W. Raymond Cummins wrote: > Hello Bob Gillis > > Thank you for your helpful response. > > I have recently learned that for specific periods in history laws have > forced people to be married (by Episcopal priests in Ontario in early 1800s) > or baptized (in Church of Ireland in Ireland in late 1800s) in specific > churches no matter what (or in spite of) their chosen religion. > > I wonder if this were true in the Rheinland Pfalz. Did one have to practice > the religion of the local ruler? > AFAIK, no. bob gillis > It looks as if I need to learn more about the history of the area and to > discern the precise locations of the very changeable boundaries between the > areas controlled by dukes of different religions. > > W. Raymond Cummins > Mississauga ON Canada > cummins@utm.utoronto.ca > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pfalz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pfalz-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of bob gillis > Sent: April 9, 2007 5:08 PM > To: pfalz@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Pfalz] Catholic or Lutheran baptisms or RE: SCHACKE familiesin > Pfalz > > W. Raymond Cummins wrote: > >> Thanks for the post about Kirchheimbolanden >> >> Where did you find the record of the birth of Johann Christoph Schacke on >> Jun 8 1720 in Kirchheimbolanden? >> Was it from the Catholic church book in Kirchheimbolanden? >> >> > > It is an extracted IGI record found on FamilySearch.org and was from > the Evangelisch Kirch Book. > > > >> If so then you have a similar situation to mine. >> >From 1695-1725 I find Comens /Comen baptisms in the Catholic church in >> Kirchheimbolanden >> and in the Lutheran Churches in Morschheim, Orbis and Wendelsheim a few >> miles away. >> >> > > if a child was not expected to live long, it was oftern baptized in the > nearest church. > > bob gillis > > ********* > Information for list members: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/PFALZ.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PFALZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > ********* > Information for list members: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/PFALZ.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PFALZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >