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Sometimes the priest would give preference to a family of lower means then a richer family. | 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> | Priests moved and the style of one could be drastically different from another. | ||
== Parts of a Record == | |||
The different parts of the document are listed here "may" be found in baptismal records, but not a certainty. Each document is different as seen in the examples. | |||
• Name of the parish<br>• Location of the parish<br>• Date of the baptism<br>• Name of the clergy<br>• The baptism<br>• Name of the child<br>• Race<br>• Place of birth<br>• Date of birth<br>• Relationship<br>• Name of parents<br>• Are parents living or deceased<br>• Where they are from<br>• Name of grandparents<br>• Godparents<br>• Warning <br>• Certainty<br>• Signature(s)<br>• Commentaries in the margin<br>• Titles | |||
== How to use the information == | |||
The information you find in baptismal records can be used to find other ancestors. Information found may be helpful in locating additional information. Much of the data can be used in conjunction with other data to provide more abundant fruits. These fruits can be found in the marriage records, death, marriage information, wills, or various others. | |||
The important thing is to learn to recognize that the information will help you find information and what not. Recognizing the information’s value and its genealogical relevance is going to facilitate the discovery of your family more easily. Some data in the list entitled, Parts of a Record, are not important when finding ancestors and are recorded, warning, and signatures. The rest are relevant. | |||
Ways of using the information<br>It may be that these explanations do not cover all the ways that one can use the information to find their ancestors. So if anyone knows of other ways, please add them to the end of this section. <br><br><br><br> | |||