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Re: GRO Certificates v NLI Church Records
« Reply #18 on: Sunday 02 July 17 20:01 BST (UK) »
Certainly Catholic christenings were conducted very soon after birth because the belief was that if the child died it would not go to heaven if it hadn't been baptised. The baptism date will be cloes to the birth date...usually a day or two in the 1800s.
O'Kane, O'Mullan: Garvagh Derry
Bowe: Currabaha ,Waterford
McManus: Aghagallon ,Antrim
McGowan: Drumshambo, Leitrim