Q about IGI dates COMPLETED

[trish251]

Lizzie's post made me realize that we all make assumptions based on present day norms.
No offense meant, but Mid-late 40s isn't uncommon to have a child. Remember that most healthy women are fertile for about 40-45 years. We don't think like that now but many healthy women did have children all their fertile years.
We tend to think people marry at about 20, have a few children (or many) and stop when they're 35-40. To get ahead (or back) with genealogy you have to think outside the square.
Also, just to be cheeky, my father had an uncle Francis and an uncle Frank who were brothers, about 10 years apart. People are funny like that. 
Leonie.

Hi Leonie

I think present day norms are to have babies later - most of my 19th century & earlier ancestors (sadly) had their  10-15 children and then died before they ever reached the age of 50. I have friends today who have their first child when in their 40s. I had my first child at 35 and was the oldest Mum at kindergarten - now I think I would be the youngest!! Long time since I have known anyone who married at age 20.

Trish

[LizzieW]

I'm not sure I'll bother to order the records from LDS and search through them all.  Someone else has already done quite a bit of research and has found the marriage for my particular John and she gives his date of birth as approx 1747!  So it could be that the family I found are not the one I want after all.  There maybe some relationship but I don't think I'll pursue it at the moment.

Thanks for your suggestions.

Lizzie

[LoneyBones]

What a difference 20-30 years makes. 
Norms for me are about what was happening in the 1970s I suppose. That's about when most of my 'adult' ideas were formed.
I did marry later than my contemporaries, I was 21, most of my friends were married in late teens. And with the wonder of in-vitro fertalisation we now have mothers at 60. Not what I would want to be doing at 60 
However, if dates of double entries are consistant, that is if each John, Mary & James was cited as being 20 years different to the first John, Mary & James, I would say they are double entries. But you also can't rule out a person being baptized a second time!! I'm a pest aren't I?  But I have two of those Each being baptized in a CofE church then later in a Catholic Church.
If it's the wrong family anyway, just put it down to experience, it's never wasted, part of the learning curve.
Leonie.

[liverpool annie]

You guys are just too smart for me !!  ..... But you all make fascinating reading !!

I am such a dufuss with the IGI ... I just throw up my hands .... !!

( bet you didn't learn all that in one of your books Leonie !!  )

[LoneyBones]

Actually I did Annie.
It was a Dr Seuss book I think 

[trish251]

You guys are just too smart for me !!  ..... But you all make fascinating reading !!

I am such a dufuss with the IGI ... I just throw up my hands .... !!

( bet you didn't learn all that in one of your books Leonie !!  )

Annie - you do pretend, you can find more folks in 1 day than I would find in a year on the IGI - and you have more sources than I will ever find

Trish 

[behindthefrogs]

But you also can't rule out a person being baptized a second time!! I'm a pest aren't I?  But I have two of those Each being baptized in a CofE church then later in a Catholic Church.
If it's the wrong family anyway, just put it down to experience, it's never wasted, part of the learning curve.
Leonie.

It should be extremely unusual for a person to bee baptised more than once.  It is against the rules of the all the churches.  Provisional (hypothetical) baptisms are sometimes carried out when there is a doubt whether someone has been baptised.  However the Roman Catholic Church has been known to use these far too frequently when someone converts from another denomination.

David

[Sylviaann]

I have a family baptised in CofE and then later  in a new Methodist church.  It is not as unusual as you may think

Sylviaann

[Berlin-Bob]

It is not as unusual as you may think

there are several topics about this (Multiple Baptism) in the
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Bob