That sounds like two different babies to me Bill, maybe Edmund and Samuel were brothers having their children baptised same day at St Johns. If you can view the film where you live in the USA, it will most likely become clearer unless you have done that already. The film will note the godfather and other sponsers as well. the indexes dont normally. Edie ------------------------------------------ From: Bill Snipes via <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> To: yorksgen@rootsweb.com; 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