Hi Veronica I can't vouch for Ireland but in other places in the UK I have yet to see a stillbirth in a baptismal register They are sometimes recorded in burial registers, as in the Catholic faith, you can't baptise a deceased or stillborn child, I would not have thought the church would have recorded them in a baptismal register Perhaps others more experienced in research in Ireland can chime in if they know more It was quite some years after England/Wales and Scotland that Ireland started to record stillbirths under the civil system Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 09/07/2015 15:22, Veronica via wrote: > > > Does anyone know what the usual practice would be for Irish stillbirths? > Would they be entered in the baptismal register? I am trying to explain a > large gap in births for some of my ancestors. In German records I have found > notations of stillborns in the baptismal records. > Veronica

Of all the parish registers I have transcribed and those yet to be done and I can tell you I have read many in Ireland, I cannot recall ever seeing a deceased child referred to as still born, I have noted these words Church of Ireland were a bit more forthcoming with these notations 1- died shortly after birth 2- private baptism ( generally meant child not expected to live) But Roman Catholic the most I have seen is child is illegitimate or a b.........d...... As Nivard has said it was a long tome before still births were recorded in as much deaths were not actually recorded for many years in registers either of child or adult. A large gap between births can suggest many things, 1- the hubby was working away which did happen seasonally for some irish folk 2- he may have been in jail 3-woman may have miscarried much like today really only thing that never changes with research is the actual facts of what faces a woman when she is in her child bearing years. Good luck in your search Cara -----Original Message----- From: Nivard Ovington via Sent: Friday, July 10, 2015 2:14 AM To: cotipperary@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [COTIPPERARY] COTIPPERARY Digest, Vol 10, Issue 84 Hi Veronica I can't vouch for Ireland but in other places in the UK I have yet to see a stillbirth in a baptismal register They are sometimes recorded in burial registers, as in the Catholic faith, you can't baptise a deceased or stillborn child, I would not have thought the church would have recorded them in a baptismal register Perhaps others more experienced in research in Ireland can chime in if they know more It was quite some years after England/Wales and Scotland that Ireland started to record stillbirths under the civil system Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 09/07/2015 15:22, Veronica via wrote: > > > Does anyone know what the usual practice would be for Irish stillbirths? > Would they be entered in the baptismal register? I am trying to explain a > large gap in births for some of my ancestors. In German records I have > found > notations of stillborns in the baptismal records. > Veronica When replying to a message in the digest please do two things: 1. Change the 'Subject' to that of the message you are replying to. 2. Delete all the messages above and below the one you are concerned with. Thank You. All of the past messages of this list can be found in the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cotipperary ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTIPPERARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message