Hello list, I recently asked about a Dublin-city family having BMD events in both COI and RC churches. I think I've answered the question, for them at least. They were originally COI people, not RC, but when necessary and for other reasons they covered other bases. Here's some info I've collected from http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie. Susan Curtis (b. 1857), eighth child of Gardiner Curtis & Catherine Hawkins * baptized Eustace St. Presbyterian 1857 Mar 15 & baptized COI St. Mary 1857 Mar 18 * married COI St. Thomas to John Rea 1877 Jun 21 That there were two baptisms at different Protestant churches is curious. Susan and John's daughter Elizabeth Rea (I don't have birth info on her yet) * baptized RC St. Mary Pro Cathedral 1897 May 24, image of baptismal record verified to say born 1878 Mar 23 * married RC St. Mary Pro Cathedral 1897 May 30 to George Byrne So if she was baptized as an infant, it was probably in a COI church. Then when she was set to marry a Catholic, six days beforehand she was baptized at the RC church. Martha Elizabeth (b. 1860), tenth child of Gardiner Curtis & Catherine Hawkins * baptized COI St Mary 1861 Jan 25 & baptized RC St. Mary Pro Cathedral 1861 Jan 28 * married RC St. Mary Pro Cathedral 1884 Sep 7 to Patrick Finnegan That as an infant she was baptized at both COI and RC churches is curious. Gardiner and Catherine's other children were baptized COI, including the last known one, Benjamin Henry, baptized COI St. Mary in 1866. The line I'm researching descends from the couple's third son, Thomas, and all his known children were baptized RC. What I've learned: * Irish people might be RC or COI or other Protestant denominations -- obvious now, but not when approaching the search with a preconception. * These Curtises seem to be mostly Protestant. That knowledge may help me as I go further back in their history. Small steps for big feet! PJ, Texas