I have one weak link in my Romano family line and am wondering if anyone has any thoughts or can lead me to information that can provide further verification.

Vincenzo Romano and Pietra Ruggeri were married on May 25, 1819.

The marriage record in the 1568-1910 spreadsheet is #15110 and it's on page #91.

Vincenzo's father is listed as Ambrogio and his mother is Margarita, with no maiden name.

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So next I wanted to find the listing for Ambrogio and Margarita's marriage, to find out who Ambrogio Romano's parents were.

There are three marriages which list an Ambroggio (<-- all have two Gs) Romano as the groom. The 1883 and 1855 ones can quickly be ruled out, of course, and that leaves us with the one from the year 1787.

That's record #15079 in the spreadsheet, with no page number listed.

Ambroggio (two Gs) Romano is listed as the groom, his father is Gaspare, and his mother is Rosaria.

However, the bride's name is: "Marisaria*." <-- The name has an asterisk next to it. What does that indicate?

Her last name is Armetta, and her parents are Vincenzo and Giacoma.

I have been unable to locate any other first name Marisaria's in any of the spreadsheets, so I'm wondering if it's just an uncommon name, or
if that was a guess by someone, i.e., it was difficult to read, and that's why the asterisk is there?

When looking at "Marisaria*'s" parents' marriage (record #1047, no page # shown, year: 1758), I see that Vincenzo Armetta's mother was named: "Margherita" - so there's a Margarita family connection.

Also, while looking at other marriages, I see that one of
Vincenzo Romano's (<-- Ambrogio and Margarita Romano's son) and Pietra Ruggeri's daughters is named Margarita in her marriage record (13461, in 1844). Another Margarita connection.

While looking at scanned baptism records, estimating the timeframe of her birth, I see that there was a "Margarita.. Armetta" born during the 1764-1773 time frame - the "M3" .jpg. But I couldn't glean anything from the page (99) associated with that name.

The 1538-1777 GEDCOM file ends with Gaspare Romano (husband of Rosaria or Rosalia Carollo), the generation just prior to Ambroggio (Margarita's husband), so I was unable to solve the problem using that.

We don't have the images for the period 1778-1807, and without those it's hard to tell.

Marisaria* would indicate that the name was difficult to read and that is what it looked like. It could easily be Margarita.

Margarita Armetta from the baptism book 1764-1773......if the page # is 99 and you can't find the record there...then go to the next page (100) and check the left side of the page. Some recorders listed the page # of a new page on the right side of the page and the same # on the left side of the next page, as in this case.

The record you refer to is for "Francesca Maria Vincenza Margarita Armetta, which you'll find on the bottom of the left side of page 100. If the child had several names you may find each of the names listed separately in the index. Her parents are Vincenzo and Giacoma. Their marriage is on page 38 of 1755-1777 marriages.

Hope this helps

Angelina

Thanks for all of your help and for responding so quickly! I'm going to presume for now that I'm connected through Gaspare Romano and Rosaria [15095], and put an asterisk in my records until I can get further verification.