Hi again PJ From <http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/3ebfe20144532> Area - DUBLIN (COI) , Parish/Church/Congregation - ST. MARY Baptism of BENJM HENRY CURTIS of 26 GT BRETAIN on 2 September 1866 Name BENJM HENRY CURTIS Date of Birth 22 July 1866 Address 26 GT BRETAIN Father GARDENER CURTIS Mother CATHERINE CURTIS Further details in the record Father Occupation SHOEMAKER About the record Book Number Page Entry Number Record_Identifier Image Filename N/R N/R N/R DU-CI-BA-144533 d-277-2-9-123 The original page is there to see, the father was a shoemaker Had you found this entry ? The birth date marries up with your original birth with a blank forename Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 24/07/2012 17:08, pjsalis@hal-pc.org wrote: > > > > > In my recent post about an incomplete indexed birth, I noted that the 1866 > birth of male-baby Curtis was a very late birth for the child's mother, > Catherine, and I wondered if the incomplete index entry may have signaled > that the child died at or soon after birth. I had three reasons for this > question: