Hello All, I'm slogging my way through the churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie 1800s database looking for surnames Hawkins, Moran, Curtis, Kirk, Rea, Finnegan, Plunkett, and White in Dublin city, in an effort to identify possible parents and siblings of people in the direct line I'm researching. I find myself assuming that people with the same forenames and especially surnames who celebrated baptisms and marriages at the same church may have been related. The task is complicated by the frequent use of the same forenames among siblings' families and over successive generations. And some families seem to have used several different RC or COI churches over time. Am I correct in assuming that, other things being equal, families would have celebrated their baptisms and marriages at the church nearest their current home? But might it have been the practice for a male from a family to be married and have his children baptized at a church different from that of his parents and siblings if his bride/wife made that choice? Were there any usual practices on these matters? Thanks for any thoughts. PJ, in Texas

There were times when you had no choice about which parish you attended. You went to the one you lived in period (unless you had an Army Base with chapel you could attend). don't know how draconian early Irish priests were (here in the US they were tough about it) if they would treat the family as tho they still lived in the parish even if they moved Eliz On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:40 PM, <pjsalis@hal-pc.org> wrote: > Hello All, > > I'm slogging my way through the churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie 1800s > database looking for surnames Hawkins, Moran, Curtis, Kirk, Rea, Finnegan, > Plunkett, and White in Dublin city, in an effort to identify possible > parents and siblings of people in the direct line I'm researching. > > I find myself assuming that people with the same forenames and especially > surnames who celebrated baptisms and marriages at the same church may have > been related. The task is complicated by the frequent use of the same > forenames among siblings' families and over successive generations. And > some families seem to have used several different RC or COI churches over > time. > > Am I correct in assuming that, other things being equal, families would > have celebrated their baptisms and marriages at the church nearest their > current home? > > But might it have been the practice for a male from a family to be married > and have his children baptized at a church different from that of his > parents and siblings if his bride/wife made that choice? Were there any > usual practices on these matters? > > Thanks for any thoughts. > > PJ, in Texas > > ****************************** > Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in County Dublin, Ireland and the City of Dublin. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message