In a message dated 4/2/2005 11:21:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, tiderow@yahoo.com writes: I have family that was from Hagertown in the late 1700's early 1800's. the first son born to my line in Hagerstown was born/baptised in St. John's. Some four years later they had another son born in the Reformed Congregation. ---- This was very common at the time. As I understand it, the parents often had to pay when having their babies baptized and they sort of "shopped around" for the best deal. They recognized the importance of baptism but were not necessarily all that concerned with whether it was at the Reformed or Lutheran or even another denomination church. Joan

Also - if the minister from one or the other left to another congregation or was ill or unable to make it to a locations - there were time periods when they covered for each other. Lauren Brantner JYoung6180@aol.com wrote: > >In a message dated 4/2/2005 11:21:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, >tiderow@yahoo.com writes: > >I have family that was from Hagertown in the late >1700's early 1800's. the first son born to my line in >Hagerstown was born/baptised in St. John's. Some four >years later they had another son born in the Reformed >Congregation. > > >---- >This was very common at the time. As I understand it, the parents often had >to pay when having their babies baptized and they sort of "shopped around" >for the best deal. They recognized the importance of baptism but were not >necessarily all that concerned with whether it was at the Reformed or Lutheran >or even another denomination church. > >Joan > > >==== MDWASHIN Mailing List ==== >Keep informed of the latest news and new databases, webpages and mailing lists at RootsWeb. Subscribe to the weekly RootsWeb Review. To subscribe, start here: http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > >. > > >