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== Grammatical Effects on Italian Names == | == Grammatical Effects on Italian Names == | ||
With a few exceptions, names in Italy follow the same pattern as the rest of the language: masculine names end in o, and feminine names in a. | With a few exceptions, names in Italy follow the same pattern as the rest of the language: '''masculine names end in o, and feminine names in a.''' | ||
Italian genealogical records may be in Italian or Latin and occasionally in German or French. Your ancestor’s name could be in Latin on the birth record, in Italian on the marriage record, and in Latin again on the death record. Names are often spelled quite differently when translated into different languages. | Italian genealogical records may be in Italian or Latin and occasionally in German or French. Your ancestor’s name could be in Latin on the birth record, in Italian on the marriage record, and in Latin again on the death record. Names are often spelled quite differently when translated into different languages. | ||