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baptisims and christenings

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InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 10 Feb 2009 11:11

How do you know that with certainty? If you are talking about pre 1837 then the actual birth date was often not officially recorded.

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 10 Feb 2009 11:08

Jonesy

Some helpful incumbents put the date of birth in the baptism record.

I have one in Hampstead who did but the next incumbent didn't.... annoyingly!

Chris

Researching:
Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/

Rebekah

Rebekah Report 10 Feb 2009 11:08

I will double check. I got some of the dates form ancestry.com and some froma very distant relation who has been researching th tree for about 20 years.

Many thanks

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 10 Feb 2009 11:06

In the 16c it was normal practice fro a child to be baptised on the day of birth or the next day.

Later practice was usually 2 to 3 days after birth but often longer.

If you have been given the info and the person has produced it from a family tree programme it may be it is the way they have entered it has created duplicate dates....I would go back and check with them.

Chris

Researching:
Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/

Rebekah

Rebekah Report 10 Feb 2009 10:51

I have found a few relations how were born and christened/ baptisied on the same day.
Was this normal practise back in the 1700 and 1800's or should I assume that I have been given some wrong dates for events?

Many thanks

Rebekah