Thanks, Andy; that was very helpful. The reason for the question about Godfathers was, that I had a case where a baby's Christening was listed on the same day, same church in two different records. Each listed a separate father but only one gave the surname of the father, which led me to believe that the Godfather was the other one. I couldn't come up with any other conclusion: West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 Name: William Snipe Event Date: 22 Nov 1616 Event Type: Baptism  Parish: Leeds, St Peter Father's Name: Samuel Snipe 1616 11 22, (Bapt at Leeds Parish) William SNIPE, Fa: Edmund   (may be God Father) Lived in March Lane Bill From: Andy Micklethwaite <andy.mick@googlemail.com> To: Bill Snipes <sfa344@yahoo.com>; yorksgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, April 7, 2016 9:12 AM Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] 16th Century Birth Records At 14:54 07/04/2016, Bill Snipes via wrote: >I'd like to ask a couple of questions concerning research in the 15 and 16th centuries. In those days, were newborns Christened right away, or could Christening/Baptism be put off for several years? Both - I have a baptism for a man on the same day his 14 year old son was baptised. >Also, when listing a father on a Parish document, could they be referring to the godfather? Unlikely >And, is it likely that  children were born, but for some reason birth records were not kept? Definitely - births were not recorded until 1837 - so you have to rely on baptisms. Not everyone was baptised. HTH Andy.

Have you looked at the original record in the parish register ? If you had you would see it states "William SNIPE son of Edmond SNIPE" The *transcription* states the father was Samuel , *not* born out by the record itself Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 07/04/2016 22:11, Bill Snipes via wrote: > > > > Thanks, Andy; that was very helpful. The reason for the question about Godfathers was, that I had a case where a baby's Christening was listed on the same day, same church in two different records. Each listed a separate father but only one gave the surname of the father, which led me to believe that the Godfather was the other one. I couldn't come up with any other conclusion: > West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 > Name: William Snipe > Event Date: 22 Nov 1616 > Event Type: Baptism > Parish: Leeds, St Peter > Father's Name: Samuel Snipe > > 1616 11 22, (Bapt at Leeds Parish) William SNIPE, Fa: Edmund (may be God Father) > Lived in March Lane > Bill --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Hi Have you seen the actual images of these records, it could be something as simple as a transcription error C of E baptism records, do not as a general rule give information on Godparents. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Snipes via Sent: Thursday, April 7, 2016 10:11 PM To: YorkGen Subject: [YORKSGEN] Fw: 16th Century Birth Records Thanks, Andy; that was very helpful. The reason for the question about Godfathers was, that I had a case where a baby's Christening was listed on the same day, same church in two different records. Each listed a separate father but only one gave the surname of the father, which led me to believe that the Godfather was the other one. I couldn't come up with any other conclusion: West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 Name: William Snipe Event Date: 22 Nov 1616 Event Type: Baptism Parish: Leeds, St Peter Father's Name: Samuel Snipe 1616 11 22, (Bapt at Leeds Parish) William SNIPE, Fa: Edmund (may be God Father) Lived in March Lane Bill From: Andy Micklethwaite <andy.mick@googlemail.com> To: Bill Snipes <sfa344@yahoo.com>; yorksgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, April 7, 2016 9:12 AM Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] 16th Century Birth Records At 14:54 07/04/2016, Bill Snipes via wrote: >I'd like to ask a couple of questions concerning research in the 15 and >16th centuries. In those days, were newborns Christened right away, or >could Christening/Baptism be put off for several years? Both - I have a baptism for a man on the same day his 14 year old son was baptised. >Also, when listing a father on a Parish document, could they be referring >to the godfather? Unlikely >And, is it likely that children were born, but for some reason birth >records were not kept? Definitely - births were not recorded until 1837 - so you have to rely on baptisms. Not everyone was baptised. HTH Andy. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message