Adding my bit on the topic. This week I was at the National Library searching the RC Register for Harrington St., Dublin covering the 1880s. Three observations I would make: 1. Over nine in ten children had only one given name, not all Latinised. 2. There were up to a dozen baptisms on a given day. 3. The children being baptized were only a few days old. The rare cases where the child was older was recorded in the notes. Unlike the Anglican records which focus on the baptismal date (the Church of Ireland was disestablished in 1871-act.26th July 1869), the Catholic records are primarily a record of birth. Although a civil registration was a legal requirement, I think the vast majority saw the Catholic Church as the regulator of their (BMD) lives and a proxy for their national identity and was therefore the first port of call. Also, the notions of purgatory and limbo were very real in the minds of the people. Frank Kehoe. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cara_Links" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 2:32 AM Subject: [IRL-WICKLOW] ADDING TO CARA'S DIME..-PEGGY > > More input for the years 1800-1900 would be of interest and intrigue. > > > > Cheers > Cara > > > *************************************** > 1- Only leave in the body of the mail what is relevant to your answer > > 2- Change the SUBJECT LINE to suit the body of your own Mail to List. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >