Hi all: I just looked in the "Websters New World Dictionary" it states under 'christen' 1. to take into Christian church by baptism, baptize. 2. to give a name to, esp. at baptism. Bill Forshay - San Antonio, TX Elizabeth Johnson <elizajohn@sbcglobal.net> wrote: I believe that if you check with your local Catholic Church, you will find that it is baptism not christening. Helen Graves wrote: Gee, Barbara, I don't know about that. I have 5 Catholic grandchildren. As infants they were "christened" in the Catholic church... and they wore "christening" dresses and white "christening" suits. Lots of discussion and shopping for "christening" outfits. It was a Big Deal Lucille. Helen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara de Mare" To: Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 5:24 PM Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Baptism correct term Reformed Dutch Chruch > Children are baptized; ships are christened. > > Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. > Historian, genealogist and attorney > 155 Polifly Road > Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 > (201) 567-9440 office > BarbaradeMare@yahoo.com (home) > http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/ > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Helen Graves > To: dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, March 9, 2007 6:48:22 PM > Subject: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Baptism correct term Reformed Dutch Chruch > > I have received group sheets from other researchers which have stated > "chr. > Kingston Reformed Dutch Church" on them. > >>From the recent discussion, what is the acceptable or most used term for > listing baptisms at early Reformed Dutch churches on family group sheets? > > "bp. RDC Kingston" - would that work? Or is there some other terminology > and > abbreviation to use? > > I want to be correct and consistent on my group sheets for listing the > baptism and the church where baptized. > > Helen > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit.