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God-Parents in C of E Baptism Registers
Posted: 25 May 2013 12:36
by Blue70
I've noticed that at some point in the 20th Century C of E baptism registers started to include the names of God-Parents. This has proved useful to me recently as one of the three God-Parents recorded was actually known to be the real father of the child concerned!
Blue
Re: God-Parents in C of E Baptism Registers
Posted: 26 May 2013 09:53
by MaryA
Oh how interesting, I will have to watch out for that. Which dates have you found so far (and which church) - just narrowing down when it might have begun?
Re: God-Parents in C of E Baptism Registers
Posted: 26 May 2013 10:51
by Blue70
The earliest one so far is St. Peter's Everton for 1940. It would be useful if anyone knows of any earlier dates. Usually the C of E church registers had the same format so they might have all started recording God-Parents at the same time.
Blue