Genealogy Chat

hi everyone,
sorry ive not been around the last couple of days, to reply to your replies. i appreciate your help and time and will look into the info that youve given.
ive had a serious medical problem arise in the family so wont be on the computer for a while.
many thanks for your help.
regards alan

Have you looked on familysearch site - not the online records, but their library or whatever it's called now. The listing of what films they have. You can hire the relevant film and view it at your local LDS church. No idea what year the records go to but worth a thought if you can narrow down the likely church.

Jill

My parents couldn't remember which church or the date I was baptised, but they knew that the 'do' afterwards was at grandma's, which was a clue. I googled curches in the area. I sent an e.mail to each to ask if they could 'look me up'.
One of them wrote back asking for my postal address - and sent me a copy of my baptism cert. All for nothing!!

Good luck.
K

It would probably be a combined Services church where you were Christened, if it was Germany and my guess would be the military base at Rheindahlen.
I believe there are at least 3 churches on the base, - different denominations, so the record is likely to be in one of the set of records.

I think it is / was not uncommon for a child's Christening to be postponed until a Service family are settled.
I know someone born in Hampshire in 1951, but christened in Germany the following Spring. In a different family a child born in Cyprus was Christened in England.

Gwyn

You might like to try the archives in Walthamstow. They should be able to locate the parish registers for the local churches. I've found them very helpful in the past.

Waltham Forest Archives and Local Studies Library
Vestry House Museum
Vestry Road
Walthamstow E17 9NH

Tel 020 8496 4381
Email [email protected]

thanks, mgnv,cynthia and chris.
some usefull info. will look into it later.
regards alan

seax.essexcc.gov.uk/

Above link for Essex, useful for finding Churches in each Parish. (click Essex Ancestors, top right)

Must admit when I found mine in a Cambs. village there was a lot of RAF children from nearby Camp as well, long time ago now :-))

Chris :)

Alan, have you an older member of your family you could ask or are your Godparents or some of their descendents around?


If you know the address of where you were living at the time of the afternoon tea episode, then google for the nearest church. Is it likely to be C of E.....RC......or maybe Methodist?


Jan, simply google the name of the church and contact them by email - they should be able to send you a copy of your Baptism certificate for a small charge.

~~~~~ Cx

If it were in London, my guess is that the rego is now full and deposited in the LMA, even if it's not online. Check out:
http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Services/Leisure_and_culture/Records_and_archives/Family_Research/

Alternatively, you could try researching the RAF chaplain service to see where those records would be.

thanks all for your replies,
im off to bed now, up early in the morning.
goodnight.

alan

hi sylvia,
i think the reason i wasnt baptised straight away,was because dad was still in singapore.
alan

cheers kath, tried it,
still leaning towards germany. dad was in singapore when i was born and didnt return long, before being posted to germany.
alan

Alan

I know when I was baptized, I have the baptism certificate

but the records for the church are not online, so I cannot find it


Don't forget, baptism records are in the parish registers, and it seems that it is up to the church to get them transcribed. Not many have those resources.


At the time that I was baptized, it was still very common for women to have their babies baptized within 6 weeks of birth, preferably within 2-4 weeks.


I know that my baptism was delayed because the weather was so bad that Mum and Dad etc could not get to the church during January ....... and we lived in a town!


Women at that time were still considered "unlcean" after giving birth until they had been "churched" and this was often combined with the baptism. I do not know if that was the case for me.




sylvia

Obviously not the same for everyone but I would think that in 1954 you would have been more likely to have been christened within a couple of months of your birth so probably in this country.

If you have your birth certificate and know what address your parents lived at when you were born I would try the nearest church to the address.

Kath. x

all i know jan, is he worked in intelligence. and the raf wont give me much detail on him.

alan

Do you know what regiment your father served with? maybe they could help?

hi jax,
yes i was christened . i remember as a kid going to my god-parents house with mum and dad for afternoon tea.

alan

hi jan,
i think ive tried them, but not knowing what country its very difficult. im wondering if the raf camp might still be there, and if so would the camp church hold records.

Do you know whether you have been christened ?

jax

hi jan,
if you know where and when, wouldnt the church be able to point you in the right direction?
regards alan