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I'm looking for my ancestor's birth record in Teggiano/Diano, Salerno, Campania, Italy. His name was either Michele or Vito (and sometimes both!) Carrano, born on 21 May 1871. I found this record, and I can make out a few words, but I'm having trouble between the handwriting, quality of the microfilm, and the fact that I don't speak Italian! It starts about a third of the way down the left hand page. If anyone can take a look, I would appreciate it.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ZS-SWJ6?i=1758&cat=689489
Also, does anyone know of a format for these entries? I have seen templates with translations for the later forms, but not these earlier longhand ones. I have a feeling I'm going to encounter more of these in my search, so any help there would be appreciated.
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The key data on your doc are:
Newborn: Vito Carrano
Born on: 21 may 1871 in Teggiano
Father: Michele (43 yo) son of Cono (sic) - deceased
Mather: Nicoletta Mia (37 yo) daughter of Nicola (deceased)
The rest is bureocratic language - nothing interesting to report.
Regarding the template, unfortunately this register does not follow the usual pre-printed template that most municipalities were using at that time, but it's rather a free-format, that slightly varies according tho who the civil record officer is.
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Thank you so much! This is a great lead for my research, I'm just a little closer to solving a family mystery. It's interesting that the registers in this comune is doing its own thing. I'll get the hang of it someday!
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> It's interesting that the registers in this comune is doing its own thing.
Not sure what you mean here? This is a pretty standard entry for 1866-1874 birth records.
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The standard form for the Kingdom of Italy in the 1870s was a pre-printed book were only the key info were recorded (eg no credentials of the registering officer).
Pls see below an example:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9944-37Y9?i=1005&cc=2043493
Fully handwritten records were usually limited to cases were the event (birth, death, etc) happened elswere and was later transcribed in the register of the "comune" of residence.
Hope this clarifies my comment....
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PS: I did a quick check and I think Cousin Vinny is right, even in the roll of the example I sent, pre-1874 records are fully handwritten.
One more learning point!
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Correct - There were pre-printed forms adopted for the Part I (normal) records beginning in 1875. Prior to 1866 in the Kingdom of Two Sicilies (Napoli and Sicilia) there were also pre-printed forms - even going back to the Napoleonic era forms in the Kingdom of Napoli from 1809-1814.
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Thank you for all of this information! I'm just starting my research in this area, and there is so much to learn.
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Highly recommend you check out these resources:
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Italy_Civil_Registration
https://script.byu.edu/Pages/the-italian-documents/it-records-extraction-guide(english)
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