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chatillion 71M
2283 posts
6/10/2018 3:10 pm
Old Documents...

My brother has been doing genealogy for as long as I can remember. He's got photos and copies of birth certificates probably 6 or 7 generations dating back to Italy. I called him this morning on the way back from helicopter flying and somehow the conversation went to finding our father's birth certificate. Although he's the keeper of records, I'm actually keeper of the documents and original photos.

I opened the 'vault' today, a fire resistant box I keep in the linen closet that had all the old documents. Unable to find what I was looking for, I was surprised to see the oldest document in my collection. It's the original Baptism certificate for my grandmother dated 1903 from the Chiesa dell' Immacolata Concezione (Church of the Immaculate Conception) New York City. The hand written document is in Italian with a seal from the State of New York.

My calculator says 115 years...

There are creases everywhere as it's been folded lots of different ways but the document has maintained it's clarity even as the paper has turned golden brown.
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chatillion 71M
1570 posts
6/10/2018 3:11 pm

 I color scanned it at 600dpi and emailed a copy to my brother.