Marriage Certificate from 1859

The year one thousand eight hundred and ……………….. 

The ……. of month of ……………… at the hour of………………

before us ……………………………….(Name of Mayor),

 and officials of the Civil State of ………………..(Name of town), district

of…………………… Province of …………………..

They declared in City Hall ……………………………..(name of Groom),

of the age of ………………….. born in ………………..of the

 profession of ………………………………… resident of

………………(name of town)   Son  of ……………(name of father)

of the profession ……………………resident of

……………………..and of …………….(name of mother),

 resident in………………….(name of town)  and……………………….. ……………..(name of bride) of the age …………………born in  ………

………(name of city )  resident in………………Daughter of …………………………………..(name of father)  profession……………….

Resident of ………………………………………and of …………………………….(name of mother) resident of ………………..

The above, in the presence of testimony, that here indicated have requested to receive their solemn promise of the celebration (of matrimony) before the Church, in the form prescribed by the Sacred Council of Trent, their planned marriage.

We, after their request, after having read all the documents consisting of

 (Here is a list of the documents, usually including the birth certificates of the bride and groom, the death certificate of the father (if dead) and the grandfather (if the father was dead) of the bride and groom and the written consent of the parents to the marriage.)

 and Chapter  No 6 of the Civil Code, under the title of Matrimony and the rights and obligations of the respective bride and groom, we have received from each in turn the statement of the solemn promise of the celebration of marriage before the Church in the manner prescribed by the Sacred Council of Trent.

 The current act was solemnly performed in the presence of four witnesses who are:-

 Then follows the names and ages and professions of the witnesses who were often literate persons who showed up for weddings and were probably rewarded for signing the certificate.

 The above stated act was read aloud to the couple who were given two uniform copies from the undersigned to be presented to the Parish in which the marriage will be celebrated, of those signed below…before us (and not by the bride and groom who do not know how to read and write.)

Birth Certificate

Note:  the translation is not literal in parts, I have attempted to make the words make sense to you. 

Number

Of the year one thousand eight hundred ........................................

the .......................of the month of ...............................................

at the hour of ..............................before us...................................

and the office of the Civil Status of the city of..................................

District of ...................................................................................

Province of the Terra di Lavoro appeared .......................................

age.........................................of the profession ............................

residing .......................................................................................

who presented to us a .....(sex of baby)............................................

accordingly we have seen with our own eyes and he has declared

that the same was born to.....(name of mother).................................

age........................ residing in .....................................................

and to ......(name of father)..............................................................

age.............................of the profession of.....................................

on the ............................................day of the month of................

of the year...................................at the hour of..............................

in the home..................................................................................

The same person has declared that he has given this ....(child)......

the name of ................................................................................

This presentation and declaration before said, was made in the

presence of ...............................................................................

age..........................of the profession of ......................................

residing in .................................and of ........................................

age.........................of the profession of ........................................

residing in ....................................................................................

This testimony is presented before the said persons by...............

................................................................................................

 The present act, that we have made, if necessary, was inscribed as

above in both registers, read & declared, and testimony and thence

in the day, month and year as above, signed before us...................

 NOTE:  On some earlier acts details of the baptism are included.

 INDICATION OF THE DAY IN WHICH WAS ADMINISTRATED THE

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM.

 Number................

 The year one thousand eight hundred........................................

the .........................of the month of .........................................

The parish of ...........................................................................

has returned this on the ..........................................................

of the month of...................................of the above stated year.

The notice that we have returned on the ....................................

of the month of.......................in the year ................................

of the adjacent written birth act,  at the bottom has indicated that

the Sacrament of Baptism was administrated to the

.............................................................................................

on the day ............................................................................

It is seen that the notice, after we have cited, we have disposed

of and conserved in the volume of documents on page ...............

We have further charged the parish, the receipt of the same, and

have created the present act, that is written in the two registers.

the birth certificate and indicated that we have signed....