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Irish Baptism records?

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DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 21 Feb 2012 20:44

And one thing to remember is that many Catholic children if oprhaned (or put into homes) were brought up non-Catholic.

There are many folk out there who think their Irish ancestors were Protestant only to find that they were orginally Catholic.

It was common practice to change religion in this way at institutions as Catholic children were considered not to be employable or reliable.

A good way to find this out is to watch the Amanda Redman, Who Do You Think You Are? episode which explains a lot about this phenomenon.

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

Ernie2000

Ernie2000 Report 21 Feb 2012 18:41

Thank you both. I will check familysearch. I do have that information.
thanks again!

Eringobragh1916

Eringobragh1916 Report 21 Feb 2012 10:03

Have you a specific name dates area where you are searching and importantly religion....this may narrow down your search....?

BeverleyW

BeverleyW Report 20 Feb 2012 22:09

You may be lucky and find what you want free on familysearch.org.

Researching:
Weedon - Australia, Hertfordshire; Paterson - Scotland; Elmer - Huntingdon; Ball, Lloyd, Warren - Birmingham; Branson - Bucks;

Ernie2000

Ernie2000 Report 20 Feb 2012 20:33

I was just wondering where I could find Irish Baptism records?
Thanks
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