I wonder if some kind soul would be able to do a lookup for me in the parish records of baptisms for St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft. According to Familysearch Beta the following baptisms took place on the same date. Date 4th May 1882 Robert William Reeve Alice Maud Reeve Parents were Robert Reeve and Alice in each case. I don't think they were twins as Robert William's birth was registered in 1879 and Alice Maud's in 1882. I would like to know exactly what is written in the register for each of these children please. I also realise that Christmas is fast approaching so would quite understand if the lookup could not be done till the New Year. Thanks in anticipation, Margaret North Preston, Lancashire

On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:19:09 -0000 "Margaret North" <famwizard@googlemail.com> wrote: Hello Margaret, > I don't think they were twins as Robert William's birth was registered > in 1879 and Alice Maud's in 1882. I would like to know exactly what > is written in the register for each of these children please. I can't say what's in the Registers as, Like you, I'm too far away to do a look-up myself. However, it's not uncommon for families to baptise their children in 'batches'. There can be many reasons for this, ranging from lack of time (and then forgot) to baptise the first to having to save up to pay the fees and taking in a "special offer" by the incumbent: Buy one get one free, for example. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent"

Hello Brad, Yes, batch baptisms happened quite a lot didn't they? In this case I am particularly interested to establish the abode of the family and the occupation of the father so I would like a full transcript of each entry. It is so frustrating not being able to get to the relevant archive to view the film or fiche of the register for ancestors who didn't live within the Lancashire boundaries. Best wishes, Margaret. -----Original Message----- From: suffolk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:suffolk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Brad Rogers Sent: 11 December 2010 14:50 To: Suffolk ML Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] REEVE lookup request On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:19:09 -0000 "Margaret North" <famwizard@googlemail.com> wrote: Hello Margaret, > I don't think they were twins as Robert William's birth was registered > in 1879 and Alice Maud's in 1882. I would like to know exactly what > is written in the register for each of these children please. I can't say what's in the Registers as, Like you, I'm too far away to do a look-up myself. However, it's not uncommon for families to baptise their children in 'batches'. There can be many reasons for this, ranging from lack of time (and then forgot) to baptise the first to having to save up to pay the fees and taking in a "special offer" by the incumbent: Buy one get one free, for example. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message