George, In the majority of cases I have found that only the record of the baptism date is shown. However this very much depends upon the parish and minister who was doing the recording. If you are lucky then you will find two columns in the records showing both the date of birth and the baptism . In most cases when both are shown the dates are usually between 2-30 days apart but there appears to be no fixed rule this. Cheers Ian in Hong Kong ----- Original Message ----- From: <Georger14738@aol.com> To: <DUR-NBL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 5:00 PMo this. Subject: [DUR-NBL] Parish Records > Could anyone please explain to me if the parish records before 1837 only > give the Babtisms or can you find out the date of the birth. Thanks in > advance. > Still have a lot to learn. > George >
For some of my relatives I have not only found DOB but "2nd son", "1st daughter" etc. And as for dates, I have seen baptisms on the day after birth - and up to 12 years later (3 on the same day, with an span of 3 years between them) But when the handwriting changed, so did the information Cheers Steve Ian Robinson wrote: > George, > In the majority of cases I have found that only the record of the baptism > date is shown. However this very much depends upon the parish and minister > who was doing the recording. If you are lucky then you will find two columns > in the records showing both the date of birth and the baptism . > In most cases when both are shown the dates are usually between 2-30 days > apart but there appears to be no fixed rule this. > Cheers > > Ian in Hong Kong > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Georger14738@aol.com> > To: <DUR-NBL@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 5:00 PMo this. > > > Subject: [DUR-NBL] Parish Records > > >> Could anyone please explain to me if the parish records before 1837 only >> give the Babtisms or can you find out the date of the birth. Thanks in >> advance. >> Still have a lot to learn. >> George >> > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > To Post a message to this list send it to, > DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > List Web Page > http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUR-NBL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >