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From: Gerd Müllenheim <>
Subject: AW: [POSEN] Inclusion into the Parish Record Books
Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 00:08:02 +0200
In-Reply-To: <010001c551af$7db88ae0$db04d018@owner5qmruj7lq>


Hello List Members,

A recent posting to another list started me thinking ......

>"At one time, there was a charge to have this event (baptism/christening)
(sic) entered into >the Parish records of a few pence. Whilst in
today's terms this is negligible, in those days >some families could
not afford it. The result was that they selectively had the entry made.
>Boys were nearly always added as it may have had an effect on inheritance
etc, but the >girls were left off as they were considered of less
importance in a legal sense".

Could this same scenario have applied to the baptisms of children,
of either the Evangelical and/or the Roman Catholic faith, in the area
of Posen and/or West Prussia ca. 1800-1850s? Or was the event always
entered into the church book(s), as a matter of course, regardless of
the gender of the child or the family's circumstances & ability to pay?
In other words, a stipend was not required as a condition of entry
onto the parish register.

Any thoughts along these lines would be of interest.

Bette
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Dear Bette,

In Evangelical churches all services have to be free of charge. It is
said: "freely it has been given to you, freely give." (Matthew 10:8).

Most cordial regards from Luxembourg

Gerd Müllenheim
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