D & H Stanton wrote: > Hello Listers, > > The IGI shows a Christening for SARAH WATERS in Bristol (no church named) > on January 30, 1820 - parents John & Martha. Could somebody with Parish > Registers please check if there is any additional info for that entry eg: > Mother's maiden name, child's birthdate. I am searching a John & Martha > WATERS, with daughter Sarah who relocated to Wales. Any assistance sincerely > appreciated. There's no additional information given other than the family lived in St Philip's in the parish of SS Philip & Joseph. The Bristol & Avon Family History Society (www.bafhs.org.uk/) have published a very handy series of CDs from which the above came. It's very rare for the mother's maiden name to be given. I've only seen it once in a Somerset parish and then only briefly given before the incumbent gave up. The child's DoB is only usually given if there are a number of children from the same family baptised at the same time or if the child is older than the perceived norm at baptism (first Sunday after birth) although sometimes it's only the age of the child/ren. It wasn't required information so it was purely up to the incumbent, parish clerk or whoever made up the registers. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/