We certainly have quite alot of these instances...surely there is some other factor that contributes to it. someone named Dave, out of kindness, sent the listing in to us Then Tom checked into it, and found the 2 marriages but nothing on the baptisms... who would have recorded them originally, after the church I mean? What are the chances that someone who originally trancribed these, long ago, recorded them with this kind of notation as kind of a prank?... the notation that came with ours said "Baptisms, 1826-1869. FHL BRITISH Film " we should all see where these were registered... 2 were at Clonallan (the others Dublin)...anyone else? Perhaps there is some kind of a clue there, because there sure seems to be many reasons why they were so listed.... then again, in desperation I could be way, way off track here....apologies if this a really dumb question. And... in the case of Col. Forde who owned Loughinisland Parish, wouldn't it effect inheritance? odavey@nbnet.nb.ca wrote: I do not know if this helps or hinders the current discussion on this subject which I find very interesting. Baptismal entry from the Loughinisland RC parish register: "Nov 22 1823 John of Col Forde illegt" This would be the same Col. Forde who owned Loughinisland Parish lands in their entirety. No mention of the mother or indeed the surname given this child. Owen Davey -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 25 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Brigitte brigitte@marmionfamilytree.com www.marmionfamilytree.com