Compulsory civil registration of births began on 1 July 1837. Baptism was and is a matter of personal choice. Sent from my iPad On 5 Aug 2012, at 21:43, COLEEN COLEMAN <[email protected]> wrote: > Would like to know if England kept records of births or if they were > baptisms kept instead? John Hyland born 1855 To Thomas and Mary (Dwyer) > Hyland and Margaret born 1859 to > Thomas and Mary (Dwyer) Hyland. Thanks so much for your input. > ************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > > **MEANINGFUL Subject Lines - who, what, where, when, with SURNAMES in CAPITAL letters** > > List Admin can be contacted at: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > 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