In my family tree :- There was a child baptised twice at Saint Nicholas, Brighton. And my son, who had medical problems at birth was baptised at the hospital, and then later formerly at Church. So I would expect that the child was poorly at birth and in risk of dying. However, it could be a transcription error, or the vicar was getting senile.... Jeff SFGH 3646 In a message dated 21/03/2015 20:14:57 GMT Standard Time, sfhg@rootsweb.com writes: Can anyone explain why a child might be listed twice on the frontis list of Baptisms for Bolney? The guy in question is James Heasman s/o Henry Heasman and Harriet. The first record states he was born on 10 Feb 1840; baptised 13 Feb 1840 The second record has him born two days later, on 12 Feb 1840 not baptised until 10 May 1840. Would he have been baptised twice? Was one a parish record and the other a BT? Did the parents/priest forget he'd been baptised earlier (and the date he was born)? Cordelia 14526 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message