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Catholic Parish Records 1960

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  • 09-07-2016 11:20am
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    Cherry Blossom
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    Hi, are these records online anywhere or is it only older records? I am trying to find out if a baby was baptized. Her age on the death cert is given as 5 hours so I'm wondering if she was baptized.


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    L1011
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    Too new to be online. It's very unlikely but if it was a hospital birth they should have records. However many regional maternity units closed in the 80s...


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    Waitsian
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    Records from so late in the day are not online, nor on microfilm in the NLI. Your only bet is to contact the PP in the applicable parish and either ask to see the baptismal book in person or ask him to look it up and transcribe it for you.

    I've never had a polite request refused though every parish is different. You can but try. Good luck.


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    Cherry Blossom
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    Thanks guys, we think we know where the child was burried and my aunt got the birth and death certs. The baby was born at home so if she was baptized the priest would have had to come to them. There would only be one date to search so I guess it's worth a try asking the current priest.


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    spurious
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    A priest is not necessary to baptise a child.
    Someone in the family could have done it.


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    Cherry Blossom
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    My mum thinks the midwife did it but she also though the birth was never registered so there is no harm in checking it out.


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    spurious
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    If it's to put her mind at rest, I'd be fairly sure the midwife would have done it. My granny was a midwife and they regularly baptised poorly babies.


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    Jellybaby1
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    I attended one of the NLI lunch time talks a year or so ago and the lecturer said a child has to take two breaths in order for the birth to be recorded. I would think if the child was not expected to live it would be hurriedly baptised by whoever was present.


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