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Thoughts and advice on a baptism please
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Chris | Report | 4 Jul 2011 17:14 |
I am very lucky have two photos of John Fletcher: |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 4 Jul 2011 17:41 |
You are lucky to have such early photos! They must have been one of the first to be taken. |
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Chris | Report | 4 Jul 2011 18:06 |
Thanks DetEcTive |
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Lindsey* | Report | 5 Jul 2011 08:51 |
As they weren't too hot on birthdays, perhaps his baptism date was more memorable, often given as the "start "of their life . |
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jerseylily | Report | 5 Jul 2011 09:35 |
I do a lot of work with parish records and quite a few of them have the annotation 'privately at home'. As you surmised it usually meant the child was not expected to survive. |
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Flick | Report | 5 Jul 2011 09:49 |
I have a record for a relationwhich has always puzzled me.............perhaps you'd be able to throw some light on it for me, jerseylily. I'd be grateful if you could |
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Potty | Report | 5 Jul 2011 11:39 |
Flick, found this on a rootsweb thread: |
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Chris | Report | 5 Jul 2011 16:28 |
Many thanks for the information. I will certainly look further ahead in the parish register, I did |