While researching my English side, baptisms 2 - 3 months after the birth of a child seemed very common back in the day. Not sure why.
On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 6:14:41 PM UTC-4, Richard Francis Pimentel wrote: > > *Hi I just spent an hour and a half looking for a baptism of a woman whose > marriage record said she was 20 years old and she was baptized in the same > parish. The marriage date was 29 Jan 1888 So I went to the baptisms and > started looking for all the Maria’s starting at the end of January 1868 and > looked back to April 1866 and then all the way back to January 1868. Still > nothing! I went back to the marriage and she was 20 years old and baptized > in the same parish. So I went back to the baptisms and January 1868 and > went forward and found the record I was looking for. She was baptized on 15 > Apr 1868 but was born on 30 Jan 1868. So the age was correct and the parish > was correct It was the fact she was baptized 2 ½ months after she was born. > * > > > > *http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-RG-RIBEIRINHA-B-1866-1870/SMG-RG-RIBEIRINHA-B-1866-1870_item1/P92.html > > <http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-RG-RIBEIRINHA-B-1866-1870/SMG-RG-RIBEIRINHA-B-1866-1870_item1/P92.html> > > Maria on the right.* > > > > *Rick* > > > > *Richard Francis Pimentel* > > *Epping, NH* > > > > > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
