Hi Terry I would be interested to know what your definition of Christian name , Given name or any other variety is Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > It actually is Heather because there are plenty of ancestors with > Christian names that aren't their every day given name. Not so bad when > it is the state registering the name but earlier before 1800 you can find > that the name given when baptized is not the name you find given in the > early censuses because the family given name is used and not the Christian > name. Was a bit surprised that people thought given name was something > new, even worse that some people didn't know the difference and its > consequences in our hobby > Terry

hi for many of us when we were baptized, the church refused to accept the name given by the parent so we finished up with a name given to registrar and another when baptized;-- you will note that on a full birth certificate there is a section for additional baptismal names. Church names have always been seen as Christian names and those given by parents and registered at the registrar as the given name. (most often Catholics and high church) as you know before 1800 it was the church who registered by baptism but after 1800 there are censuses and names "first names" on the census may well be the given name and not the Church or Christian name regards Terry > From: ovington1@sky.com > To: eng-yorkshire@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:59:20 +0100 > Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] Given-Name Change? > > Hi Terry > > I would be interested to know what your definition of Christian name , Given > name or any other variety is > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > > > > It actually is Heather because there are plenty of ancestors with > > Christian names that aren't their every day given name. Not so bad when > > it is the state registering the name but earlier before 1800 you can find > > that the name given when baptized is not the name you find given in the > > early censuses because the family given name is used and not the Christian > > name. Was a bit surprised that people thought given name was something > > new, even worse that some people didn't know the difference and its > > consequences in our hobby > > Terry > > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message