Hello - I don't know if this will help you or not. My father b.21 October 1891, used to say that he was not certain of his birthdate. The family had a long walk into the closest town to his village of birth. It could have been 1-3 days after his birth. Good luck. Jane

MJHODGE@aol.com wrote: > > Hello - I don't know if this will help you or not. > My father b.21 October 1891, used to say that he was not certain of > his birthdate. The family had a long walk into the closest town to his > village of birth. It could have been 1-3 days after his birth. > Good luck. Jane It has been my experience that in villages in central and eastern Europe, where there were R.C. churches, baptisms were generally performed 1-3 days after birth of child. A midwife may even have attended the birth, but often availability of the parish priest was a factor as to when baptism was actually performed.