A little late on the subject of baptism, but here is a story. My grandmother, Julia Dennehey Coakley, widowed in 1914; worked as a licensed practical nurse in Bridgeport CT area. She worked for upper middle class families, not of the Catholic faith. She loved those little ones, and to prevent them from going to hell, as was believed back then in USA, she would baptize the babes. It didn't matter the faith or lack thereof. There are more catholics in CT than there should be --sort of like democrats. On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Ray Marshall <ray.marshall@gmail.com>wrote: > > Actually, Mary, I once asked a professional genealogist how it is that if > someone is elected President of the US and claims to have Irish ancestry, > within three months there will be an article posted that gives the exact > location of the family in Ireland. Without fail. > > The professional genealogists said, that they get as close as they can and > just "assume." It's great PR for Ireland and for family history. > > With respect to baptismal records, I believe that baptisms often weren't > performed in the Church. The parish priest would go circuit riding every > so > often and carry the baptismal register in his pocket, especially during the > times when it was illegal for Catholics to keep records, in theory, before > 1829 or so. He would stop off at every home in the parish and baptize all > the new arrivals. I suppose sometimes the books got lost or burned. > > And when you do find a baptismal record, often the writing is so small and > cramped, in Latin of course, that it is almost impossible to read. > > I haven't found any baptisms of my people in Ireland at all. > > > Ray Marshall > Bright and Sunny today in Minneapolis. But not too humind. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mary Simpson [mailto:marymcs@talktalk.net] > Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 5:40 PM > To: ray.marshall@gmail.com > Cc: irl-kerry@rootsweb.com; irl-cork@rootsweb.com > Subject: Knowing " where they were all from " > > > Hello Ray, > > despite always knowing where our great grandmama Catherine Callaghan, ( > whose father was Jerry Callaghan ) came from in Cork - down to the actual > fields - I STILL cannot find her baptismal record , which should be > Ballinhassig about 1840 ... and we have the names of brothers & sisters, > nephews & nieces etc. > > so perhaps it's all academic, and those who don't know what part of Ireland > their family came from can adopt whatever place they most fancy! It would > be a lot less hassle. At least the US, Australian and New Zealand listers > have the possible option of searching ship's registers and port documents, > something that British listers can only envy, as their families came with > no > paper trail to search at all. > > Mary= > > > _______________ > --------------- > > Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message. > > To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to > IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message. > > To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ > > Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the > Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a > wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. Her contact info is > at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >