Birth Record Translation and general question

DebbieRose

As a long time researcher, but new to Italian records, I would like confirmation that I'm reading this record correctly and not missing important genealogical information. There are a few things I know I am missing, and need translation:

Birth record of Mariano Cilio: I believe says that on November 2?? 1867 his father Matteo Cilio of Mariano (I assume this means son of Mariano) who was born/residing in Biscari of Modica Provincia of Siracusa reported the birth. Matteo was a butcher, and the mother was Nunziata D'asta, daughter of Giovanni (I could only make this out because I already knew of her name).

What do the additional notes on the left say? Some event in Ragusa on 7 December 1948? I know sometimes death dates are added, but I don't see the word for death.

Cilio, Mariano 1867 birth.JPG

Once the parents names are identified, what is the best way to find information on them without knowing an exact birth, marriage or death date? How can I find State of the Family record, or other records that would be similar to a censuses that can be found online? Thank you!!

joseph99929

Your translation is very good, my only comments are:

• The act was dated 23 Nov 1867, and this is when the birth was reported, but the birth itself was on 22 Nov 1867 at 10:00
• Yes, Matteo Cilio's father is Mariano
• It doesn't say the father Matteo was born in Biscari (now known as Acate) per se, though it's obviously very likely to be the case

The annotation on the left is very interesting, I have never seen such an annotation before. It says he was declared incapacitated (presumably in the legal sense) by the court of Ragusa on 12 Jul 1948. So, we know he died after that date, and of course was very old, presumably with dementia.

The best way to proceed to research the parents is with their respective marriage record, or barring that, their death records. As you know, Italian records are for the most past unindexed, so the only way to research is to study each annual register individually.

Civil records for Acate 1820-1899 are available freely on Antenati: http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/v/Archivio+di+Stato+di+Ragusa/

The processetti records for 1820-1865 are extremely important as well, so do not neglect those, again available on Antenati.

So-called stato di famiglia records are not online and are very rarely even preserved from this time period (if they exist, they'd be at the comune of Acate, and not accessible to the public). I don't recommend pursuing that. In any case, they would provide no more detail than the civil records do. Italian census records are long destroyed as well.

There are old Kingdom of Sicily censuses called riveli that still exist which span the late 1500s to early 1700s, and they are actually online on FamilySearch, which is great. However, getting to the early 1700s to actually make use of these records cannot be done without a lot of research on-site in Italy, a whole other topic!

DebbieRose

Thank you so much! Everything you said is very helppful!!