I was in Ottawa last June meeting my cousins for the first time. The cousin drove me round the area and we passed a Roman Catholic school. She told me her grand children attend that school even though are not Catholics. They were able to attend because they were good at French. All the areas of Canada, with two exceptions they use dual French and English every where. The two exceptions are Quebec which will not allow English signs. But go into a hotel or restaurant they understood my English. The other exception is Nova Scotia which sticks to English only. Some of the town signs do have an alternative translations...in Gaelic! Victor On 01/10/2012 2:18 PM, Colin B. Withers wrote: > Roy is right. > > My family were all C of E, but when we moved house I was sent to the local Methodist Sunday School, just because it was near and convenient. > > Colin > > -----Original Message----- > From: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of roy.stockdill@btinternet.com > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 1:43 PM > To: Robert Burns; yorksgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] Why change faith > > From: Mollie <molliemln@yahoo.co.uk> > >> The likely reason would be that the family were in need of Parish >> relief. This was administered by the C of E. > > That is certainly one reason. However, if you have ever heard a lecture or read articles by > Mike Gandy, one of the leading UK experts on Nonconformism, he would tell you that people > were changing faiths and "dropping in and out" of various denominations all the time. It often > wasn't a hard and fast and unchangeable ruling. > > Consider, for instance, the fact that a married couple might have different faiths! Perhaps the > husband was CoE and the wife Methodist. Might they not have come to an agreement to > have some of the children baptised into one church and others in another? > > I can think of other reasons. If they weren't particularly devout or steadfast in their religion, > they might have found it convenient to have children baptised in whichever church or chapel > was the nearest when they moved home. We shouldn't always look for complicated reasons > when the truth is actually much simpler! > > -- > Roy Stockdill > Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer > Famous family trees blog: http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/tag/roy-stockdill/ > > "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, > and that is not being talked about." > OSCAR WILDE > > > > > > ..... > Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; > www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; > www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ..... > Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; > www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; > www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; > > ------------------------------- > 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

My Italian step father in law was Methodist which I told him surprised me. He said that when his ancestors got to New York that the Catholic priest spoke Polish but that the Methodist minister spoke Italian. So, there you go. There are many reasons to change church - all individual!!! Interesting to speculate but difficult to ascertain. Kathryne Natale momnat@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: Victor Markham <victor@markham.me.uk> Cc: yorksgen <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Oct 1, 2012 10:31 am Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] Why change faith I was in Ottawa last June meeting my cousins for the first time. The cousin drove me round the area and we passed a Roman Catholic chool. She told me her grand children attend that school even though re not Catholics. They were able to attend because they were good at rench. All the areas of Canada, with two exceptions they use dual French and nglish every where. The two exceptions are Quebec which will not allow English signs. But go nto a hotel or restaurant they understood my English. The other xception is Nova Scotia which sticks to English only. Some of the town igns do have an alternative translations...in Gaelic! Victor On 01/10/2012 2:18 PM, Colin B. Withers wrote: Roy is right. My family were all C of E, but when we moved house I was sent to the local ethodist Sunday School, just because it was near and convenient. Colin -----Original Message----- From: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On ehalf Of roy.stockdill@btinternet.com Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 1:43 PM To: Robert Burns; yorksgen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] Why change faith From: Mollie <molliemln@yahoo.co.uk> > The likely reason would be that the family were in need of Parish > relief. This was administered by the C of E. > That is certainly one reason. However, if you have ever heard a lecture or ead articles by Mike Gandy, one of the leading UK experts on Nonconformism, he would tell you hat people were changing faiths and "dropping in and out" of various denominations all he time. It often wasn't a hard and fast and unchangeable ruling. Consider, for instance, the fact that a married couple might have different aiths! Perhaps the husband was CoE and the wife Methodist. Might they not have come to an greement to have some of the children baptised into one church and others in another? I can think of other reasons. If they weren't particularly devout or steadfast n their religion, they might have found it convenient to have children baptised in whichever hurch or chapel was the nearest when they moved home. We shouldn't always look for complicated easons when the truth is actually much simpler! -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Famous family trees blog: http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/tag/roy-stockdill/ "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE ..... Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message ..... Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message ..... ncestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; ww.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; ww.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; ------------------------------- o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message