Help with Marriage Record
The 4 November 1843 marriage record for Giovanni D’Asta, 21 years old, born in Vittoria, and now a peasant farmer living in Biscari has a few things that I am unclear on :
If I read it correctly Giovanni is the son of the deceased Giambatista [D’Asta]. But, if Giambatista is dead why does it list an age (30 something?) and residence (Vittoria?). Also was his profession husband?
Similarly, the mother Munda? or Munavo? Nunzia was deceased, but gives an age 28. Was Nunzia the given name or the surname?
I read this as Giovanni's bride's given name was Celeste and Santa was her surname, but I am wondering if I have it backwards? I also cannot determine her age or where born. She was the daughter of the deceased Nunzio (38 years old), but what was his profession?
Was her mother Genova Carmela or was Genova the surname?
Thank you!
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I've seen ages of deceased parents on Sicilian marriage records before and it makes no sense to me either. I believe it's the age of the parents at the time of their death, but I've noticed this is not always the case. Therefore, I recommend simply ignoring these ages.
The father of the groom was a muratore, a builder/mason
It seems this clerk wrote given name then surname, so the mother of the bride is Nunzia MUNCADA, the bride is Santa CELESTE, and the mother of the bride was Carmela GENOVA.
The bride was born in Biscari/Acate, while the groom hailed from Vittoria. The father of the bride Nunzio CELESTE was a farmer.
By the way, now that you are into 1820-1865 marriages, you can also hunt for the processetti record on Antenati as well. This is the marriage application file and contains many documents. At minimum, you will find the birth certificates of the bride and groom, and the death certificates of any ex-spouses (if the case may be) as well as any dead parents, and in some cases even the paternal grandfather.
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Once again, thank you for your help! I appreciate the comments and insights, along with the translations.
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Thank you Joseph. Antenati file is something we need to make known to other members of the group.
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An added comment: I had already identified/obtained the file, but haven't had a chance to look at it. Any explanation of how it differs from simply researching each vital record separately would be great.
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The processetti package always includes the birth record of the bride and groom, the deaths of the parents (if dead), the death of the ex-spouses (if widowed), and sometimes includes additional documents like the death record of the paternal grandfather of the bride and groom.
The advantages to researching in the processetti as opposed to searching for each birth/death record manually are that it saves a lot of time, that it guarantees you are getting the right records (in case there are multiple people in the place with similar names), but most important of all, that it allows research beyond 1820. Since civil registration began in Sicily in 1820, if the birth or death happened before 1820, rather than a civil birth/death certificate, you will find a church certificate instead. So when the births or deaths happened before 1820, the processetti will give you data that is not otherwise accessible since church records are generally not online.
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@LWhitehead56 Antenati (http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/) is a free site with Italian genealogical records. There is a lot of overlap between FamilySearch and Antenati, but there are some records available only on one or the other, so it's good to check both.
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