Gwen, He is on the IGI. Christened 8 Apr 1849, parents George and Rebecca Regards Sandra Gwen Sperry wrote: >Hi, > If anyone has access to the parish records of St. Mary's, Portsea I need the christening date for George Richard Wittey b: 11 May 1842 Portsea. I need the parents of George if possible from the records. > >Thank you in Advance. >Gwen > > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > >

Just pondering, as is my wont... This seems a late baptism, when the lad was about 7 years old. The actual register entry might give his age. I'm wondering how the date of birth is known so exactly, if not from a birth certificate? Army records perhaps? If it was from a birth certificate, this would show the parents including mother's maiden name, so the baptism would only be out of interest, not for vital information. Cheers, Dave Jacobs ================= At 19:11 22/08/2005, you wrote: >Gwen, >He is on the IGI. >Christened 8 Apr 1849, parents George and Rebecca >Regards >Sandra >Gwen Sperry wrote: > >>Hi, >>If anyone has access to the parish records of St. Mary's, Portsea I need >>the christening date for George Richard Wittey b: 11 May 1842 >>Portsea. I need the parents of George if possible from the records. >> >>Thank you in Advance. >>Gwen >> >> >>============================== >>Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >>areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> >> >> > > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > " Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910) Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit. -George Santayana, philosopher (1863-1952)

Both Birth and Christening dates on the IGI Dave Sandra Dave Jacobs wrote: > Just pondering, as is my wont... > This seems a late baptism, when the lad was about 7 years old. The > actual register entry might give his age. > I'm wondering how the date of birth is known so exactly, if not from a > birth certificate? Army records perhaps? > If it was from a birth certificate, this would show the parents > including mother's maiden name, so the baptism would only be out of > interest, not for vital information. > > Cheers, Dave Jacobs > ================= > > At 19:11 22/08/2005, you wrote: > >> Gwen, >> He is on the IGI. >> Christened 8 Apr 1849, parents George and Rebecca >> Regards >> Sandra >> Gwen Sperry wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> If anyone has access to the parish records of St. Mary's, Portsea I >>> need the christening date for George Richard Wittey b: 11 May 1842 >>> Portsea. I need the parents of George if possible from the records. >>> >>> Thank you in Advance. >>> Gwen >>> >>> >>> ============================== >>> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >>> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ============================== >> Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >> New content added every business day. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >> > > " > Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who > are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. -Mark Twain, > author and humorist (1835-1910) > > Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason > and imitation without benefit. -George Santayana, philosopher > (1863-1952) > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >