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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.”<ref>“Alle barns så ächtas som oächtas med dheras föräldrars och faddrars namn födelse och döpelse dag...”: Clemensson, Per and Andersson, Kjell. Släktforska steg för steg. Falköping, Natur och Kultur/Fakta, 2005</ref> | 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.”<ref>“Alle barns så ächtas som oächtas med dheras föräldrars och faddrars namn födelse och döpelse dag...”: Clemensson, Per and Andersson, Kjell. Släktforska steg för steg. Falköping, Natur och Kultur/Fakta, 2005</ref> The birth and christening records were kept sporadically from the middle of the 1600’s up to about 1688. 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> | ||
By law the little child should be christened within 8 days. Otherwise the parents became burdened by duty to see that it was done. There was good cause for the parents to be anxious for the child’s christening to be as soon as possible. It was both risky and troublesome to have an unchristened child at home. In the event that there was a complication with the birth and the child’s survival was in question, then an “emergency baptism” (''nöddop'') could be performed by the midwife, father, or any member of the household who had passed confirmation.<br> | By law the little child should be christened within 8 days. Otherwise the parents became burdened by duty to see that it was done. There was good cause for the parents to be anxious for the child’s christening to be as soon as possible. It was both risky and troublesome to have an unchristened child at home. In the event that there was a complication with the birth and the child’s survival was in question, then an “emergency baptism” (''nöddop'') could be performed by the midwife, father, or any member of the household who had passed confirmation.<br> | ||
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• The names of the witnesses (godparents) who were invited to attend the christening (often relatives of the father or mother). <br> | • The names of the witnesses (godparents) who were invited to attend the christening (often relatives of the father or mother). <br> | ||
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• An interval between births of more than 4 years can indicate a missing child <br> | • An interval between births of more than 4 years can indicate a missing child <br> | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
Swedish Wikipedia at: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopbok <br> | Swedish Wikipedia at: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopbok <br> | ||