Hello David Sacred Heart is a Catholic Church and the link below may be of interest in this respect: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hibernia/churches/sac/sac. htm Joannis Baker would be John Baker: you may have some success with the link above as some of the records may be at the Liverpool Record Office. Otherwise you would need to write to the appropriate Diocese. I did a lot of searching for my grandmother, who unfortunately never had a birth certificate, and the Ancestry RC records finally helped a lot because I found her baptism record there, which in turn gave me her birth date and parents' names. Good luck Marion, Sussex -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David McWilliam Sent: 14 August 2012 10:11 To: [email protected] Subject: [ENG-LIV] Catholic Confirmation - Alan McWILLIAM Any Lister who may be able to help please? Using "Ancestry" I have located a Catholic confirmation in Liverpool on 27 May 1919 for Alan McWILLIAM The Parish is shown as Sacred Heart. His nomine patrinorum (which I understand to be his Godparent) is transcribed as Joannis BAKER. His nomina imposita in confirmatione (which I understand to be a name imposed upon him at the confirmation) is shown as Paulus. This is the nearest match I have ever found, in many years of searching, to my Father named as Alan Paul McWILLIAM b. abt 1910. d. 1945. So the questions I need help with are: 1.. Where or what is Sacred Heart? 2.. Who would Joannis (sic) Baker be? 3.. How can I further this research with the Catholic Church? I have very little documentary evidence of my Father's existence other than his Marriage Certificate to my Mother in 1939, and his Death Certificate from 1945. I have visited his place of death in Withnell Pulmonary Hospital, and have found his unmarked grave in Thornton Garden of Rest. There is some limited anecdotal evidence, but I have drawn a blank since the death of my Mother in 1997. Any advice or assistance would be greatly appreciated from anyone on the list, and I thank everyone in advance. David ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Admin Message - List guidelines: http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm The list admin can be contacted at [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message