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Title: Church of Ireland Baptisms
Post by: MissSarah on Friday 15 March 24 16:19 GMT (UK)
Hello, I'm searching for an ancestors baptism record, because I cannot locate his birth registration x  Family was Chirch of Ireland, his parents married in Banbridge, Co.Down x  How can I view the baptism records for this place please?x
Title: Re: Church of Ireland Baptisms
Post by: dublin1850 on Friday 15 March 24 16:53 GMT (UK)
Have you checked irishgenealogy.ie leaving the first name blank?
rootsireland has some C of I baptisms, but not suere if they have them that late.
If you want to give the name, people can try help.
Title: Re: Church of Ireland Baptisms
Post by: Kiltaglassan on Friday 15 March 24 17:22 GMT (UK)

MissSarah,

You have mistakenly posted on "How to Use RootsChat board (Please don't post requests here)".
I have asked a moderator to move your request to a more appropriate board where you might find an answer.


Title: Re: Church of Ireland Baptisms
Post by: LH on Friday 15 March 24 18:51 GMT (UK)
Hi MissSarah

What year was this person born….. and where?

Regards
Title: Re: Church of Ireland Baptisms
Post by: MissSarah on Saturday 16 March 24 07:59 GMT (UK)
Kiltaglassin , I wasn't sure where to post what  because it's been a long time since I posted anything. By an accident that I posted this here by pressing a button . When you say not to post here, what do you mean?and how do I post somewhere for Church of Ireland Baptisms please?
Title: Re: Church of Ireland Baptisms
Post by: MissSarah on Saturday 16 March 24 08:03 GMT (UK)
LH sorry , I don't now know if I can post here, another person said I can't x And I don't know where my post was moved to  to be able to find it again! X
 Person was born in 1884, I think registered in Banbridge, parents married there a year before x The trouble is, I cannot find his birth registration anywhere, hence why I'm searching for baptism record x
Title: Re: Church of Ireland Baptisms
Post by: MissSarah on Saturday 16 March 24 08:07 GMT (UK)
Dublin1850 I have x I cannot find his birth registration,  so looking for baptisms x I only know how to use irishgenealogy for births, marriages and deaths x  I have found his marriage and I have a copy of death certificate x
 Am I correct in saying if a child was not registered,  they all had to be baptised?
Title: Re: Church of Ireland Baptisms
Post by: Elwyn Soutter on Saturday 16 March 24 09:10 GMT (UK)
The PRONI guide to church records says that the Banbridge COI records start in 1802 (Seapatrick parish). They have a copy from 1802 up to the mid 1900s. PRONI doesn’t have them on-line so a personal visit is required to view them.

To answer your question about mandatory baptism, no it wasn't mandatory, and not everyone was baptised. Plus some were baptised later in life. You sometimes see batch baptisms where a whole string of children in the same family were all baptised at once, some many years after their birth. So you need to search widely at times.
Title: Re: Church of Ireland Baptisms
Post by: KGarrad on Saturday 16 March 24 10:00 GMT (UK)
Kiltaglassin , I wasn't sure where to post what  because it's been a long time since I posted anything. By an accident that I posted this here by pressing a button . When you say not to post here, what do you mean?and how do I post somewhere for Church of Ireland Baptisms please?

You originally posted on the board entitled "How to Use RootsChat (Please don't post requests here)"
Title: Re: Church of Ireland Baptisms
Post by: MissSarah on Saturday 16 March 24 12:47 GMT (UK)
KGarrad I didn't know where to post what x There was no clear direction on how to start a new post x
Title: Re: Church of Ireland Baptisms
Post by: MissSarah on Saturday 16 March 24 12:48 GMT (UK)
Thank you Elwyn
Title: Re: Church of Ireland Baptisms
Post by: KGarrad on Saturday 16 March 24 13:54 GMT (UK)
KGarrad I didn't know where to post what x There was no clear direction on how to start a new post x

Click on "Forum", then post on "Beginners Board".
Or simply select the name of a board that sounds close to what you want answers to.
Title: Re: Church of Ireland Baptisms
Post by: Jon_ni on Saturday 16 March 24 21:51 GMT (UK)
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The trouble is, I cannot find his birth registration anywhere

Another try by someone else would do no harm eg perhaps forename was not decided upon when the birth was registered. Suggest post the names of the parents and the child.
Title: Re: Church of Ireland Baptisms
Post by: dublin1850 on Sunday 17 March 24 09:44 GMT (UK)
Depending on the surname, it may also have been indexed incorrectly.