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Help deciphering a note from a baptismal record
« on: Tuesday 17 December 24 20:14 GMT (UK) »
Hello, and thanks in advance for your assistance. Looking for help with one word in the note...I read it as "Baptized conditionally - having received a _____ at baptism and time of birth"

help me fill in the blank!

McGrath, Magennis, McKay, Kissling, Cushley, Costello, Barr, Logue, McLoughlin, McNally

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Re: Help deciphering a note from a baptismal record
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 17 December 24 20:15 GMT (UK) »
Private baptism

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Re: Help deciphering a note from a baptismal record
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 17 December 24 20:20 GMT (UK) »
brilliant - that looks the part. thank you!
McGrath, Magennis, McKay, Kissling, Cushley, Costello, Barr, Logue, McLoughlin, McNally

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Re: Help deciphering a note from a baptismal record
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 18 December 24 06:06 GMT (UK) »
That usually happened when there was a fear the child might not survive until a church baptism. There may have been some drama at the birth, or the child may have been small etc., but happily, they were proved wrong.
Coffey, Cummins [Rathfalla, Tipperary], Cummins [Skirke, Laois], Curran, Dillon [Clare], Fogarty [Garran, Laois/Tipp], Hughes, Keshan (Keeshan), Loughman [Harristown and Killadooley, Laois], Mallon [Armagh], Malone, Markham [Caherkine, Clare], McKeon(e) [Sligo/Kilkenny/Waterford], McNamara, Meagher, Prescott [Kilkenny/Waterford/Wexford?], Rafferty, Ryan, Sullivan, Tobin
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Re: Help deciphering a note from a baptismal record
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 18 December 24 11:17 GMT (UK) »
yes - relief for a happy outcome!
McGrath, Magennis, McKay, Kissling, Cushley, Costello, Barr, Logue, McLoughlin, McNally
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