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The purpose of this article is for the reader to have a broad knowledge when utilizing baptismal record effectively in the search for their ancestors. There are four fundamental questions that will be answered: | The purpose of this article is for the reader to have a broad knowledge when utilizing baptismal record effectively in the search for their ancestors. There are four fundamental questions that will be answered: | ||
• What is a baptismal record<br>• How do I use the information to move forward with my genealogy<br>• Where are baptismal records found<br>• How can I view them<br> | • What is a baptismal record<br>• How do I use the information to move forward with my genealogy<br>• Where are baptismal records found<br>• How can I view them | ||
== Example == | |||
This section contains examples to see what a baptismal record is, transcription of the document to see what it says, and parts of the document with descriptions to understand the wealth of information. | |||
One has to take into account that not all baptismal records are the same. As seen in the examples, some records contain a greater amount of information than others. There were various reasons why a record contained more information than another. It can be for these and other reasons: | |||
• The socioeconomic status of the child’s family. | |||
For example, generally if you were poor not much information was written down; on the contrary if they had a lot of influence more and better genealogical information would be given. | |||
• At the priests disposition. | |||
Sometimes the priest would give preference to a family of lower means then a richer family. | |||
Priests moved and the style of one could be drastically different from another. <br><br> | |||