That would make sense, if the couple and their children were from one area. The couple I'm checking on, however, had 2 children in Michigan, then moved to Hull, and had another one, then had all 3 children baptised into the Catholic church? Seems strange. We are not at all certain what went on, but are eternally grateful that they did something that showed where they were. I also found the 2 people who were the children's sponsors in the 1891 census for Hull. Lots of treasures for this family!!! Myra Herron Joan & Wayne Wilton <[email protected]> wrote: Many regions of early Canada, and I assume the US, didn't have resident clergy yet. They depended on cirucit ministers who got to their area perhaps only a few times a year and with their arrival, marriages of a number of couples and baptisms, sometimes of a whole family, were performed. It wouldn't be unheard of for a family to travel to another area to have their child/children baptized rather than risk no baptism at all in a era when survival was uncertain. When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message MYRA HERRON This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. "Political correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical, liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end." unknown 'Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote!'