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Sidami

Sidami Report 17 Apr 2007 19:12

I have one of my ancestors on the census years from Edenham Lincs year c1826 well I have looked in the records for the parish registers and I can't find him anywhere, did you not have to be baptised in 1826? Sue

Researching:
Ringrose from Countesthorpe Lord and Burley from Countesthorpe...Dixon Dawson Wood and Wilkinson from Caistor ,Starkey and Wood from Edendam. Hare from Horncastle.

Newby CI

Newby CI Report 17 Apr 2007 19:57

Hi Sue, My g.g.grandfather was as far as I can see was never baptised.No one on this site could find anything under his known name. X

Ajwyorks

Ajwyorks Report 17 Apr 2007 20:15

Nobody HAD to be baptised although most people were.The parish registers are for Church of England baptisms - other denominations had their own registers,

Sidami

Sidami Report 17 Apr 2007 20:40

thankyou...it seemed strange that all his siblings were in parish records

Researching:
Ringrose from Countesthorpe Lord and Burley from Countesthorpe...Dixon Dawson Wood and Wilkinson from Caistor ,Starkey and Wood from Edendam. Hare from Horncastle.

Heather

Heather Report 17 Apr 2007 20:58

I guess you looked at any born to the right named parents? I mean it could be a boy baptised in one name then went on to use a different name when he was older.

Laura

Laura Report 17 Apr 2007 22:43

You took the words out of my mouth Heather! lol.... I have a few like this in my tree..... they were known by different names later on, often middle names. It can be frustrating, I know, but hang onin there! Laura

Helen in Kent

Helen in Kent Report 17 Apr 2007 22:50

Frustrating, isn't it??? I have 3 liitle kiddies who seemed to arrive on this planet between 1867 and 1871 but were never registered, christened, or whatever. I am beginning to believe in fairies!

Researching:
Locke, Rochester, Portsea, Derby

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 18 Apr 2007 07:23

11 years on, I'm still looking for some proof of my 2 x great grandfather's parents. Fair play to the man, he doesn't change his mind about age or birthplace on the various census returns.... but I can't find him in parish records. There is a couple with the right ( unusual) surname having children baptised in the right parish. 'Dad' has the same trade as did Henry, later on. There is even a convenient gap between other children's baptisms, .... but no Henry there or in the surrounding parishes. Each time I go to the Record Office, I think 'This might be the day that I find him '... but it's not happened yet. Gwyn