Sorry list should have gone to David Jeanne J POTTER <j.potter1@btopenworld.com> wrote: Welcome back David!! Nice you haven't lost your touch! Jeanne Dave Jacobs wrote: Thanks Sandra Yes, quite! What I was wondering about was how the original inquirer knew the birth date but not the baptism date. It just struck me as odd. Could it have been our old enemy hearsay at work? Cheers, Dave Jacobs ================ At 23:18 22/08/2005, you wrote: >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 >> >> > > >============================== >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 > " 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 ============================== 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