Help reading birth cert

Elizabetha

Hi everyone,
If you have a moment please help me to decipher the hand writing on this cert. I think I have most of it but Im not sure. It's my grandad David Skerrett which I never knew born 1926.

Thanks

kodoherty93

Generally church records are more trust worthy than state records

tenterfields

I make it
Date of birth:Twenty ninth March 1926, 37 Lr Leeson Str
Name: David Pierce Mary
Father: David Charles Skerrett, 140 Tritonville Road
Mother: Mary Skerrett formerly Pierce
Father's profession: Clerk
Informant: E O'Connell, Present at birth, 37 Lr Leeson St
Registrar: James Devane

pinkypinky

kodoherty93 wrote: »

Generally church records are more trust worthy than state records

I really can't agree with that statement. Church records have gaps, and illegible writing, give different details depending on the church, and are often in Latin. State records are governed by strict rules.

P. Breathnach

There is one respect (and I think only one) in which church records might be more reliable than state records: as a good indication of date of birth. In the 19th century it was commonplace for infants to be baptised within 24 hours of birth. People were not always so efficient about registering the birth, and if they were late in registering they were subject to a financial penalty. The standard work-around was to declare a date of birth later than the true one. Hence the appearance of baptism of the unborn.

shanew

the quick baptisms applied to just RC families - CofI and others could be months after the birth



S.