Hello John, having a similar occurrence in my wife's family tree, I suspect you will find that this was a mixed marriage - Catholic and Protestant and that the twins were baptised into both faiths to satisfy both families. St Mary's is likely to be the Protestant Church & St Patrick's the Catholic one. It was/is normal for the non Catholic partner in a mixed marriage being required to agree to raise the children as Catholics. And yes, Sponsors fulfilled more or less the same function as Godparents. Malone is, of course, a real Irish name so it's more than possible - but not certain - that the father was of Irish extraction and that he was the Catholic. -------------------------------------------------- From: "John & Yvonne McDonald" <ymcdonald@shaw.ca> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 5:42 PM To: "UK-MIDLOTHIAN-L" <MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: [MIDLOTHIAN] Baptisms > I have twin brothers, based on the information from Scotland's People had > their baptism recorded in two different churches, on the same day and > wondered how this could happen. > Hugh and Myles MALONE where baptized at St. Patrick's Church on 13/2/1858, > where also baptized in St. Mary's Church on the same date. > Also when children where being sponsored for baptism, would the could the > sponsors be of the same sex or are they the same as Godparents. > Thank you in advance, > John > Pitt Meadows, BC, Canada > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message