Hi all Could I say thank you re my Brooks Poole query a week ago to Lynne and Vanessa. But a quick question if I may re baptisms and " Received into the Church" ... I have a baptism entry in one parish register for a child with name and parents names and 30 Mar 1763 ..........and in a neighbouring ( literally next door) parish register under baptisms another entry for that child also with name and parents names and also 30 Mar 1763 plus born "27 Sep 1762" and " received into Church" I was just wondering if it had any significance and any explanation would be gratefully received.......thanks --------------------- Richard Lamb

Is the signature of the minister the same? I wonder if one of the churches was in a daughter parish at the time of the baptism, and they later became 2 separate parishes. It's not uncommon to see similar double entries in London registers and usually it is because the baptism has been performed in the church of St XXXX in the parish of St YYYY, or even in a chapel of rest within a parish. The 'received into' statement, as you probably know, occurs within the established church when a child is brought to church at a later date, having been privately baptised at home because he or she is not expected to live. Alternatively, were both churches C of E? Sometimes a non conformist churches is described as being within the parish of a C of E church because geographically that is where it was. HB --- On Tue, 21/9/10, Richard Lamb <lambikins@ozemail.com.au> wrote: > From: Richard Lamb <lambikins@ozemail.com.au> > Subject: [DOR] Question re Baptisms and a thanks also > To: DORSET@rootsweb.com > Date: Tuesday, 21 September, 2010, 8:54 > Hi all > > Could I say thank you re my Brooks Poole query a week ago > to Lynne and Vanessa.  > > But a quick question if I may re baptisms and " Received > into the Church" ... I have a baptism entry in one  > parish register for a child with name and parents names and > 30 Mar 1763 ..........and in a neighbouring ( literally next > door) parish register under baptisms another entry for that > child also with name and parents names and also 30 Mar > 1763  plus born  "27 Sep 1762" and " received into > Church" > > I was just wondering if it had any significance and any > explanation would be gratefully received.......thanks > --------------------- > Richard Lamb > > *************************************** > >

Hi Richard, When a child was born and not expected to live, a baptism was conducted almost immediately either by the midwife or by the vicar. This was entered into the baptism register and usually marked (though not always) as a private baptism. Part of the normal baptism ceremony was for a child to be received into the church by the congregation, but of course this couldn't happen in this case. If the child survived, this latter part of the ceremony was conducted some weeks later and this is when you see baptisms marked as "received into the church". Of course this doesn't mean that the child didn't subsequently die. The only thing you can usually assume from such entries is that the child was probably born close to the first baptism date and was not expected to live. Hope this helps. Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Lamb" <lambikins@ozemail.com.au> To: <DORSET@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 8:54 AM Subject: [DOR] Question re Baptisms and a thanks also > Hi all > > Could I say thank you re my Brooks Poole query a week ago to Lynne and > Vanessa. > > But a quick question if I may re baptisms and " Received into the Church" > ... I have a baptism entry in one parish register for a child with name > and parents names and 30 Mar 1763 ..........and in a neighbouring ( > literally next door) parish register under baptisms another entry for that > child also with name and parents names and also 30 Mar 1763 plus born > "27 Sep 1762" and " received into Church" > > I was just wondering if it had any significance and any explanation would > be gratefully received.......thanks > --------------------- > Richard Lamb > > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list > members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything > which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the > footers which will be put back anyway!) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DORSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > _______________________________________ > No infections found in this incoming message > Scanned by iolo System Shield® > http://www.iolo.com > _______________________________________ No infections found in this outgoing message Scanned by iolo System Shield® http://www.iolo.com