I agree with this as the most likely reason. Generally the parents present a very young child for baptism (with godparents as witnesses). The parents ask for baptism on behalf of the child. This would not be necessary if the person asking to be baptised was an adult - he asks to be baptised on his own behalf. The sponsor would be there to testify that his request for baptism is sincere. ----- Original Message ----- From: "acfullam goeke" <acfullam@mhonline.net> To: <irl-longford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 11:38 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-LONGFORD] Longford Genealogy now online Might have been a convert? On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:18:34 -0400, Christine Dobson <christine.dobson@ntlworld.com> wrote: > I couldn't resist spending some money on this site but found one puzzling > baptism record which shows childs name date of baptism and denomination > as > RC fathers christian name not recorded no name at all recorded for the > mother only 1 sponsor recorded BUT in the notes where there is usually > the > priest's name -it has ADULT PROTESTANT. I suspect that the child may > have > been illegitimate? but who does the adult protestant refer to. Has > anyone > any ideas or come across anything like this before. > Thanks in advance for your help > Christine > ---- Original Message ----- > From: "CandROverson" <overson12@btinternet.com> > To: <irl-longford@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 10:02 PM > Subject: Re: [IRL-LONGFORD] Longford Genealogy now online > > > Christina > > Thanks for letting us know this. Last night, I spent a couple of hours > looking for my relatives on the site. (My Grandmother, and most of her > siblings were born in Granard). > > A few observations: > > I agree with a few earlier comments that this Irish site is overly > expensive, certainly for what it is. For me, in the UK, £3 (rough > equivalent of 5 Euros) is rather a lot to spend on one look-up. This > compares with about £1 a look-up on Scotland's People, and the > end-result is > much better i.e. you get to see the original certificate/record on > Scotland's People. > > I found about 5 records relating to my ancestors. Having spent about > £40!!, > I would at least expect the end results to be accurate. BUT my > Grandmother > whom I know was Mary JANE Feeney, was transcribed as Mary JOAN Feeney; > my GG > Grandmother, Mary Devlin, appears rather exotically as Maria Tevlin on > her > daughter's marriage record, and Mary Devlin's husband as Edward Reilly > when > his name was Miles Reilly, This may have been a genuine error on the > original because Mary's husband's father was Edward, but I can't be > certain. > I suspect that these transcriptions were not double-checked, which they > certainly should have been at this price. I intend to contact the site > about > this. > > If I were to be cynical, which I can be, I would suspect that the Irish > are > looking to make a fortune from the Irish diaspora in America, and > elsewhere. > As I think I said in an earlier posting, on this or another site, there > is a > lot of money to be made from this. And Governments will be happy for the > money to roll in. > > Having had my say, can I ask if it is usual for Irish catholics to be > christened with one name whilst known thereafter by another name? I > have a > couple of Michael Feeneys, my Great Grandfather, and a Great Uncle and I > can't find either of their birth records on the Longford site despite > knowing their year of birth. > > Regards > > Rhoda > UK > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christina Hunt" <filidh@carolina.rr.com> > To: "LONGFORD-L" <IRL-LONGFORD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 12:45 AM > Subject: [IRL-LONGFORD] Longford Genealogy now online > > >> http://longford.brsgenealogy.com/ >> The current rate to view a record is 5 euros. >> Regards, >> Christina >> >> >> >> ********************************** >> Griffith's Valuations: >> http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-LONGFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ********************************** > Griffith's Valuations: > http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-LONGFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ********************************** > Griffith's Valuations: > http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-LONGFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.5/1357 - Release Date: > 4/3/2008 10:48 AM > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ********************************** Griffith's Valuations: http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-LONGFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message