If the record is in french .......look for "baptise" or baptisee" and "ne' or "nee" .......if there's the extra "e" then it denotes a female child being born and baptized and yes, usually Josephte is a female Joseph would be the male, in many cases you find "josephte" using Josephine or Josette. In a message dated 6/26/2014 5:45:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, go.pluto@frontier.com writes: In a baptism, is the name Josephite always female or could it be male also and later called Joseph. Are there some other words in the baptism that would denote the gender besides the name? George ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~For the list web page, goto: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm And we are on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/QRlist/ List Archives are at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/QUEBEC-RESEARCH ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUEBEC-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message