[[File:Ruffinu_Coloru_Marriage_Ozieri_1852.JPG|150px|right|Giovanni's marriage, 1852: he is called Giuseppe Salvatore herein.]]

[[File:Ruffinu_Family_Nule_1851.JPG|150px|right|Giovanni in Luigi's household in Nule, 1851]]

[[File:Ruffinu_Culeddu_Marriage_Ozieri_1852.JPG|150px|right|Giovanni's marriage, 1852: he is called Giuseppe Salvatore herein.]]

[[File:Antonio_Francesco_Ruffinu_Baptism_Ozieri_1855.JPG|150px|right|Antonio's baptism, 1855: note Giuseppe Salvatore corrected to Giovanni.]]

[[File:Antonio_Francesco_Ruffinu_Baptism_Ozieri_1855.JPG|150px|right|Antonio's baptism, 1855: note Giuseppe Salvatore corrected to Giovanni.]]

[[File:Giovanni_Maria_Ruffini_Baptism_Ozieri_1857.JPG|150px|right|Giovanni Maria's baptism, 1857: he is called Giuseppe Salvatore herein.]]

[[File:Giovanni_Maria_Ruffinu_Baptism_Ozieri_1857.JPG|150px|right|Giovanni Maria's baptism, 1857: he is called Giuseppe Salvatore herein.]]

This article provides a reconstruction of evidence from Nule and Ozieri to establish the identity of our ancestor, the father of [[Giovanni Maria (Giomaria) Ruffinu]]. I make the claims in this article without proof, but assert them as the most logical interpretation of the available evidence. Its basic claim is that our ancestor appearing as Giuseppe Salvatore Ruffinu in [[Ozieri]] is in fact a man named Giovanni Ruffinu born in [[Nule]].

This article provides a reconstruction of evidence from Nule and Ozieri to establish the identity of our ancestor, the father of [[Giovanni Maria (Giomaria) Ruffinu]]. I make the claims in this article without proof, but assert them as the most logical interpretation of the available evidence. Its basic claim is that our ancestor appearing as Giuseppe Salvatore Ruffinu in [[Ozieri]] is in fact a man named Giovanni Ruffinu born in [[Nule]].