As per suggestions from PP (below) the headings have now been changed on the Marriage and Baptism records Marriages - http://www.igp-web.com/carlow/marriages_carlow_03.htm Baptisms - http://www.igp-web.com/carlow/Baptisms_Extracts_01.htm Regards Michael Brennan Carlow Website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/ My Laois Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/index.htm -------------------------------------------------- > 7. Re: Carlow Marriages extracts 1769-1779 (CARLOMAN2) > Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:37:23 +0100 > From: CARLOMAN2 <carloman2@eircom.net> > Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] Carlow Marriages extracts 1769-1779 > To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <w2zc7b57fc11004112337q70327e6bueb0400c9c79efc81@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Well done to Alan, Michael Purcell & Michael Brennan however I think > the heading should explain that the Church was named St. Mary's at > that time and we should also indicate that these are Roman Catholic > and not Anglican Baptisms & Marriages. Thus avoiding confusion with St > Marys C of I records. > > The use of the name St Mary's was changed after 1950 ( the date on > the statue over the Cathedral door) as.... > "On November 1, 1950, the Feast of All Saints, Pope Pius XII declared > as a dogma revealed by God that "Mary, the immaculate perpetually > Virgin Mother of God, after the completion of her earthly life, was > assumed body and soul into the glory of Heaven". > > Can anyone confirm this ? > > Regards > > PP