It is worth considering the type of church where the christening took place as well. Many of my coal mining ancestors were non conformists who were christened as adults. Net ----- Original Message ---- From: Ian Robinson <treeman@netvigator.com> To: Georger14738@aol.com; DUR-NBL@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, 16 January, 2007 12:46:04 PM Subject: Re: [DUR-NBL] Parish Records 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