"Joe" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>... > In some of the vital records of Itri, Italy, I found such a phrase as > Ciccarelli dico Riccardi. What I was told is this: the scribe made an error > when writing the first surname(Ciccarelli) and meant to write the second > surname(Riccardi). Can any one verify that this is the meaning of dico in > this phrase? > thank you Yes, Joe, it's right. Some years ago the town clerk (in Italy) made an error when writing my surname on my identity document and to remedy to the problem he added a foot note with the word "dico" followed by my correct surname. Nicola