Don't get too hung up on the terminology :) the reason for the prominence given to baptism or christening in genealogy is that before civic recording of births, a baptism could be used as a birth date indicator.
Sent from my iPad > On 29/03/2015, at 15:40, Ana <anacyr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Oh - I wish there was such an option!! > > Christening is for infants in many religions. Baptism - often means - when > one joins the Church, which can be for any age from teenager on up. Some > religions do not recognize infant Baptism. > >> On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Ila East <sunnydays1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I know there is a way to globally change christening to baptism, but is >> there any way to change it just for a few people? As we know, not all our >> ancestors did things exactly the same way. >> >> Ila Easr >> >> http://diabeticdogrocky.blogspot.com >> http://ilasrambings.blogspot.com >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> >> >> 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com >> >> 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
