriva da ermina o da irmina con il significato di "potente, grande": � l'appellativo del dio Tiwaz di un'antica religione germanica. Questo nome, in forma maschile, appare in un poemetto di Goethe ("Hermann und Dorothea", in italiano "Arminio e Dorotea", 1797).

Name:
ARMINA
Meaning:
A name of germanic origin that derives from 'ermina' or 'irmina' which means "powerful, great": May have been the common name of an ancient germanic religion. This name, in the masculine form, appears in small poem by Goethe "Hermann und Dorothea", in italian "Arminio e Dorotea", and in English "Herman and Dorothy" 1797).

nuccia · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:06 am Post subject: Re: A translation please?

The name is Arminia..I can say this in confidence since my name is actually Erminia and I have often had people mis spell it in the past....

Oh yea..and I like the meaning, too. I know its Greek...perhaps a derivative of Hermes.

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