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Member Since: May 2005 Posts: 153 Send Message	Paul	Report	3 Mar 2007 20:21
Member Since: May 2005 Posts: 153 Send Message	On a microfil listing baptisms in 1945 i found an entry which i was looking for but next to the entry it said the following '2 weeks private' does anyone know what this means? any help would be appreciated thank you
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 5,644 Send Message	KeithInFujairah	Report	3 Mar 2007 20:30
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 5,644 Send Message	Probably age two weeks, and Private baptism probably in the home, possibly because the child was not expected to live.
Member Since: May 2005 Posts: 153 Send Message	Paul	Report	3 Mar 2007 21:18
Member Since: May 2005 Posts: 153 Send Message	thank you keith
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 7,044 Send Message	Rachel	Report	3 Mar 2007 21:24
	privet and oublic refer to how the baptisum was done. Private is either at home ot in church with just the prist, parents and godparents preasent Public is in front of the whole congregarition.. 2 weeks could be the age. my lot gave ages of 10d, 6m, 10w and 2y depending on the childs age. also seen some that said adult.