thank you-I asked my question too soon!!! Karen in CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "george kelly" <geokel@eircom.net> To: <irl-limerick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 8:25 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] parish registers > Dates in parish records are dates of baptism.Generally this would have > taken > place within a week or two of birth.

To the best of my knowledge the baptism, in Ireland, was usually on the third day after birth. In my own family that was the case. I was born on the 6th and baptised on the 9th. The anomolies of children appearing to be born after their baptism was simply down to the fact that there was some form of penalty if the birth was not registered within three months of the event, so, if the child had not been registered at the time then the parents might tell a little lie. There was a lot of illiteracy and maybe the parents were not really aware of the requirements, or, maybe they were just too busy trying to survive or there may have been medical issues. Children were born in the home, not in a hospital for the main part, and it is unlikely that there were official or medical people involved. Or, maybe it was just an oversight on everybody's part. On 02/03/2008, Karen McGann <imhear@comcast.net> wrote: > > thank you-I asked my question too soon!!! > Karen in CA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "george kelly" <geokel@eircom.net> > To: <irl-limerick@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 8:25 AM > Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] parish registers > > > > Dates in parish records are dates of baptism.Generally this would have > > taken > > place within a week or two of birth. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

There are many cases where the births were not registered and the babies were not baptized until well after birth. I think the illiteracy and extreme poverty played a big part in it. These people had more on their minds. In some cases babies were ill and baptized at home as well. ----- Original Message ----- From: "JJ Woods" <woodsjj@gmail.com> To: <irl-limerick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 2:35 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] parish registers > To the best of my knowledge the baptism, in Ireland, was usually on the > third day after birth. In my own family that was the case. I was born on > the > 6th and baptised on the 9th. > > The anomolies of children appearing to be born after their baptism was > simply down to the fact that there was some form of penalty if the birth > was > not registered within three months of the event, so, if the child had not > been registered at the time then the parents might tell a little lie. > > There was a lot of illiteracy and maybe the parents were not really aware > of > the requirements, or, maybe they were just too busy trying to survive or > there may have been medical issues. > > Children were born in the home, not in a hospital for the main part, and > it > is unlikely that there were official or medical people involved. Or, maybe > it was just an oversight on everybody's part. > > > On 02/03/2008, Karen McGann <imhear@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> thank you-I asked my question too soon!!! >> Karen in CA >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "george kelly" <geokel@eircom.net> >> To: <irl-limerick@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 8:25 AM >> Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] parish registers >> >> >> > Dates in parish records are dates of baptism.Generally this would have >> > taken >> > place within a week or two of birth. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >