I agree with your theory, but it is pretty unusual christening a child some years before it was born! Dennis On 28/1/08 00:32, "Gary" <adslmllu@tpg.com.au> wrote: > At 10:30 PM 27/01/2008 +0000, you wrote: >> Hi and thanks very much for your information. I had not come across this >> website before. The only problem I have is in wondering how accurate it >> might be. It seems to be an official transcript of IGI information and yet >> there is a major problem! Looking at Muston Christenings, all four >> youngsters named are siblings. Mary and Esther were born respectively in >> 1848 and 1844 and yet this record gives their christenings as the same >> previous date - 23rd November 1841. > > It is quite possible that more than one child was christened at the > same time, this is not an unusual occurrence. > > IF my memory serves me right there was a time when if you were not > christened in the established Church (i.e. Church of England), you > couldn't get parish relief if you didn't belong to the COE. > > Gary in Sunny Queensland, Australia. > > Genealogy Page > <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liddellfamily/>http://freepages.gene > alogy.rootsweb.com/~liddellfamily/ > > >