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!