Jackie said: <snippet> I know there has been some discussion regarding this, but I use christening for a baby or child, but sometimes you get an adult being 'baptised' (say before they marry, which was quite common), so that is when I show the difference. <snippet> There is the Standard GEDCOM Event "Christening (adult)" intended for that very purpose. Regards, Mike Tate

I use the event which corresponds to how the church or chapel in question referred to it. So, almost always that's baptism, whether it's a child or adult baptism. I've never found a record that referred to a christening, other than an informal invitation to a "christening" which was either actually a baptism or part of a baptism ceremony (usually Catholic). Jackie said: <snippet> I know there has been some discussion regarding this, but I use christening for a baby or child, but sometimes you get an adult being 'baptised' (say before they marry, which was quite common), so that is when I show the difference. <snippet> And Mike said: <snippet> There is the Standard GEDCOM Event "Christening (adult)" intended for that very purpose. <snippet>