Regarding all the births in 1841--was the film you looked at an OPR film--original parish record? or a film of the IGI submission? I have two experiences: An OPR listing from Kilwinning which shows the last 6 children of my Ritchie family baptised in 1848 (at least a decade after the youngest was born), but it does list the individual birth dates. This appeared to me to be a late posted note added to the register for both the record and nostalgia (the family lost their home in bankruptcy after living in the village 200 years and had moved in 1842). Most children had been baptised shortly after birth in the same church. It was a mystery to me why these had not--unless it had to do with accompanied fees the father was unable to pay at the time (he was well off before disaster hit, so this seems unlikely). I pulled another film on an american family which turned out to be a submission film and it listed a few births from Maine and then about 6 of the youngest born at a date in Oregon City. This turned out to be erroneous on several counts once I located original documentation. In your instance I would look for census data in 1841 or 1851 to backup the information. I suspect if it is the parish record, even if it says "born" it is a mass entry for some unknown reason (new arrivals perhaps, previously unrecorded) and may just indicate born prior to 1841. If it is not the parish record, it may be a best guess error by the submitter. M.J. Jodoin, Seattle, WA, USA mjjodoin@webtv.net http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/5209/index.html