Tony just brought in Domenico’s baptism certificate from the parish of Lagnasco. It came in the mail today. That is the most important document I need to collect. I got goosebumps looking at it. It’s all really going to happen. I can feel it.
Despite my limited Italian, I finished writing letters to the parish of St. Germain Chisone (for Harriet's baptism certificate) and the parish of Lagnasco (for Domenico's baptism certificate). Since they were both born a good thirty years before Italy was unified, apparently no civil birth records exist. However, church baptismal…
We had a stroke of inspiration over the weekend. Teresa was unsatisfied with several documents in our collection. First of all (and seemingly, her most serious worry) were the two illegible documents (the death certificates for Louis and Domenico). Next, she wanted an actual birth or baptism certificate from his…
Tony went by himself to the comune yesterday, chocolates in hand. When he walked into the chocolate shop, there was a man in front of him in line who got a delectable sample platter, so Tony just ordered the same thing when he got to the front of the line.…