Here are a few sites to have a read at http://religion.adherents.com/Christianity/20-christening.html http://www.dfwx.com/baptism.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_baptism
You will find the these words do mean differently in most cultures and religions. So none and all of the earlier thoughts are or may be correct based on your background. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == -----Original Message----- From: Bernhard Scholz [mailto:scholz-c...@gmx.de] Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 9:56 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Baptism and Christening Carol, who said so and for which part of the christian churches. In my opinion both Baptisim and Chirstening are the same. They are only different terms used. Please prove me wrong. Bernhard ________________________________ From: cr brassfield [mailto:crbrassfi...@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 6:04 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Baptism and Christening The correct term has always been baptised. The official church records are baptismal records. 'Christening' is purely a colloquial/slang term. Non-conformist denominations never had child baptisms so the term 'christening' was never carried over to baptisms for those denominations. Carol > From: mike...@iafrica.com > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Baptism and Christening > Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:09:40 +0200 > > On 2011/12/19 09:12, cr brassfield wrote: > > > The term 'christening' refers generally to child baptims in the > > Anglican/Episcopalian and Catholic churches in U.K. . So any old records would > > show that most ancestors would carry that term if they were from those > > denominations or U.K origin. > > Later records for individuals might show 'confirmation' dates. This would be > > roughly equivalent to 'baptism' in non-conformist denominations. > > Why then, do English PR records almost exclusively use the term 'baptised' or > 'baptizat' in pre-17th century records? > > -- > Regards, > Mike Fry > Johannesburg > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
