Did your ancestors have three children christened at once? Don’t immediately assume that it was a multiple birth. Even in denominations that practiced infant baptism, for one reason or another, children of different ages might be baptized on the same date. Look for other records to confirm that the children were in fact baptized on the same date. They may have been twins or triplets, but confirm with other records when possible. My grandmother and two of her siblings were all baptized in 1915 in a church which practiced infant baptism. They were all single births and why they were baptized on the same date I am not certain. It could easily have been a new minister, a realization that “it needed to be done” or some other […]
We have just released recordings (and handouts) of my two latest webinars, “Yet More Brick Walls from A to Z” and Using DeedMapper to Plat Virginia Land Patents.” The session on DeedMapper discusses how patents for John Rucker and several of his neighbors were located using the Library of Virginia website. The presentation discusses the downloading of the patents, reading them, inputting the descriptions into DeedMapper and attempting to fit them together using the plats created by DeedMapper. The digital media for this presentation can be purchased for $8.50. The session on “Yet More Brick Walls from A to Z” continues our popular series on this topic–with yet another list of brick wall breakers–with discussion–from A to Z. The digital media for this presentation (handout and presentation) can […]
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