Sure have and it is a Roman Catholic thing to baptize babies, also a Lutheran thing and I do not know of others, but maybe Episcopalian. The sponsors agree to see that the child is raised in the faith, if something happens to the parents at an early age of the child - until the child is old enough to be trained in the faith and be confirmed of its own freewill....taking its own vows at that time. mary margaret selig-trahan ----- Original Message ----- From: Cara Showers <cara@dcdesign.com> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 5:18 PM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Sponsors? > I was reading through a Bible transcription last night and about every other > person would have a list of sponsors after their name. Some sponsors > appeared after the baptism date and some just appeared after the person's > name or birth date. > > Please forgive my ignorance, but is this a catholic thing? I'm thinking it > might be, because of the age of the babies when they were baptised. I don't > know much about the denominations, but I believe the Catholics baptize > babies. Maybe other denominations do? I don't know. > > Just wondering if anyone's heard of Sponsors in a family Bible. > -- > Cara (Gregory) Showers > Anchorage, Alaska > cara@dcdesign.com > > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Archives Census Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/ > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >