Questions tagged [baptism-records]
For questions about finding or interpreting records of baptisms or christenings, such as parish registers or baptism certificates. Baptism is a Christian rite commonly performed in infancy.
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Locating Birth Certificate City in Oviedo
I am trying to locate the Birth Certificate or Fe de Bautismo for my grandfather. I have his full name and place of birth said Oviedo, Asturias. I have his DOB although the date and month might be ...
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Confirming ancestor without birth or baptism certificate
I have traced my 3rd great grandfather Joseph Knight (Cold Ashton, Gloucestershire 1820) through the censuses and he is consistent with his birth place. On his marriage certificate his father is ...
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Clarification about name of father on baptism v birth. and location of father as solider in 1920?
I have been researching one of my wife's uncles (her grandfathers youngest brother. I received his birth certificate in the post today:
The above confirms that her grandfather did have a third ...
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Birth Record for Anders Johansson Kålander (Finland)
Anders Johansson Kålander was born on 22 September 1810. He appears on the 1855-1862 Communion Record for Kokkola Parish with his wife, Caisa, and his 3 children.
I've already searched the Kokkola ...
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Where or what is "Saphoy"?
The uploaded image is a baptismal record from 18 Sep 1646 in Winnenden near Stuttgart, Wuerttemberg. I found the record at
"Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-...
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What is word relating to wife of father in 1759 English (Somerset) baptism record?
This is from a 1759 baptism record in England. It reads, James, son of James Shepherd & Mary his wife of ????? baptized Jan 1 1759" The term is repeated for several other records but most are ...
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Seeking exact birthplace of Catherine Kennedy 1829-1893 in the Limerick area
My great grandmother Catherine was born into a very large family of Andrew Kennedy 1815-1869 and Mary Hogan b. 1811. She was sentenced for stealing a cow to 7 years transportation to Van Diemen's Land ...
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Was Catharine Elisabeth Schweitzer from Weiterode baptised twice?
I've run into an odd situation. Catharine Elisabeth Schweitzer was baptised in Weiterode in 1822. She is the first child of the parents. However, the next birth record for the same parents is from ...
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German Ancestor - Schroeder (Shrader) Connecting Families
I inherited the German records of my family tree from a distant relative 20 years ago (no sources, just a descendant list). It has special meaning to me because it got me started in Genealogy. ...
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Multiple German Given Names
I believe that these are the birth records of my GGGrandmother and her sister. In the USA, they were known as Sophia (1st pict) and Mary (2nd pict). Their parents were known as Christ and Sophia. The ...
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1695 Baptism at sea?
My great(5)-grandfather Daniel Cooper Sr. was (supposedly) born at sea, the story told in Littell (First Settlers of the Passaic Valley) is commonly repeated:
But if this actually happened (there are ...
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How can we find a record that we see on Ancestry on another website?
Here is background for me asking this question ...
I have located a Baptism Entry using Ancestry:
Name: Austin Harries
Birth: 1914
Baptism Date: 2 Sept 1914
This is what I see when using Ancestry on ...
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Understanding Irish Baptismal registration of Owen Leahy in 19 Aug 1852
Ancestry.com claims that this is a Baptismal record for Owen Leahy, son of Owen Leahy and Peg Walsh. Looking at the source material, I don't understand how they determined the name (or age) of the ...
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Transcribing and making sense of baptism record written in Kurrent
This baptism record is from Creuzburg, in 1758. The bits in brackets are the bits I'm having trouble with.
20.† Anna Maria, [Vyl] Nicolaus Beckens, Ackermanns
zu [Elmau] töchterlein ist den 11. ...
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Assessing accuracy of profession stated on daughter's baptismal record
While researching my great-grandmother, Celia Anna Gadd (1865-1915), I found a baptismal record dated December 15, 1872, which shows that she and her sisters Ada (b.1863) and Alice (b.1867) were ...
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