Daily Ancestor cheat sheet

Italian words in old records

nato, battesimo, fu, vedova: the Italian of civil and parish records. Free to print and share. Full explanations: dailyancestor.com/dictionary/italian

agosto: August
anni: Years (of age)
aprile: April
atto: Official record (act)
battesimo: Baptism, christening
bracciale: Laborer working by hand
celibe: Never-married man
comune: Municipality, town government
contadino: Peasant, farm worker
dicembre: December
domiciliato: Residing, domiciled
esposto: Foundling (abandoned child)
febbraio: February
figlio: Son (figlia: daughter)
frazione: Hamlet within a comune
fu: The late (already dead)
gennaio: January
giugno: June
levatrice: Midwife
luglio: July
madre: Mother
madrina: Godmother
maggio: May
marzo: March
massaro: Farmer who ran a farm or estate
milleottocento: One thousand eight hundred
morto: Dead, died
nato: Born
novembre: November
nubile: Never-married woman
ottobre: October
padre: Father
padrino: Godfather
parrocchia: Parish
possidente: Landowner living from property
processetti: Marriage document packet
proietto: Foundling (Rome and the south)
pubblicazioni: Marriage banns
sepolto: Buried
settembre: September
sindaco: Mayor
sposi: Bride and groom, the couple
ufficiale dello stato civile: Civil registrar
vedova: Widow
vedovo: Widower