On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:40:26 +0000 (GMT) DAVID PRICE <davidlprice@btinternet.com> wrote: Hello DAVID, > Very many thanks indeed for your interesting and comprehensive > reply. It really surprises me to learn that children were required > to be baptised before their birth could be registered. They weren't. It would appear you've misunderstood what happened regarding that particular family. They merely declined to give the Registrar a name. It was their choice to wait until baptism before naming the child. They /could/ have then gone to the Registrar and added the name to the register (it's allowed for a period of 12 months from date of registration), but chose not to. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" Love is a temple, love is a shrine You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart - Eurythmics