The Presbyterian Church Baptises children as soon after birth as possible, but that depends on their health, Mama's recovery, and a lot of things, as well as in the past when the minsiter is in the area, or the family can travel to a church with a minister present, if they didn't live not where a full-time minister is in residence. In early years , many were " circuit-riders" and served several congregations, coming to each one on a regular schedule, but that also depended a lot of the weather and accessibility. No one is ever re-Baptised in the Presbyterian denomination. If someone has been Baptised in any other denomination, it still serves to make them Baptised in the eys of this denomination (and most other Protestant ones). When a young person is of the age to take on his/her own responsibility for the pledges made by his/her parents at his Baptism, he "joins the church" and becomes a full voting member. Of course when parents were not affiliated with a church and then join one, if they have not previously been Baptised, they and their children would be Baptised at whatever age they happened to be at the time...so a Baptism date can not be used to establish age or birthdate, (except, of course, that they had to be born before then). Also note Presbyterians do not have Godparents. The whole congregation pledges to support the parents in bringing up the child in the faith and in the church. Catherine Fryer Cline<BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>Need a job? Find employment help in your area. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies& ncid=emlcntusyelp00000005)</HTML>