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 '''What You Are Looking For'''
-The following information may be found in a christening entry:
+The following information may be found in a christening record:
+* The name of your ancestor
- * The name of your ancestor.
+* The date of your ancestor's christening
- * The date of your ancestor's christening.
+* The name of your ancestor's parents, or at least the father's name
- * The name of your ancestor's parents.
+* The name of the witnesses and/or godparents
- * The names of the witnesses or godparents.
+* The place of your ancestor's birth and/or christening
- * The date of your ancestor's christening.
+* The residence of the parents
- * The place of your ancestor's birth and/or christening.
+* The occupation of the father
- * The residence of the parents.
+* Wether your ancestor was legitimate or illegitamate.
- * The occupation of the father.
- * Whether your ancestor was of legitimate or illegitimate birth.
+Remember, not all of this information will always be there, most often there is just the basic information.
+Make sure that when you find information on a christening that you don't enter that in your own records under 'birth date or death date'. The churches strictly kept records of the ordinances they performed, which are christenings, marriages and burial, so make sure that you enter that information in the correct field in your own records.
+Only once in a while will the minister or priest also enter a birth date or death date.
 == Here are some examples ==