Could SkS help me with this. On the Bishops transcripts if a couple was christening two of there children would they both be in the same box with the same transcript numbers 123. Or is this only done when twins are born.... for e.g.. If I had two being christened on the same day would the entries be separate with the following number 123 and 124 or would it show as the same number...Or could this be a different family with the same children and same parents? and why would some wait 13 years before christening them.? Sorry if its not explained very well.... Also what is a gentleman with tools?????? Kind regards Janice

Hi there, From past experience (of Parish records) each child is entered in the register seperateley. Sometimes children were'nt christened staright away. I recently spotted an entry where a man was 33 before he was christened. There was no excuse really, he and his family had lived in the parish all their lives ( within 2 minutes walk of the church !) Hope that helps Margaret From: Abbotale30@aol.com To: ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-SHROP] Bishops Transcripts Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 15:58:15 EDT Could SkS help me with this. On the Bishops transcripts if a couple was christening two of there children would they both be in the same box with the same transcript numbers 123. Or is this only done when twins are born.... for e.g.. If I had two being christened on the same day would the entries be separate with the following number 123 and 124 or would it show as the same number...Or could this be a different family with the same children and same parents? and why would some wait 13 years before christening them.? Sorry if its not explained very well.... Also what is a gentleman with tools?????? Kind regards Janice ==== ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS Mailing List ==== WHY not visit the Shropshire Genuki site. It really is a mine of information. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/ ============================== 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

At 05:58 AM 31/05/2006, you wrote: >Could SkS help me with this. Again, Janice, christenings after 13 years of birth were not all that unusual. And often when the parish priest "caught up with them" children were christened on the same day regardless of their age, probably being four or five years or more between them, which sad to say makes it very difficult to pin down their birth year. Adults were often christened prior to their marriage if there was no record of them being christened as a child. Sometimes a wife/mother would be christened at the same time as her first child. No hard and fast rules here, lots would depend upon the family's circumstances, whether they were or not favourable to church attendance, or whether they were a distance away from the parish church so as not to bother, or again, whether they moved about looking for work. Lots of things to take into consideration. Good luck in your search Graham Melbourne Oz