Regarding private Baptisms, as late as 1920 in Hertford unbaptised babies, should they die, could not be buried in the concentrated graveyard they had to be buried outside the grave yard fence with suicides. This so horrified my Australian born Grandmother that my mother, still going strong at 86, was privately baptised. Regards Elizabeth Roberts -----Original Message----- From: jeffgould@bulldoghome.com [mailto:jeffgould@bulldoghome.com] Sent: Sunday, 9 July 2006 6:08 PM To: ENG-WILTSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-WIL] Private Baptism Also, some of the gentry and aspiring gentry preferred privacy. In the larger parishes, and especially on Christmas Day, there were multiple baptisms done on the same day. It would be unseemly for some of the squirarchy to be having their baptisms viewed by the hoi polloi. Jeff On Sun, 9 July, 2006 4:31 am, daphne.guthrie wrote: > Yes private baptisms could be due to a child being sickly, and perhaps > not expected to live. Private also can mean that they were baptised > outside of a normal c.hurch service. Hope this helps. regards daphne > daphne.guthrie@xtra.co.nz Researching areas: Medway, > Kent;Wiltshire;Hampshire:Dorset; Sussex;Essex & > Norfolk England. Fyfe Scotland > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Philippa Garnsey" <pgar9629@bigpond.net.au> > To: <ENG-WILTSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 1:15 AM > Subject: [ENG-WIL] Private Baptism > > > >> I have two infants in my family who were recorded as being privately >> baptised in the parish register. This was in 1817 in Salisbury. >> >> I assume that this means they were baptised in their home rather than >> the parish church. They were twins so could have been premature and in >> danger of dying before they could be baptised in the parish church. >> >> Could anyone comment on the reason for the private baptism? >> >> >> Many thanks >> >> >> Philippa Garnsey >> Sydney >> >> >> >> ==== ENG-WILTSHIRE Mailing List ==== >> Virus information: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/announce.html#virus >> Mailing lists: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_country-unk.html >> or http://www.genuki.org.uk/indexes/MailingLists.html >> >> ============================== >> New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your >> ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. >> Learn more: >> http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=1459 >> 9&targetid=5429 >> >> >> > > > > ==== ENG-WILTSHIRE Mailing List ==== > 1881 census, IGI (free): http://www.familysearch.org > 1901 census (free to search, pay to view): > www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk A2A database: http://www.a2a.org.uk > Free BMD Project: http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > > ============================== > 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 > > > ______________________________