Good day listers. I have come across a reference to what would appear to be a religious persuasion that I have never before heard of. It's from a baptismal record in 1941, a Catholic baptism for a fellow born in 1913, who was converting from "New Jerusalem". I've googled and binged and searched around and can find vague references to this, but nothing specific. I do bump into references from it as being an Australian practice. I just wondered if anyone has heard of this before in their research? This isn't a fellow in my family, but just someone I "met" while transcribing some information. I'm going to look into his background if I can to see if perhaps he was from Australia; then I will wonder how on earth he ended up in this neck of the woods. Anyway - just a curiosity for a Saturday afternoon. Hope all are doing well and enjoying the summer. Deborah

New Jerusalem = Swedenborgian See definition in: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14355a.htm Cheers! Doreen ======== > Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:09:27 -0400 > From: deborahc8@gmail.com > To: can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] NEW JERUSALEM denomination? > > Good day listers. I have come across a reference to what would appear to be > a religious persuasion that I have never before heard of. It's from a > baptismal record in 1941, a Catholic baptism for a fellow born in 1913, who > was converting from "New Jerusalem". I've googled and binged and searched > around and can find vague references to this, but nothing specific. I do > bump into references from it as being an Australian practice. I just > wondered if anyone has heard of this before in their research? This isn't a > fellow in my family, but just someone I "met" while transcribing some > information. I'm going to look into his background if I can to see if > perhaps he was from Australia; then I will wonder how on earth he ended up > in this neck of the woods. > > Anyway - just a curiosity for a Saturday afternoon. Hope all are doing well > and enjoying the summer. > > Deborah > ***************** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy > > Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message