20-04-2012, 09:20
Hello, Thank you so much for the copies of the Zahra marriage details and especially for the copy of Will (testamento)as per web site of Cosma(?)Zahra dated 1658(?). I have only now managed to have a good look at the Will details.
As suspected some details entered in the web site on this Will are not correct.
(a)The name should be Cosmo (not Cosma)and (b)the Will date should be 1638 not 1658. This may or may not be critical, but it certainly is for me to enable me to 'join the dots' as they say!
For those interested:
(a)The correct name (Cosmo)can be confirmed by the details given of his sons and wives in the Will (and then their corresponding marriage details which indicate Cosmo or Gusmano)
and
(b)The correct date is 1638 not 1658 and can be confirmed from (i)the marriage details of his sons where he is indicted as being deceased in 1645/1646 and (ii)from the actual copy of the document, which admittedly is not very clear on the '3' or '5' number, but, on examing the entries before and after I feel certain that it is 1638. This also means that the data on the page (ie the data before the Cosmo Zahra Will entry)as regards the other Marriages/Wills is entered incorrectly in the web site (ie as to the date).
You may wish to amend the web site accordingly.
Should anyone want more details or info on this (or on the Zahra line in Malta!)I would be very pleased to help.
Let me again say how delighted I am to have found this web site. It has enabled me to make significant strides in the family tree which would have been impossible otherwise. It is a very great idea and those behind it deserve a lot of praise. Very well doen indeed!
Should I be able to help anyone in any way please do let me know (unfortunately I do not speak French, but I am sure we can manage somehow!).
Tony Zahra
As suspected some details entered in the web site on this Will are not correct.
(a)The name should be Cosmo (not Cosma)and (b)the Will date should be 1638 not 1658. This may or may not be critical, but it certainly is for me to enable me to 'join the dots' as they say!
For those interested:
(a)The correct name (Cosmo)can be confirmed by the details given of his sons and wives in the Will (and then their corresponding marriage details which indicate Cosmo or Gusmano)
and
(b)The correct date is 1638 not 1658 and can be confirmed from (i)the marriage details of his sons where he is indicted as being deceased in 1645/1646 and (ii)from the actual copy of the document, which admittedly is not very clear on the '3' or '5' number, but, on examing the entries before and after I feel certain that it is 1638. This also means that the data on the page (ie the data before the Cosmo Zahra Will entry)as regards the other Marriages/Wills is entered incorrectly in the web site (ie as to the date).
You may wish to amend the web site accordingly.
Should anyone want more details or info on this (or on the Zahra line in Malta!)I would be very pleased to help.
Let me again say how delighted I am to have found this web site. It has enabled me to make significant strides in the family tree which would have been impossible otherwise. It is a very great idea and those behind it deserve a lot of praise. Very well doen indeed!
Should I be able to help anyone in any way please do let me know (unfortunately I do not speak French, but I am sure we can manage somehow!).
Tony Zahra