Please CC [email protected] as Robert Slater is not a subscriber to this list, as yet :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert SLATER" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 3:20 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} Scottish Church Baptismal Procedures in the early 1800s > I am puzzled by a full page entry in an Orkney old parish register, listing > the birth and baptism dates for seven members of one family, over the period > 1815 to 1828. > > The notation at the end is "All these being Omitted at the proper Time by > Neglect of the Parents." > > > > I have found other instances, in at least Cornwall Nottinghamshire and > Australia, where there were several members of a family baptised together, > but this is not the case here. As both birth and baptismal dates are given > for each child individually, it appears that all were baptised well within > two weeks of birth. What then can the parents have neglected to do? Did > they have to complete some form of registration, or perhaps pay a fee to > have the baptism recorded? But if so, it seems odd that the same thing > happened for all seven children? > > > > Can anyone throw any light on this for me, please? It is probably not > important, but is intriguing. > > > > Robert Slater > > South Australia > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.6 - Release Date: 08/06/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.7 - Release Date: 10/06/2005