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== Baptism/Christening [''Dopen''] == | == Baptism/Christening [''Dopen''] == | ||
Children were usually baptized a few days after birth | From about 1550 onwards, Churches started to keep registers of infants that had been baptised. Children were usually baptized a few days after birth. | ||
Earlier registers typically give less information, sometimes including only the child’s and father’s names and the baptism date. Until the end of the 1700s, ministers in some communities did not name the mother in the records, or they included only her given name. Sometimes only the baptism date was recorded, but in later years the birth date was given as well. | Earlier registers typically give less information, sometimes including only the child’s and father’s names and the baptism date. Until the end of the 1700s, ministers in some communities did not name the mother in the records, or they included only her given name. Sometimes only the baptism date was recorded, but in later years the birth date was given as well. | ||
Because of social conditions in the Netherlands, the birth of illegitimate children was not uncommon | Because of social conditions in the Netherlands, the birth of illegitimate children was not uncommon. | ||
For more information on church christening records, see Background. | For more information on church christening records, see Background. | ||
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The following information may be found in a christening record: | The following information may be found in a christening record: | ||
*The name of | *The name of the baptised | ||
*The date of | *The date of the baptism | ||
*The name of | *The name of the parents, or at least the father's name | ||
*The name of the witnesses and/or godparents | *The name of the witnesses and/or godparents | ||
*The place of your ancestor's birth and/or christening | *The place of your ancestor's birth and/or christening | ||
*The residence of the parents | *The residence of the parents | ||
*The occupation of the father | *The occupation of the father | ||
* | *Whether your ancestor was legitimate or illegitimate. | ||
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. <br> | 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. <br> | ||