24-02-2025, 08:31
Hello,
This seems like a complex case.
First of all, our records of Maltese baptisms are very incomplete, so not finding a baptism in them does not mean it does not exist.
Moreover, their lives may have involved a lot of traveling. They might have married somewhere other than Malta or Pachino, perhaps on another Sicilian island.
One approach could be to try skipping a generation and searching directly for Giuseppe’s grandparents!
Do you have a list of all the children of Giovanni and Palma? The grandparents’ names are likely among the children’s names.
Next, you need to estimate the grandparents’ marriage date. With some luck, there won’t be too many potential grandparents. Then, you can check that parish’s records to see if they baptized a Giovanni.
Additionally, census records can be useful to determine when Giovanni left for Pachino by checking when he disappears from the registers. However, for this, you need to know his parish.
If you find any more information, feel free to reach out to us!
This seems like a complex case.
First of all, our records of Maltese baptisms are very incomplete, so not finding a baptism in them does not mean it does not exist.
Moreover, their lives may have involved a lot of traveling. They might have married somewhere other than Malta or Pachino, perhaps on another Sicilian island.
One approach could be to try skipping a generation and searching directly for Giuseppe’s grandparents!
Do you have a list of all the children of Giovanni and Palma? The grandparents’ names are likely among the children’s names.
Next, you need to estimate the grandparents’ marriage date. With some luck, there won’t be too many potential grandparents. Then, you can check that parish’s records to see if they baptized a Giovanni.
Additionally, census records can be useful to determine when Giovanni left for Pachino by checking when he disappears from the registers. However, for this, you need to know his parish.
If you find any more information, feel free to reach out to us!