Mange tusen takk, Arild, Gwen, Carol, et alia! Okay, the 'entrance' combined with the 'introduction' sounds like the best explanation. In addition to the infant being baptized, the mother was introduced at the same time, it seems like, since Ingang is not noted for every birth. [I keep forgetting about that 'Introduction' ceremony, largely because no matter how often I read about the alleged 'justification' for it in various histories I've read through half a century, or see the notation in these records, the custom still makes no sense whatsoever to me.] Thanks, again! Bev ----- Original Message ----- From: Arild Kompelien via <norway@rootsweb.com> To: Gwen Butrum <gwenbutrum@gmail.com>; norway@rootsweb.com Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 6:51 PM Subject: Re: [NOR] Lars Olsen, birth/baptism record, Forthun kirke, Luster, S&F, Norway Inngang may mean entrance, but in this context it means introduction where the minister led the "inngangskone" from the entrance into the church, after her birth. Arild Kompelien