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The church law of 1686 stated that the parish priest should keep record for “All children both legitimate as well as illegitimate with the names of the parents and godparents (and the) birth and christening date.” The birth and christening records were kept sporadically from the middle of the 1600’s. It is not uncommon in the earlier records to have the birth date missing, or even the name of the mother. This depended upon the record keeping practices of the parish priest. <br> | The church law of 1686 stated that the parish priest should keep record for “All children both legitimate as well as illegitimate with the names of the parents and godparents (and the) birth and christening date.” The birth and christening records were kept sporadically from the middle of the 1600’s. It is not uncommon in the earlier records to have the birth date missing, or even the name of the mother. This depended upon the record keeping practices of the parish priest. <br> | ||