Thanks for that Jeanne. I just thought I'd pop back in for a while and see how things were going, especially as business on the SOUTHAMPTON list is very low. As you saw, I still can't resist the odd comment when something catches my mind. Cheers all, Dave Jacobs ================== At 11:31 23/08/2005, you wrote: >Welcome back David!! >Nice you haven't lost your touch! >Jeanne > >Dave Jacobs <dave@jacobs.net> 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 " 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)