Do you have records in your tree as accurate as this?

[andrewalston]

Well it is not in my tree, but it must be in someone's.

The first entry for a baptism in the period following the restoration in Croston, Lancs reads:-

6th July Tho' second son of John Ridley of Croston borne the 1st July 1661 at 6 o'clock in afternoon

It must have been such a wonderful event to be able to write "Christenings" in the register without fear of prosecution that this wonderful extra detail was entered too.

Assuming that clocks were accurate to the nearest hour, this means that someone out there can give the time of birth of one of their ancestors to an accuracy of better than one part in three million!

[oldtimer]

My great great grandmother's birth certificate gives her birth as being at 7am on 2nd December 1843. I read somewhere once that if a timed birth is given on a certificate it is evidence of a multiple birth, but I have never found a twin for her either in the births or deaths.

[aghadowey]

Think this is my favourite baptism (unfortunately not a person I'm looking for):
David Campbell bapt. 4 May 1888 Crossgar Presbyterian Church, son of James Campbell and Margt Jane Cathcart, born 11 Oct.1841 "This D.Campbell spent 21 years & 43 days in the Army (4 years in England, 1 in Scotland, 13 in Ireland, 12 years & 27 days in India) before his baptism. While in the Army he was an Episcopalian having gone over from the Presbyterian Church like a great many others, when he got off he attended the Episcopal Church in Macosquin for some time, but he wrote me a letter asking me to baptise him which I did on a sincere profession of his faith. J. Smyth."

[DotBrennan]

Most of my Scottish certs have the hours and minutes of the birth/death.

Bren

[Comosus]

I have a family bible which belonged to my GGGgrandaunt, which has all the dates and times of birth of her siblings, deaths of family members and birth date of her mother.  My GGG Grandfather was born at 10.30pm 18 March 1823

It also has a short poem she has written about her elder sister, who died aged 18.

Andrew

[pennine]

I have a relative who's death certificate not only records the date and time and cause of death due to an accident but also the exact road and place, the names of people who tried to help and even the ambulance drivers name and the doctor who treated him.

Pennine

[Aulus]

I have just been sent a newspaper clipping by a new-found relative, which is a glorified, almost full page obituary of one Septimus Smith of Blackpool (my great-great uncle), which refers to a family bible (wish I knew what happened to that!).

Apparently in that family bible, along with other births, was the strikingly precise entry for Nimrod Steventon, "born 20 minutes before 3 o'clock afternoon. March 31st, 1836"