Hi Jim Have you checked the source as often the earlier date is the birth date. Kind regards Josephine from QLD AU Jim Baird wrote: > > I hope one of our resident experts can answer this one: > > I've been researching the children of John BARR and Bethia ALLEN in Abbey > (Paisley). > > Of 5 children's names recorded, 4 are shown twice with different christening > dates viz. > > John 19 JUN 1768 > > James 24 MAY 1772 > James 14 JUL 1773 > > Allan 18 DEC 1777 > Allan 27 JAN 1782 > > Alexander 03 MAY 1780 > Alexander 06 SEP 1784 > > Ann 16 NOV 1786 > Ann 18 DEC 1788 > > My first thought was that the children had died young and the names were > re-used, but that suggests a mortality rate that is terribly high. > > Does anyone have another logical explanation, please? > > All the best > Jim in sweltering Western Australia, > the state with the climate that Queensland thinks it has! > > ==== SCT-RENFREW Mailing List ==== > ********************************************************************** > To search the archived lists, including this list go to http://archiver.rootsweb.com/search.html -- To get random signatures put text files into a folder called “Random Signatures” into your Preferences folder.