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Sandra

Sandra Report 24 Feb 2012 11:45

On the Parish records for Harriet Keep it has

Baptisms Harriet Keep 31 Dece 1882 child of Frederick and Harriet of North Hagbourne at the side it has PB DEAD Can someone tell me what it is short for
Thank you Sandy

Researching:
brown, sawyer, dix, wheeler,attaway

Lynski

Lynski Report 24 Feb 2012 11:51

Found this on the following website -

Baptisms were usually held in the Church of England on Sundays, but if a child was sickly and the parents feared death, the child might be baptised at any time. Some of these are recorded as "P.B." or Private Baptisms. Church law held that, in an emergency, almost anyone could perform a baptism in order to save the soul, even after the individual had died. These would often be recorded in the church register at a later date.


http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/churchrecs.html#Baptisms

Researching:
Bagley, Millington, Morrey, Edwards, Sims, Weaver

Lynski

Lynski Report 24 Feb 2012 11:57

Here's another example -

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brett/woodville/wood_bap55.htm

Have a look at some of the entries on the right hand side column

Did your Harriet Keep die in infancy?

Researching:
Bagley, Millington, Morrey, Edwards, Sims, Weaver

Sandra

Sandra Report 24 Feb 2012 12:16

Hi Lynski I have been told that she did die infancy

Thank you Sandy

Researching:
brown, sawyer, dix, wheeler,attaway

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 24 Feb 2012 15:58

Births Mar 1883 Keep Harriett Wallingford 2c 327


Deaths Mar 1883 KEEP Harriett 0 Wallingford 2c 227


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Kay????

Kay???? Report 24 Feb 2012 16:38

PB===Private or Privately Baptized,,,,