Mazara Nati — Majale

Restoration nati, Mazara del Vallo. Book spelling Majale — J for the same y-glide modern Italian writes as I in Maiale; not a different surname. Target is a male Nicolò ~1862–63 (Triangle Red Cross: father age 49 in March 1911). The letter-story is on The Name Maiale.

As of 14 Sep 2026: three 1863 fathers on the M index; acts not opened; 1862 Born not opened. Clan map: Majale cluster.

Register

1864 Mazara Nati · Restoration list

One 1864 Born book, 502 images. Index at the back (~pag. 495). Book spelling Majale.

What the index seemed to say

A first pass on pag. 495 read a line as: 216 — Majale Maria — Luciano / Matta Baglio — 26 9bre (26 Nov 1864). That reading is still unverified at high resolution. The 216 = act number part is now known to be wrong.

What the acts actually show

Printed Num. d'ordine on the certificates is reliable. Sample:

Image	Act #	Date
221	216	May 1864 — Luigi + Pietra Di Marco. Not Majale.
420	413	November
431–437	~424–430	~19–26 Nov. No Majale / Luciano / Baglio.
440	433	December

So atto 216 is not Maria Majale. The November window that matches “26 9bre” (acts ~413–430) has no Majale heading either. Acts 431–432 (images 438–439) are the last possible late-November slots before December.

⚪ Not Nicolo. Wrong sex even if the Maria line is real. Nicolo’s age 49 in 1911 is from the Triangle fire Red Cross Case 53 — see Triangle — so birth nearer 1862 than 1864.

1863 Born index — pag. 474 (M), opened 2026-09-14

1863 Mazara Nati search

Index readings only. Not verified against the printed Num. d'ordine on the acts. Do not assume the leading number is the act number (that mistake burned 1864).

Index #	Child	Father (read)	Mother (read)	Date (read)
51	Majale Francesca	Nicolò Majale (adult)	Chiono? Catterina	~6 Jan
96	Majale Catterina	Luciano Majale	Pugliese? / M. Catterina	day ~15
301	Majale Rosaria	Ignazio Majale	Bagnasco?	later in 1863

🟡 Three Majale fathers in 1863 — Nicolò, Luciano, Ignazio. Working assumption: brothers (or close paternal cousins). The three girls are then first cousins. Adult Nicolò is not our 1911 man. 1863 M had no baby Nicolò. Clan map: Majale cluster.

Next (in this order)

1. Open 1863 acts 51 → 96 → 301 (clan map: father’s age, fu name, mother’s maiden name). Invert colors. Trust printed Num. d'ordine only.
2. 1862 Born M — still the direct hunt for baby Nicolò.
3. 1926 Morti and ~1884–1886 Matrimoni — name our Nicolò’s father in one shot.

Working household map (who might be brothers, who might be the father): Majale cluster. Mainland hypotheses: From the mainland. Triangle household: Triangle.