At 12:49 08/12/2011, Ruth Burkholder wrote: >As I recall, Baptists did not baptize infant children; they waited until the >'age of accountability' when a person could make up their own mind if they >wanted baptism, and so request it ... what is known as "adult baptism". Thanks Ruth. I had indeed forgotten that. I should have remembered (maybe it's my age!) as I visited a baptist church in Beeston a few years ago and saw the arrangements. >Andy, I know nothing about the Selston Baptists, just that if they followed >the church precepts, there should not be a record of a baptism in 1812 of >someone born in 1811. Interestingly the member submission (of which I am generally sceptical) doesn't give a baptism date, just a birth date - which increases my scepticism! >Does the church still exist ... would it have records? It still appears to exist - I was hoping someone would know where the records were. I will keep searching. Thanks for your interest. Best Wishes, Andy.