Thank you, Bo. I noticed that they frequently had a married man and woman and a single man and a single woman, but many times I found my ancestors, who were a married couple, serving together as witnesses for a baptism. My great-grandfather's parents had his brother & her sister, who were also married, as witnesses for several of their children. Did the baptisms take place in the church or were they sometimes done at home like in Norway? Annette On 1/13/13, Bo Johansson <bo.h.johan56@telia.com> wrote: > Annette Bowen wrote 2013-01-11 03:46: > > >> [...] That made me >> curious about how the witnesses were chosen. Were they usually >> related? > > The baptism witnesses were often related, but sometimes not. > > It varied between parishes and over time how many witnesses there were, > and their status and relations to the parents. > > The most common was probably to have 4 witnesses, one married and one > unmarried man, and one married and one unmarried woman, and the married > man and woman were usually not a couple. > > But in some parishes it was common with married couples as witnesses... > > And in some parishes there were usually 2, or 3, or 6, or 8 witnesses... > > Sometimes the woman who carried the child at the baptism was recorded > separately, sometimes not. > > // Bo Johansson > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SWEDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Annette Bowen wrote 2013-01-14 02:59: > > Did the baptisms take place in the church or were they > sometimes done at home like in Norway? Both happened. Plus sometimes emergency baptism immediately after the birth, this can be done by any Christian. // Bo Johansson

Bo, thank you. So many of the baptisms took place the day of birth or the following day. I wondered if they took the newborn to the church. I guess the answer is maybe. Annette On 1/14/13, Bo Johansson <bo.h.johan56@telia.com> wrote: > Annette Bowen wrote 2013-01-14 02:59: >> > > Did the baptisms take place in the church or were they >> sometimes done at home like in Norway? > > Both happened. > > Plus sometimes emergency baptism immediately after the birth, this can > be done by any Christian. > > // Bo Johansson > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SWEDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >