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From: "Edward Smith" <>
Subject: Re: [NYSUFFOL]
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 22:44:45 -0500

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From: Vivien Martin <>
To: <>
Date: Friday, December 10, 1999 9:51 PM
Subject: [NYSUFFOL]


>Hi Listers
>I have found all the Jarvis christenings in the First Church, Huntington,
>LI for the dates I am interested in. Does anyone know how closely these
>dates in this church coincide with the actual birth of the child ie within
>the first year of life, the first 10 years of live, as an adult? The Jarvis
>family used a few names over many generations and I am trying to figure out
>which child was christened so that I can more easily search the church
>records. The IGI shows no parents in the christening batch files otherwise
>this question would not arise.
>

Vivien & List-

>From my experience researching people in those records it seems that 1-3
months was the most common age for baptism, but just about all age ranges
occurred. If the person was an adult however the records usually noted that
fact.

Ned Smit

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